mysnakesau
Almost Legendary
Please post your ideas on here - from budget works to professional finish. There was a thread somewhere I saw that someone cut a piece of bird wire the same size as the perimeter of the tub, cut a hole in the lid and just sat the lid over the mesh. No screws. Perhaps you can repost your thread here. I can't find where I saw it.
Mine are just as simple for the non-imaginative hands. Scared of power tools and saws? Then the only ingredients you need here is the tub with lid, soldering iron, bird wire, wire cutters and cable ties. I used 5mm gutter guard mesh, only because I already had it on hand so may as well use it up.
I melted the big hole out of the lid. It is no slower than using a hacksaw blade or knife. Then melted more holes around the edge for the cable ties to hold the mesh on. Couple more holes melted into the sides for a water bottle and join two cable ties together to hold the bottle up. Except I stuffed up with one of the short tubs (second picture), the bottle is too low and the shavings soaked up the water out of the bottle. But I have left the empty bottle there because now I worry the rat will make the hole bigger to get out. Herp Shop's bottles fit through the tiny mesh to sit on top.
I also want to add flyscreen which I will eventually add before summer returns, electrical tape holes that well. My hubby laughed and thinks its a funny way to go about it but I am no good with my hands, but this was very simple. If I can do it, anyone can, the rodents look good and secure.
Mine are just as simple for the non-imaginative hands. Scared of power tools and saws? Then the only ingredients you need here is the tub with lid, soldering iron, bird wire, wire cutters and cable ties. I used 5mm gutter guard mesh, only because I already had it on hand so may as well use it up.
I melted the big hole out of the lid. It is no slower than using a hacksaw blade or knife. Then melted more holes around the edge for the cable ties to hold the mesh on. Couple more holes melted into the sides for a water bottle and join two cable ties together to hold the bottle up. Except I stuffed up with one of the short tubs (second picture), the bottle is too low and the shavings soaked up the water out of the bottle. But I have left the empty bottle there because now I worry the rat will make the hole bigger to get out. Herp Shop's bottles fit through the tiny mesh to sit on top.
I also want to add flyscreen which I will eventually add before summer returns, electrical tape holes that well. My hubby laughed and thinks its a funny way to go about it but I am no good with my hands, but this was very simple. If I can do it, anyone can, the rodents look good and secure.