But is it that style of cage? Could you find a picture on the internet that is similar to your cage and post a link to it?

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Owned by Fern, Heidi, Asteroid, Bubbles & Fizz
Missing Snippet, Frost, Willow & Nix


Opinions are like armpits. Everyone has them, and some stink.

Personally, I wouldn't keep rats in soemthing like that link as I'd be worried about ammonia build up
JMO

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This one is close, but the cage part is preportionatlly much bigger. It is about 2/3 of the total height, and hopefully to clear this up, the base size is 6ft by 4ft. Which I bevelive is much bigger than the recomsnded minimum size for 2 rats.
I once again thank you all for your concern
Ammonia build up ( or any other build up for that matter ) isn't a problem. the enclosure is cleaned at least twice a week. The little guys only live in the cage at night or if I am out. The spend most of the rest of the day with me. Some times sleeping in my pocket.( Their choice not mine. )

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Not everything that goes up comes back down. Your age for example.
My pets (sorry I can't upload any pics yet)
Cats
Candy (12) Neo and Simba (10) Del Boy (7))
Cockatiels
Undertaker (My OH's choice)(10) Souxsie(10) Sid(9) Rimmer and LIster(1) Ruhbarb and Custard(hatched july 2010)
Rats
Frosty and Jack(1)
Gerbil
Pepper(almost6) Pepper sadly no longer with us RIP pepper.
Its almost a zoo at home,but we love them all.

You have obviously done well in building it and you care for your rats due to the size of the terrarium. The fact is the rats have senstive respiratory systems so for healthy rats they must have ventilation and 24/7 air circulation. Ammonia (from wee) is there constantly cos they wee a lot Plus ANY dust from their bedding, food, anything needs to be able to get out easily to protect the rats sensitive respiratory system. Maybe you can take the glass panel from the from...maybe the back too if possible and put some strong mesh up? For me this would be hard lol but sounds like it would be do-able for you? It would be beneficial I can promise you

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Obviously it sounds like the Rats are in good conditions. They seem to have alot of free space to run around in and it sounds as if the terrarium is only used as a bathroom. I could be wrong never have owned rats before, but they sound to me like they are living in a fine home.

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I hope that I have cleared things up now. I am considering building a new cage. It's about time I put my metalwork skills to use again. It will probably not be for my current 2 rats because of the time it takes to design and build it.

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Not everything that goes up comes back down. Your age for example.
My pets (sorry I can't upload any pics yet)
Cats
Candy (12) Neo and Simba (10) Del Boy (7))
Cockatiels
Undertaker (My OH's choice)(10) Souxsie(10) Sid(9) Rimmer and LIster(1) Ruhbarb and Custard(hatched july 2010)
Rats
Frosty and Jack(1)
Gerbil
Pepper(almost6) Pepper sadly no longer with us RIP pepper.
Its almost a zoo at home,but we love them all.