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Hi - I used to post at the AOL boards in the Rats As Pets forum... probably over 8 years ago. Anyway, someone recently told me of a migration to this website and so thought I would come by and say hi, and at the same time present a problem.

Currently I only have one rat - he is a downunder named Oliver. His buddy passed away a few months ago. Oliver is now about three years old I think. When he passes I'm going to build a cage and adopt 3-4 female rats.

I hated my Martins Cage because it was really hard to clean. I am not a huge fan of wires because they always seem to get peed on and get sticky and icky, but I know they are best as they supply good air circulation. Plus, I only weigh around 100lbs and live in a small apartment so scooting the cage to the bathtub would be difficult. The "Grotto" style cage by Robyn looks really nice and I've seen other people do it, but I need a more portable, and easier to clean method. Does anyone have any ideas or has anyone here ever built their own cage?

I'm not really a great engineer of sorts so I was just hoping someone had a suggestion. Maybe I'll draft up some brilliant plan, but I could always use a pointer or two.

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