MidWest Homes for Pets Ferret Nation Double Unit Small Animal Cage, 4 Tiers, Includes Pans, Shelves, Ramps & Covers, for Ferrets & Small Animals

I freaking love this thing... and so do my ferrets! My ferrets are 7 months old and had outgrown the single level rabbit cage I had them in originally. As soon as they figured out they had 4 floors they have been living it up!My only warning to buyers is that mine was sa pretty rough setup. They provide the necessary screwdriver but the Sheet metal tabs they threaded for the 8 or so screws you need are very difficult to get by hand. Personally it was pretty easy because I had heavy pliers (to hold the bars straight) and an impact driver to drive the screws in but without those tools this would have been very frustrating.Good directions with pictures and all parts assembled as described (other than the tough screws).Once it is assembled the thing is a beast. It feels extremely sturdy and has excellent storage space down below as well as storage up top.I plan of buying the 3rd unit to extend it even larger for my two ferrets because I'll probably end up purchasing another comrade or two now that I have a great enclosure that is very easy to clean etc. 🤘Strong buy from me.

Got this cage for my kit, he loves it.Pros:- HUGE in my opinion. I think 3 ferrets could stay in here and still have plenty of room.- Bars are perfect to keep ferrets inside (My kit is small, and he can't even try to squeeze through. His nose can fit, but there's no way he could get stuck). No way they could chew through the bars.- Good Quality- Comes with ramp covers to protect their feet- The ramp connecting the top and bottom portion can be hooked to the bottom of the top portion, making it so the two levels are separated. Could be good if you have two different pets or small pets that don't get along!- Could probably fit squirrels, guinea pigs, chinchillas. Maybe not rats, but I'm no expert.- Things easily attach to the cage, like water bottles, food bowls, etc.- Comes with pretty good quality trays- Things can hang from the top and bottom levels (perfect for hammocks!)- The shelves are pretty big, and not so high up that if they fell or jumped off, they would get hurt (My ferret sometimes forgoes the ramp in favor of throwing himself off the shelves)- Good doors.- Wheels on the bottom, easy to move.- Has a shelf on the bottom.Cons:- My ferret likes to poo in corners, and if your ferret is not very great with litter (like mine) then the poo can go through the bars, and get on the floor. Not fun.- Adding to that, poo is difficult to clean off of the bars. I need to train my ferret better! If your ferret has no problems with litter boxes, you have nothing to worry about!- The doors can be loud. Sometimes I close them and the metal sound scares my ferret. Might just be a problem for my particular ferret. Not loud if you're careful, though!- They can climb the bars. Not a problem for me, my ferret just climbs level to level, but if you have a ferret who chews on things close to their cage, it might be a problem.ASSEMBLY AND SHIPPING:- It says no tools required. I think you need a rubber mallet, and pliers. It comes with a little metal screwdriver. We used a regular sized one, but if you didn't have one I'm sure it would work fine.- YOU NEED AT LEAST 2 PEOPLE TO PUT IT TOGETHER. Unless you're superhuman, you'll need someone to hold a lot of things in place. (if you have been able to build this on your own, you're amazing!)- You have to put some of the sides into place by hammering them in, which is why I think a rubber mallet would be helpful. We couldn't be bothered to find one so we used a tennis shoe. That worked fine.- It is HEAVY! We carried it upstairs, and it's a two person job! They delivery guys had to bring it to our doorstep on a dolly!- Make sure you read all the way through before assembling. There were times we had to backtrack and take sides off to put other sides on.- Doesn't take long to put together.- It is loud to put together, which should be expected. Imagine metal hitting metal. Maybe don't put it together at night.- The box was damaged, but nothing inside was. I expected that because shipping a big object is difficult.- The box had stables in the sides of it to keep it closed. We used pliers to take them out. I don't think there's any other way to take them out!Great cage, seems like it will last a while. I would highly recommend this cage!

We have two ferrets, but they aren't free roaming 100% of the time because we have other pets, so I had wanted to upgrade their cage for a bit to give them more space while they were in their cage, and this was the #1 recommended cage on forums when I looked into them, so I figured I would give it a try.This is a perfect setup for us. Plenty of space for both ferrets, lots of options for how to setup the levels, the trays and stairs are perfect (and it came with washable stair covers for them, which was a nice surprise), and everything in the cage is so easy to access. The double doors that swing open wide make cleaning so easy, and everything was easy to setup inside without any issues.Putting this together actually wasn't the worst experience, either. I did it by myself and it took me maybe 45mins, thought it was awkward at some parts where it would be easier to balance certain trays or panels with another person. Only issue I had was a single screw on the bottom didn't fit because apparently they didn't drill the hole large enough, so I had to zip tie the tray to the sides, which was fine. Considering the price tag on this, stupid mistakes like that are annoying, but the entire rest of the cage went together super easily and without any other issues, so overall, it wasn't a deal-breaker.I did wait until this was on sale for Thanksgiving, and it was $110 less than the current price, so if you're waiting to get this, Black Friday was a perfect time, honestly. Well worth it, we absolutely love the cage.

