Anyone have them? I saw Jerry's....

I guess I've never taken a picture of mine. What I ought to do is take a picture of what it looks like the morning after. It looks like a bomb went off in there. And I just think to myself "that would all be on the walls, the floor, the inside of the cage ..."

Yes, well, I spent (and I am not kidding or exaggerating) about 6-7 hours cleaning their cages and the floors under it and walls around it today. That was a bit much but there was food stuck everywhere and I'm tired of it. I had my hubby make me a little kitchen tonight and so far, so good! Kiki was in there before I even got my hand out of the cage.



On a side note, since I tore their room apart today, I put them up in my bathroom for the day (in their nest box) and set it in the tub. Not a peep from them throughout the day. As my husband is finishing the kitchen, I tell him I need to hurry before they wake up. TOO LATE! I could hear them before I even got all the way up the stairs! I walked into my bathroom...poop and pee puddles EVERYWHERE, they knocked over a vase, Maddox was on one shower head and Skitzi on the other. I don't even know how they got in there! It's all glass walls-probably 7 feet high and I had to open the door to get them out! Shiloh was on my curtains, Daddy and Zoom were each sitting in their respective sinks and Kiki was staring at me from the nest box like "what the....?!?!?" It's a good thing I am a compulsive neat freak and don't keep anything at all out because they were everywhere. I had towels under all the door "just in case" too, thank goodness. I wish I had my camera on me then.

Sounds like they knew they had a new place to play. How cute.

what a good idea! the kitchen looks great!

I don't know why I waited a couple of YEARS to realize this would make my life so much easier!!!

You know I've heard so much about people loving these glider kitchens and I've thought about getting one, but I think I'm lucky... my girls are not messy at all! Seriously, the only place I find food other than the bottom of the tray, is maybe a few pieces stuck to my blinds right behind the cage... and it's never anything bad at all. They've got little clear plastic dishes that came with the cage, they hook to the bars and the ones I always put their food in are near the top of the cage (it's almost 5 ft. tall). I do have a fleece sheet usually covering the side the dishes are on and sometimes the front of the cage, but I don't even notice food bits on it. Is that odd? Mine really just aren't messy!

Haha and sorry for writing a mini novel there! That said, I do think the glider kitchens are an awesome idea.

Oddly enough, my girls aren't either. It's my boys! All of them! I'm not sure why that is but it's the same way in my human life. LOL

Haha it figures, no wonder then! That's too funny... boys are always the messy ones, aren't they?

hey hey hey.. we're not all messy... lol but i like how your kitchen has holes one both sides..
gotta try it one day..

That's it I'm making a kitchen this weekend. Like you hours are spent cleaning stuff off of everything. Blinds, walls, floor and cage. They really have a good time eating but now they can do it in their kitchen.

OK, so if this isn't incentive, I don't know what is..here are "after" pics:

That is a brilliant idea!

Done!! Going to get my supplies this afternoon!

Well you convinced me. I've been thinking about one for a while but have been putting it off. I just looked at the walls around my colony's cage I am diffently making one. The only problem is that I'll have to put it on the floor until I can figure out how to make a shelf for it.

At Home Depot or Lowe's they have hanging shelves in the closet area. I found them at just the right width to hang in a cage that's 18" deep. In the pic, it looks like it has a top on it, but that's just because it is hanging below a shelf. It has three sides coming up above the shelf.

I have 3 of 'em in my cage. Works for me!

that's a great idea. I've even seen them in the dollar store.

Do they ever carry the food out? does it really help with mess?

Mine did for the first couple of days. Then, they got lazy or more confident or both.

Daddy wasn't a huge fan-he'd take food and bring it back out. If it can control the messy stuff, I'm fine with that. Solid food is easy enough to clean. The stuff on my walls was like paint to get off.

Just watch - I'd bet money (if I had any) that after a few days, Daddy will start eating inside. You will love this method even more with time. I had plastic draped along the back and sides of my cage and then THAT would get awful and have to be replaced frequently. This is just SO EASY!!

I love the kitchen idea. I used the glad lock plastic containers to make my kitchen and then use disposable dish to put food in. All I have to do is throw out the dish, wash the kitchen and we are good to go. The disposable dishes I got at Sam's Club that, holds about 2 tablespoons of BML. It comes like 100 in a pack. They have tried to take out the dish but the dish would not fit through the opening I made, sneeky little kids. Their kitchen looks like a bomb went off when I come in to take it out in the morning.

I really have to get my dad to construct a glider kitchen for me. My five little buggers really are messy. I cleaned there cage and everything yesterday and washed the wall that is behind their cage. I have no idea how they do it. LOL

I use the little 2 oz cups also. I got them when we went out of time because it would be easier for the sitter, but I love using them all of the time because it's easier to throw away then clean dishes.

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Haha it figures, no wonder then! That's too funny... boys are always the messy ones, aren't they?

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Thats it i never thought about it. Its the boys that are doing it.

Kyro your after pictures convinced me to go for it. I am going for the box tomorrow. I got the drill attachment thing to cut the holes for one of these before christmas.

So here's a question......I've noticed the kitchens are always upside down. Any particular reason for this?

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...they have hanging shelves in the closet area. I found them at just the right width to hang in a cage that's 18" deep. In the pic, it looks like it has a top on it, but that's just because it is hanging below a shelf. It has three sides coming up above the shelf.

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Are you showing off your lil' pig nose? heres mine.

Mine would go in and come out with the food they never seem to stay close to the dishes when eating

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So here's a question......I've noticed the kitchens are always upside down. Any particular reason for this?

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I think it's just so they have more room to stand up.

Belinda, that still has to be one of my all-time favorite pics. LOL