Here are a few pictures of the cage!

For the door!

Far away of the whole thing.

close up of the second floor.

Okay so I should start with the materials correct?

Materials:

- 300 zip ties: $4.97 @ Lowes for each bag of 100. I got 3 packages of 100 and had some left over because I went crazy with them to make sure it was supported well.

-6-set Storage cubes: $29.99 @ Amazon with free 2 day shipping. HOWEVER. Currently they go for 50.39 which is a complete rip off. DO NOT BUY THAT. You can also go for the 4-set storage cubes by witmor they are 22.29 and just get 2 packages. I got the 6 set of the cubes and I only had one left over. Which was perfect because I brought it to home depot when getting my wood cut.

- Plywood board: $19.99 @ Lowes: Lowes will cut the board for you for free. You just have to pay for the whole board. We ended up with left over wood that we threw in the shed in case we need it for something. I brought the extra panel with me because the guy cutting the board had no clue what we were talking about so it was good to show him that. Our bottom floor cut was a little bit off but it will works perfectly.

-Think wooden dowel. About $5.00 @ Lowes: So we got the dowel for under his second floor for some extra support (Plus he likes to chew on it) but bringing the extra side was very useful to see the widest we can get so it won’t slide easily. Bring the extra panel! THIS ALSO CAN GET CUT AT LOWES FOR NO COST! MAKE IT LIKE 1 INCH EACH SIDE BIGGER THAN THE LENGTH OF THE SECOND FLOOR!

-Stick on tiles: 39 cents each @ Lowes: So we ended up getting about 13 of the tiles because some ripped wrong so we needed some extra. You just stick them onto the wood so that before the bunny is potty trained you can clean it easily and not have the wood all gross super fast.

-A clip for keys to keep the door shut: 99 cents @ Lowes: Such as this:

But take off the fabric part.

The only other thing I needed that I got from a friend was a box cutter. But scissors work too it’s just harder and hurts your hands.

Total cost: 75.96 (roughly)

So for the instructions this is how I built the cage:

When you look at the panels there are two sides one has the edges of the lines in the middle and the other side doesn’t. You want the edges to be on the outside so your rabbit doesn’t get hurt.

So start with two panels next to each other lined up and use about 6 or 7 zip ties to tie them together. Make sure the long part of the zip tie is on the side with the edge of the lines. So it’s not IN the cage for your bunny to get snagged on.

Connect 2 more panels together in the same way.

Then you are going to put bot sets of 2 together and use each 6 or 7 zip ties for each two that are being connected for about 12 or 14 of them across.

IN the middle where all four panels meet you are going to make an X with two zip ties, so criss cross them for extra support. You are going to do this are EVERY corner and where they all meet.

You are going to make 4 of those to start. They will be the two sides, the ceiling, and the back side.

The last part you need to do is the front side. Connect two panels like before, but for the top of the cage. Then only attach one for the bottom on either side that you DON’T want the door.

Attach all the sides together to make the box that the cage will be. This will be kind of flimsy until it is all together. So after all of that you will have the 5 sides, NO BOTTOM, and a hole where the door should be.

So for the door the door only had ONE SIDE CONNECTING IT. Since it is at the bottom of the cage it won’t need too much support. So only connect the door on either the right or left side of the cage whichever you left open for the door. It should just slide like normal everyday door. The key ring will hold it shut. There will be a little bit of an opening but nothing that can harm the rabbit or they can get through.

So you have that structure. I waited until the very very very end to put on the ceiling so that is not really a priority to put up at this point because you still need to put in the second floor.

So for floor number two just connect two panels and then place it on the back side of the cage so that it’s not over the side of the door. You can only connect it on 3 of the four sides which is why you got the dowel. You Put the dowel under the last set of holes under the bottom floor as you can see in the pictures. It just sits perfectly.

So you can put the ceiling on now if you choose(this really makes it sturdy so don’t be freaked if it’s not before this) or you can wait until you put the flooring. You put the tiles on and make sure they are sticking good. Then cut them to size if they are hanging off with the box cutter.

Place the wooden flooring with the tiles on the second floor that you got cut to size. Ours is VERY SNUG SO IT BENDS A TINY TINY BIT but nothing to worry about. Then do the ceiling if you haven’t already.

Then just place the cage on top of the wood flooring with the tile on it.

And now you have a bunny cage to put all your rabbit supplies in!

A lot of people said don’t use tile because it’s not comfy for the bunnies and can hurt their feet. My rabbit personally loves it. We gave him a nice soft 100% towel for his floor so he could lay on it? Nope! he will push it until it surrounds his sleeping spot and sleep on the tile.

The tile is also great for litter box training. We moved our litter box 3 times because we found that he pooped and peed in the back left corner so we put it there and he rarely has accidents. Which is wonderful! but he is still a small baby so it’s expected. Our litter box just hooks to the edges of the cage.

This cage is not really that big to make a ramp so we started with a box under the second floor and he was still too scared to jump up so we got him a bigger hide out which is a tree stump and he got right on up and now he sleeps on the second floor. So I love having the second floor for him it gives him exercise to jump and he really likes looking around from higher up!

I hope that I explained this well but totally send me a question if you have any! My email is: Lockpeacekey@yahoo.com