Cage Suppliers

Martins Cages

Martins Cages are renown for being, quite simply, the best cages around for small critters. We highly suggest you invest in a powder coated Martins Cage. You can order them directly from the manufacturer online.

Martins Cages offers cages for many different types of small animal companions and they come in various sizes to meet the needs of most caregivers.

MidWest Homes For Pets

MidWest maufactures the much desired Ferret Nation cages. These are wonderful habitats for rats but females and smaller males can usually squeeze out of them so some retrofitting may be needed. The best place to buy them online is through Ferret.com

The Critter Nation is out now and people are raving about them! They are basically the same as the Ferret Nation but the bar spacing is smaller so there is no retrofitting required to keep girls in their cage. The cheapest place to get them right now is at Pet Street Mall.

Give your exotic critter the comfort of a deluxe 3-story home with over 8 square feet of living space! Includes roomy wire cage with easy to clean plastic base, 3 lofts and ramps, ledge, food dish, cozy hammock, giant exercise wheel, a name plate you can personalize for your pet and much more.

Filled with Many Great Features:

• 1/2" Wire Spacing
• Cozy Hammock
• Giant 11" Exercise Wheel
• 3 Comfort Shelves
• 3 Safety Ramps
• Pet Name Plate
• Plenty of Space for Your Exotic Critter to Explore

Ideal for pet rats, chinchillas, sugar gliders and more.

Dimensions: 30"L x 18" W x 30"H

Cage Retrofiting

So, you have some junky old cage that you would like to try to salvage... Well, don't give up just yet, there are a few tips and tricks to bringing that old cage back to life! First off, there are some cages that SHOULD be dumped! If the cage is seriously rusty, damaged, or too small, you shouldn't even bother trying to redeem it. Just cut it up and throw it out! Save some poor rat from having to ever live in that again. However, if you have a nice, large cage with a bit of rust here and there and some other issues, then that cage may be worth the effort of giving it a second life.

Give your cage a new lease on life!

(Document coming soon)

 DIY Cages

Spare Cage 

It is always convienient to have a spare cage on hand. This small cage can be used for housing during cage cleaning, for transports to the vet, and as an emergency cage when your rat gets sick or injured.

The Grotto

We know several rat lovers who have used these plans to build mansions for their ratties and LOVED it.

Typical Wire Cage

This is for your typical wire cage. The design tips can easily be modified for a smaller or larger cage design to accomodate your needs

Wire Cage with a Cement Mixing Bottom

This is for a wire cage using a cement mixing tray for the cage bottom. The great thing about this is that the cement mixing try is quite deep for those of you who have rats that like to kick their litter/bedding all over the place.

Wire Cage with a Kid's Pool Bottom

This is a unique design using a small kiddies swimming pool as the base. Again, it's great for rats that kick their bedding everywhere. Unfortunately, the pools are usually only available in the summer time but when they are available, they are usually pretty cheap!

Cube and Coroplast Cages

These cages are designed for guinea pigs, rabbits, etc BUT you can easily modify the design to make them great for rats too! Simply reimforce the grid with 1/2" square mesh from the hardware store and cable or wire tie it on and THEN put the cage together!

Using PVC Coated Wire Shelving

These cages are made with those pvc coated wire shelving parts that you find at any local hardward store for closet organization. They make great home-made cages for rats and other small critters.

Play Pens and Enclosures

Martins Cage Play Pen

The going opinion seems to be that the smaller version of the play pen by Martins Cages is the way to go because the larger one is simply too cumbersome when set up.

DIY Play Pen

These are some great plans for a simple, do-it-yourself, play enclosure. It is made from bought off the shelf hardboard with 2'x4' dimensions. Most rats will probably learn how to jump out of this enclosure relatively quickly so we would suggest trying to modify the design to be closer to 3' high.