I bought this to add another story to the already two story Ferret Nation. The cage houses my two chinchillas and it is almost perfect for them. They have plenty of space (even more so now), they cannot get out, and you can change it up from time to time by moving the ledges. Now that they can go much higher, they can fling their poo further across the room!Installing the third story required some assistance, and also required someone watching my chinchillas outside the cage as they played while I worked for them.My chinchillas have chewed some of the plastic flooring. I try to discourage them as much as possible from doing this. Fortunately they've either stopped or do it so rarely I don't notice.I got the idea of buying another story from the picture on the box. "Oh hey, I can add another story later." And I did, however... the wheels are definitely NOT meant to support three of the cages stacked together. The wheel has broken and I needed to lift this thing to move it until I bought new wheels. If you own one of these cages, you know how study and heavy they are, now imagine lifting three of them stacked together. The additional story should come with wheels to better support the weight, but oh well. I'm not going to deduct a star for the wheel incident since this can be added to a single story cage as well in which case the wheel wouldn't be an issue.The two panel cage doors make the cage a breeze to clean. I can easily take out the plastic flooring, easily reach in and take out the litter box, etc. Even the very top isn't too bad to clean, just pop out the flooring and throw away all the poo. Keep in mind that I am 5'10, so I don't have a lot of trouble reaching up there. All three of them stacked together is in the six feet range.Also, I bought the famous chinchilla saucer and installing it in this cage wasn't too bad. I definitely needed some help. The cage is definitely big enough for the saucer.A spacious, study, and easy to clean cage. If I could I'd buy a fourth story, but my ceiling isn't that high... and cleaning that would be a bit tough.

After reading and watching a lot of reviews, I purchased this cage. Everyone seems to recommend it. I haven't tried a lot of cages, so maybe in comparison this is the best out there. I'm sad that's true though. In theory this should be easy to assemble. The directions are clear and the parts should slide in place. With mine basically every part of this was just slightly off. The first half was doable. The second half required hammering and pliers to make it work. One piece was broken off. It took me like three hours and a helper to get it all together. One of the doors doesn't work right so we basically never open it. In terms of the ferrets, the important part. They mostly love it. They struggle with the ramps even with the covers and putting the levels so they aren't steep. Luckily the way it's set up, if they jump down without a ramp or fall (this happens a lot) they don't get hurt. I guess some other cages the fall could be much further. I'm grateful for that. They have a lot of space and its comfy. I do love how easy to clean it is. However, I did need to get litter boxes because the ferrets will poop in a way that's half in and half out the cage and drops to the floor if you try using puppy pads which I originally did. So I recommend litter boxes or getting those cage guards maybe. It's a mess using just the trays. Overall it's probably got more positives than negatives but I don't love it like I thought I would reading other reviews. It's expensive and I feel like I need to keep buying things to make it work. Something to keep in mind. That said it really may be the best out there. I hope the options get better.

—November 2020—***UPDATE 8 Months Later***🥰🥰😍🥰🥰After purchasing this amazing 2 shelve cage, I upgraded to a 3 story and I absolutely LOVE it even more!! This cage has never failed me in the 8 months I’ve had it. My Ferrets have PLENTY of room!! The bottom is still the “bathroom area” and the top 2 stories are their play/sleep area.I’ve had to move this cage TWICE already and had no issues taking it apart and putting it back together by myself — I did not need any help.I just wanted to Update and say that it’s still a wonderful Cage and I have never been SO happy to have spent this kind of Money on anything before. It is still 5 Stars for me!!!(I also added 2 new Photo’s showing the 3 stories.) 😍—March 2020—I keep seeing bad reviews about how the doors aren’t even, or how it’s hard to put together.It definately took me and another person to put this together but it was SO easy! The doors are ALREADY installed, they work perfectly so I have no idea why anyone is complaining about the doors. We struggled with one part (the middle section) and we basically had to push really hard to get one of the pegs into the hole. but that was it! Everything else was so simple!!! 🙃This cage is so STURDY and well Built!! My Ferrets sleep on the top and they poo and pee on the bottom where I have their litter box. I haven’t had it two weeks and they already have a routine down. 😍When I clean it, I pull up a chair, have a bowl with soap and water, a trash can and easily pull the bottom tray halfway out (while blocking my fur babies upstairs) and wipe everything down, I put a puppy pad down and their litter box on top and tada!! Cleannn. I can’t imagine it getting any easier! 🥰In a few days I’ll be washing all their blankets ect and putting them back in but honestly their blankets aren’t even dirty cause their litter trained. I put their water and food on the very top half shelf. It’s just a perfect cage! I couldn’t imagine using a different one!!!😘 !!!5 Stars in my Book!!! 😘

