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In
order to modify your cage to three floors, you'll need access to all 3
floors. This won't be possible with the positions of your current doors.
So we're going to pretend they're not there! You're going to cut two new
doors on the back (which will become your new "front") and one
new door on the very top of the cage -but that comes later. First, let's
cut the bottom door.
Bolt cutters or other cutters that will cut the
wires flush are best but if you cut it with little nubs sticking out it'll
be ok too because you're going to cover them with plastic edging later.
Do try to cut as flush as possible though.
For lack of a better unit of measurement, I will
often be describing things in terms of "rectangles." That is,
the rectangles formed by the rungs of the cage. The hole for the new door
you're cutting is going to be 2 "rectangles" high, and 18 rectangles
across. The bottom of your hole will be one rectangle up from the bottom of the cage.
As to where to position the door horizontally on the cage, I put mine
approximately center but you could cut it a little more over to the left
or right side. I realized later that if I'd cut it a little more to one side,
I would have had more room to hook a shelf or water bottle to the left
or the right of the door when I was done. Remember to visualize (or maybe
even tape off) which rungs make up the actual rectangular border of your
door so you don't cut too many rungs (i.e., "18 rectangles across" means
you're cutting 17 wires in between).
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