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Originally Posted by GreySyrian
Its a plastic bin cage. I think the low platform might work Serendipity, although I think it might be a DIY case! I was going to put it on an ikea knuff platform but found out that would make the wheel not fit. That or flowerfairy's idea of using a bendy bridge!
I'm interested to see pictures of your suggestion though oddlyoblivious! The water bottle is also by the wheel so maybe sectioning this off in a low substrate area would fix the wheel issue but also means she won't flood her bedding from the bottle as she's done before!
Thank you for replies... looks like i'll have to get creative and make some sort of platform or divider!
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Posting pictures shortly I popped it out of the cage and can't take pictures with it in there at the moment, but I will do so when it's done. What I did was I bought several dowel rods of a specific diameter and length, then I measured out where I wanted the holes and used a drill bit only very slightly larger than the dowel rod to drill two holes across the cage about 4 1/2 inches apart. Then I used a hot glue gun to attach extra jumbo craft sticks, though balsa wood or cardboard would also work, just a few dabs and left a cut out for her to tunnel into and out of the substrate I trimmed the edges of the dowels down to just a little wider than the bin, wide enough that if I force the sides to bow without the lid on I can pop them out. The trick is leaving just enough length for them to stay secure but not so much that you can't remove the divider. Measuring is a must with this, Mine turned out a little bit crooked because I eyeballed it. but even crooked it looks just fine. I'll post pictures of the divider in a little bit once the phone charges back up.
The other method was using a long base of cardboard against the bottom of the cage to support a sort o report card styled setup.
Edit: Attached picture of divider, can add in picture of wheel attached to side later.