We have a rabbitry. I purchased this last fall (a three story cage) to put in the garage for sick buns or raising orphans or such, where I want to be able to keep a close eye on them all day long. I didn't put it together until recently though when Covid19 struck, the high school closed, and we had to very quickly move all the FFA meat rabbits meant for our county fair to our house. We hurriedly put it together and ended up using it to raise a mixed litter of 12 NZs and Calis. This product was not meant for this, and there have been some challenges, but I still couldn't be more happy with my purchase. The bunnies are active and (relatively) rough, and it has held up very well. (I wouldn't recommend putting this many rabbits in this cage long term though. It really isn't large enough, but desperate times...)My daughter and I put it together in an hour or so. It wasn't hard at all. I'd read the reviews and was prepared for it to be much worse. Each level had at least one panel whose peg was not set straight. A couple of taps with a hammer straightened them and solved the problem. The final product is very sturdy and well made. The knobs on the front don't line up, but they do shut securely.It definitely needs pee guards for rabbits. The first rabbit I put in it was an older buck who potty-trained right away but even he tended to miss occasionally and poop all over the place. The younger rabbits only sort of potty-trained (they much prefer to sleep in their toilet and poop right next to it). I wrapped the cage in plastic to try to help, but I'm going to have to find a way to add pee guards for future use.I cover the pans in fleece or old towels (towels work better, more absorbent). Changing them out is pretty easy. To keep it clean now that the buns are bigger (currently 4.5 lbs), I have to change out the towels daily. It takes about 10 minutes if I move the buns first. The pans all come in and out easily.I started off having the three levels closed to each other (so 4 buns per level) but they pretty quickly figured out how to unhook the ladders so that they could go visiting. There are ways around this (turn the upper pans) but I decided to let them all live together. The holes between levels are small and I doubt they will be able to get through them for more than a few more weeks, but a mini-rex sized rabbit would do just fine. The metal ladders are great and the buns use them. The plastic ladders are crappy. The plastic ladders tie with fabric onto the cage; the buns chewed them loose. Since buns don't actually need the ladders I tossed the plastic ones.One of the reasons I wanted to try this cage was the double opening doors. I really like that. It's much easier to get a buns out than the traditional wire cage hole.The buns can go from the bottom level to the very top in no time at all. In evaluating the buns, my daughter says they've got great back muscling from all the climbing. That's definitely another benefit of this cage.Overall, I'm very pleased with this cage!

To give some background, I've had a total of 4 ferrets overall and have had 2 cages, one very long multifloored cage I bought on amazon for $70 and one large 1-floor cage. My multifloored cage broke after a couple years and kept the single floor one. I recently bought a new ferret after the last of my initial trio passed away. I upgraded to the ferret nation cage after my new ferret broke through the old one story cage several times. Ive had ferret owners in the past tell me to just skip all other cages and to buy a ferret nation. At that time, years ago, it was almost $400 and far from my budget at the time.This time around I had some extra money and, in dire need of a new cage, I went ahead and ordered the ferret nation after I saw amazon had it for $210, which, although still seemingly expensive, for the quality cage that you get, it's worth every single penny.After reading some comments, I expected my cage to have dents and scratches and what not. Glad to say that the cage had very few bar dents that were manageable. The instructions state no tools required but I highly recommend you use a mallet to secure the cage walls down and a power drill on first clutch, unless you want to be there all day with the Phillips that they provided you and figuring out how to level the walls without damaging said walls.In conclusion, spare yourself from the frusteration of other cages and just shell out the cash for this one. It has the potential to house 4 large ferrets very comfortably or more smaller ones. Plenty of space for your critters and honestly not to bad of a price. I keep the floors bare so that I can wipe them down every day and minimize smell and bought hammocks on amazon for a steal - 2 for $12. With some previous accessories and the new hammocks, the cage is pretty much accesorized and looks great.

Praktische uitbreiding voor model 181. Degelijk materiaal. Model 181 is nodig, alleen model 183 is niet te gebruiken (bovenkant komt van model 181 welke vervangen wordt door een bodem uit dit pakket).

Love the product, didn't love all the production mistakes.One of my base panels came with a wire melded into the attachment hole so the pieces can't fit in. Mind you, this metal can't be soldered, so we had to carry the heavy door panel to a workshop and wear away at the base with specialised equipment. My entire cage's slightly unbalanced because of that, as can see in pics. Doors don't close evenly either. In addition to that, packaging was so sturdy we could only rip it to shreds. No hope of making any returns after that. And the product had dust and finishing oil all over when we took it out. Don't know how long it's been sitting in their warehouse, but my hands came off black at one point.The only one I can give kudos to is the polite delivery man.Overall, don't buy if you don't have access to a workshop. Don't know if this is just Amazon's treatment for Asians currently or a unique case, but have a back up plan before you click buy.

J'ai eu cette cage pour mes rats mâles et maintenant elle me sert pour mes furettes. Elles est robuste, le verrou est très sécuritaire et impossible à ouvrir par mes furettes. J'adore le fait que les 2 portes ouvrent, ça facilite grandement le lavage de la cage. Cette cage n'est pas adaptée pour des bébés rats ou des rats femelles vu l'espacement des barreaux. Pour mes rates, j'ai la critter nation, même superbe cage avec un espacement plus petit. Le service à la clientèle est super gentil.

Great cage! Purchased 2 and removed some sides. Used metal zip ties to tie the 2 together !

Ottima gabbia, molto robusta e a distanza di mesi è ancora perfetta, il mio ratto la adora e a molto spazio ora