This Week in the Critter Nation - Home made Cardboard Palace

Top story of the critter nation this week includes a handmade cardboard contraption... um ... palace.  I just cut slits in cardboard and slid the parts together.

 Here's a little surprise.  That's Stan peeking out.  He's our new rat, fastest intro ever.  Everyone loves Stan.

 The cardboard "palace" includes an upstairs and if Philip's whiskers weren't photobombing.....

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Here's Peter hanging out in the second level of the palace without Philip's whiskers obscuring things.

The Critter Nation's downstairs are somewhat boring.  We still have the ark out, which they absolutely love.

I really need to do some new liners.  Our current liner collection is getting quite holey.

This Week In The Critter Nation

Upstairs has a "new" item. Slytail thinks it initially was a record holder, but now it's functioning as the frame for our new triple decker. We obtained it from a Yard Sale for almost nothing.

Below, you can see a close-up with Lily and Doc modeling the two hammocks suspended from it.



Downstairs, a few things have been moved around, but nothing all that special.



Below, you can see a rat pile inside the log cabin.




Hopefully, next week, they will have new liners. But, I still have to decide which fabric to use. And, I'm still finishing up with the blue plaid picnic blanket projects.
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This Week in the Critter Nation

I'm so excited, which is quite sad when you think about it. BUT, it's...
A new linens week.

Here's Doctor modeling the new linens, a blue plaid picnic blanket upcycled to a cage liner. The marble blocks, which Doc is standing on, are our current line of defense against rats who remodel cage liners. We put them in the corners of the cage on top of the liner as weights. They are working pretty well.



The below picture shows the marble blocks weighing down the corners.

By the way, keep an eye on my Etsy Shop. Coming soon should be several blue plaid upcycled picnic blanket hammocks including a couple of double decker hammocks.

Sigh, my own rats don't appreciate double decker hammocks. The hammock on the top left used to be a double decker but my rats have remodeled it into a plain ole flat. Yes, they completely removed a floor of the hammock.



Downstairs has a "Long and Skinny" Hammock near its top. And, you can see the large ceramic tiles that we are using under the wooden house in an attempt to protect the cage liner from bored rats nibbling. Now, they have hard rock flooring. Let's see if they can chew through that.


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How the Critter Nation Looks This Week

This is definitely NOT a color coordinated week. There's Walter looking like a pancake.



By the way, that's a pile of "blankies" (fleece scraps) that the rats can chew on, hopefully instead of chewing on the liners. Oh, and the blue super hammock is hanging soooo low because most of the rats are tucked inside.

I've cut out new liners and several hammocks. So, hopefully, new stuff next week.

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