Attaching
The Doors
(Method A)
This
is where the c-rings and the c-ring tool come in. There's a notch in the
tool for the c-ring to fit into. Squeeze the handles like you would a
pair of pliers to close the c-rings. Using these rings, hinge a door to
the rung on the bottom edge of each door hole so that the doors swing
open out and down. If you bought doors with different sized mesh, make
sure you use the smaller meshed door for the bottom. The ferrets will
actually be walking on this door and using it as an entrance and exit
ramp so it's important that they walk on the smaller mesh to prevent their
feet from falling through. The middle floor door is only for your access
to the cage and will not be used by the ferrets. This is why that door's
mesh size can be a little bigger. Still, it shouldn't be any bigger than
the mesh that's already on the cage.
You will probably need to cut some notches in the plastic edging along the bottom of the door holes to allow room for the c-rings to attach and swing
freely.
Because the new doors are wide, I found that they
stayed closed best with three spring hooks each. The hooks have a small
circle at one end which should be attached to the cage one rung above
where the door reaches. Then there's a length of spring and a wire with
a finger loop and a hook at the end. That's the side that will hook and
unhook to the tops of the doors to keep them closed.
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