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09-28-2014, 04:03 AM
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Location: Leicester UK
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Re: jocardi's new playpen
My mate brought me 4 lengths of laminate flooring. I will be making a playpen out of it. I have some thick polythene somewhere, I put that on the floor then the playpen ontop of it. I did have some for the rabbit playpen, but she decided to dig through it and chew it. lol. Some is covering my petrol lawnmower engine as the mower shed leaks when it rains. lol. I have some rolled up but got to find it.
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09-28-2014, 04:38 AM
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Location: Lancashire
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Re: jocardi's new playpen
Ian how are you going to connect the corners? I have loads of wood flooring that i could use.
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09-28-2014, 04:41 AM
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Re: jocardi's new playpen
I am thinking either I will drill holes and cable tie them, or add some 1" x 1" and hinge them. I have a bike innertube that I was thinking if cutting down the length and stapling down the corners so it is a rubber hinge. But I cant find the heavy duty staples.
I was also thinking of fixing some wood to the edges and screwing little eyes to the wood, two on each piece and then putting a metal rod through them or a tent peg, if I have some somewhere.
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09-28-2014, 05:57 AM
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Re: jocardi's new playpen
I have cut one length in half for the ends and have two lengths for the sides. i have drilled the holes and put cable ties through and these act as hinges, but are not really strong enough. I think it could do with wood down the corners and either some clipd or hinges.
Bag of food is for scale of the size of it. It is 51" x 25"
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09-28-2014, 06:47 AM
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Re: jocardi's new playpen
That looks good. I have the stuff to do exactly the same thing. What makes you think the cable ties arent strong enough?
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09-28-2014, 07:35 AM
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Location: Leicester UK
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Re: jocardi's new playpen
When I moved it from the shed to the livingroom, two of the cable ties came undone and one snapped. They are only thin ones.
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09-30-2014, 10:46 AM
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Re: jocardi's new playpen
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Originally Posted by 2LittlePuds
Thats really good ive always wondered what people do about pee and poop going on the floor when their hams are in these sort of playpens.
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when i used the trixie playpen i used to put an old clean towel on th efloor to catch anything thatmay come, now i use a childrens ball pit as a playpen, this has a built in floor so just tp it out/clean it
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09-24-2017, 08:24 AM
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Hamster Pup
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Montreal
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Re: jocardi's new playpen
the wheel looks so small, it must hurt hamster's back
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09-24-2017, 08:29 AM
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Fluffy Hamsters
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Hampshire
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Re: jocardi's new playpen
You can get reusable metal cable ties.
An oil cloth (table cloth) makes good flooring under a playpen, esp if the edges are outside the pen to discourage chewing.
Ball pit sounds like a great idea. Is it easy to store away?
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09-24-2017, 10:56 AM
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Hamster Antics
Join Date: Sep 2014
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Re: jocardi's new playpen
This is quite an old thread Sunny!
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