Help! How do you get those stupid cubes together?!?

Forget about those stoopid connector things and use zip ties or cable
ties or whatever your local hardware store calls them. You'll need a
lot. I uesd medium ones and wrapped them twice around before threading
the end thru the hole, and then I trimmed off the end.

I used 2-3 ties per side of the panel. Pepper's condo is 2 wide by 3
across by 3 high, and I secured it to screw-in cup hooks in the window
frame so that the windowsill is incorporated in there. It looked
incredibly wobbly till I added the roof and that was what stabilized the
whole thing.

When I make folding pen/gate/things that don't have a top, I put the
panels together in groups of 2 and overlap them by one set of squares.
This makes a rigid rectangular panel. Then I attach them side to side
so that they can fold. The "ends" or the "doors" of a condo can be
secured pretty well with large binder clips.

You can always e-mail me with questions, and I'm on IM all day at the
office if you get stuck.
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Judith wrote:
> Okay, I bought 3 packs of those wire mesh cubes some of you have
> recommended in the past but the plastic corner things keep popping out
> and there isn't enough of them either. So how do you put the things
> together? I want to make a big enclosed floor space, running tunnel
> area that is safe and secure but allows running. The bunnies are so
> small one cube side is enough but I can't get the sides to stay
> together. Should I try something else? Any hints appreciated.
>

yeah, that's why i recommend the leith petwerks cage over the cubes -
when I used them as shelves, they were really difficult and not that
sturdy. what I wound up w/ was just tossing the connectors and using
extra strength zip ties (also called cable ties) which can be bought in
a huge bulk from home depot for very little money. There is even a tool
you can buy to tighten them if you have trouble tightening them enough
by hand.

good luck!


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Thank you everyone. I shall look for these zip ties and sell the silly
little cube things on e-bay.

Judth, Arwen, Raven, Trusty, Fred, Huck, and Tom
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