How To Make A Cheap Grid Ramp ( And how to get them to use it )

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This Came at the grand cost of £1.98 :)

Sorry for no pictures my camera packed up then decided to work again when all was in place !

What You Need :

2 Spare Grids
Cable Ties
Small Mat / Lino.

1 ) Bend 2 grids into a curved ' L ' Shape , try to get them as similar as possible !

2 ) Attatch them together with cable ties , try to line them up.

3 ) Attatch the Lino,Mat to the grids , cut to size if needed ! Trim of all excess material.

4 ) Attatch to your upper level and Voila !

Finished Product :

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How i got them to go up ?

Simple , i made a trail of their favourite veg ( cut up into small peices so they dont get full half way up ! ) Put 4 on the ramp spread evenly and they may decide the lure of veg is to much to resist.

My lads took abouit half an hour to go up !

What i used for covering the grids ?

I bought two £0.98 mats from b&q Link is here

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=9279098&fh_location=//catalog01/en_GB/categories%3C{9372013}/categories%3C{9372028}/categories%3C{9372107}/specificationsProductType=mats/specificationsSpecificProductType=plain_mats

Thanks for reading may do a picture guide if i do another one !
 
I'm hoping to expand the girlies' cage soon and was wondering how to make a ramp, so thanks! I don't think pictures for each of the steps are necessary as your instructions are very clear, but I'm sure it would probably help some people.
 
Thanks :)

Personally i love pictures as it makes it easier but my camera didnt want to help !
 
Most people usualy have them left over after making a c&c cage , if you havent any then I'm not sure where youll gethold of them.
 
Haha never looked at it that way !

Stands for Cubes&Coroplast
 
paul1960 said:
where would i get hold of the grids. thanks
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Hey Paul,

If you go to google, type in 'wire cubes' and look in the shopping section, you'll be able to get some. B&Q were out of stock of them for ages but may have them in stock again so worth a look.

I will def be calling them the 'cheap and cheerful' cages now, i like the way you think! :))
 
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