where did you get your wire mesh for making a bin cage?

[keepingmesane]

Im really interested in making a large bin cage for hammy to be and was wondering where people got the wire mesh to make windows/top etc. i have gotten wire mesh in the past from garden centres but i dont think its very strong? and it costs and arm and a leg to buy the thicker type online when i dont actually need that much

thanks for any help xxx

[PKK]

It's called hardware cloth and can be found at hardware stores and garden centers.

[mollldoll]

wilkinsons sells it in smallish rolls

[keepingmesane]

thanks, but do you not find it a bit flimsy? not as strong as mesh used for a proper hamster cage?

[Hana]

When making my bin cage I used the wire from an old rat cage a friend no longer wanted, but I no another forum member found a good website for mesh, here's the link to the topic:
viewtopic.php?f=25&t=5884

[mollldoll]

Your not going to get cage thick mesh for cheap, The mesh from wilkinsons works fine when its attatched to its frame.

If you dont have a old cage to take apart & use then maybe one of those hamster playpens with the wire pannels would work, ive used them to add doors onto cages before.