A Rat Cage: Choices, Choices, Choices!

 A rat cage is one of the most crucial supplies when keeping pet rats. You can find a rat cage in many different places. You may search your local pet supply stores, pet shops, department stores, or you may even find them at yard sales or consignment shops. Another good idea is to shop online, where you can find many different sizes and types of rat cages at different prices. This also allows you to shop the world instead of just your local area. If you are a creative individual, you could even decide to build your very own rat cage, and customize it to the size and material that you find preferable. This can also be one of the cheapest ways of obtaining a pet rat cage.

If you want a rat cage that is ready to be used and already assembled, a pet supply store or a pet shop will probably be the best place to buy a rat cage. Places such as Wal-Mart also carry small rodent cages. You can make a rat cage out of almost any small animal cage, as long as the rat cannot fit through the spaces in the bars or chew through the cage itself. Unfortunately these places may not offer the lowest prices.

Another good place to buy a rat cage is by shopping online. You can shop with places such as: eBay, Amazon, or major online pet supply stores. Shopping online can help you to compare prices on different models, sizes, and colors while saving you plenty of money because the stores do not have to pay to stock to a physical location, pay employees, or pay other expenses that relate to a physical store. You can also find lightly used cages on auction sites such as eBay. When shopping online you will probably find the widest variety of cages to suit your needs, making it one of the best places for someone who wants a unique cage but does not have the time to make their own.

If you want a rat cage that is unique and specially designed to suit your needs, you should build it on your own. It does not take too much studying to figure out how to build a rat cage that will suit your needs. There are many sites online that provide layout plans for rat cages, or you could build a very simple cage out of closet shelving that is stocked in home improvement stores. This is perhaps one of the cheapest ways to build rat cages, and it's definitely a good idea for those of us who keep many rats but do not want to spend thousands of dollars housing.

A rat cage is crucial, obviously, but we all have different needs and different lifestyles which may or may not give us much time or money. Hopefully you will now easily find the best way of obtaining or building cage to suit your needs and to keep your pet rat happy and healthy. Always remember to allow your pet rat plenty of room to run and play in his or her cage.