Prevue Pet Products Rat, Chinchilla, Baby Ferret Cage, Metal Home Crate for Small Animal Critters, Chew-Proof House with Caster Wheels, Earthtone Dusted Rose Hammertone Finish 31 inches x 20.5 inches x 40 inches

Easiest cage I've ever put together--and that's saying something, considering my family of four has put together a pretty serious number of cages, what with having five ferrets, two guinea pigs, two finches, two degus, and numerous pet rats in just the past five years. I'd say this rivals or beats the double Ferret Nation for ease of assembly. I put it together myself (a 43-year-old woman with fibromyalgia and arthritis) in about 30 minutes, and with no swearing. :) All the parts lined up perfectly. There were two slightly bent wires that were very easily coaxed back into place, with no residual creases or waviness at all. The only tool it took was the included allen wrench, and there were only 12 screws to hold together the whole thing. Everything lined up well, the screws went in smoothly, and putting on the roof brought the whole thing together securely.We adopted our two degus last week, and the Humane Society was kind enough to let us bring home their cage while this was on order. Unfortunately, their cage was a 20-gallon long aquarium, with no cage topper to give them any expansion room to run. Poor little guys were used to having about two square feet to run in.It actually took longer for me to hook up the two wooden bridges, the hanging fuzzy cube, the two wooden shelves, the glass water bottle and the plastic locking food crock than it did to put together the cage. The 'goos watched with fascination the whole time. I was worried about whether there would be a large gap in the cage, since there was no way I was using the wire grate bottom, and was using the plastic pan as the cage bottom instead. In the previous Prevue cage I had, the Feisty Ferret (which just plain sucked in so many aspects), the plastic pan fit loosely and sagged, with little support from the side rails. There was a gap above the pan in that cage that a small animal would be able to slip through. So with that memory in mind, I cautiously slid the plastic pan into this cage, and...was delighted that Prevue got it right this time. The side rails are perfectly designed for the pan to replace the grate, instead of going into the slot below the grate like in my old Feisty Ferret. Basically, there are two side rails stacked on top of each other, and you either put the wire grate into the top one and the plastic pan in the groove right below it, or you leave out the wire grate and put the pan into that top rail groove--in the place of the wire grate. No gap, no sagging, perfect fit.So we gently transferred the boys over to the new cage about two hours ago, and they still haven't stopped exploring! They are jumping, running, leaping, chattering, and burbling with happiness. They love the room to run, and the ramps and shelves are ideal for them to run up and jump off (these little guy have no fear!) They've been jumping into the fuzzy cube and leaping out of the door down to the hanging bridge below the highest shelf, and zooming around like little wind-up toys.I'll update this review in a month or so after I've cleaned the cage several times and done some rearranging of the accessories, but my first impressions are 100% positive. I bought this cage with some trepidation due to previous reviews and my own experience with the crappy Feisty Ferret cage I used to own, but this cage is so much better.Incidentally, everyone else who mentioned that there's no access door on the top is absolutely right. Just the wide, large front door, no other door on the cage. They should update this listing to remove the picture and the mention of the top access door. (From having used such a door with the crappy Feisty Ferret cage, I can say that it probably is no loss anyway.)

So after reading all the reviews, I decided to give it a shot and make the purchase. Besides, there are so many different cages to choose from and this seemed to be the best fit for us based on cost and size.When the box came it was in perfect condition. I was relieved, since reading about damaged boxes and bent pieces. So I kept my fingers crossed when I was opening the box and saw that everything was neatly packaged and didn't see any damage to any of the pieces. I looked over the instructions and began putting it together. It was pretty much a no-brainer. It took me about 30 minutes to put it together and didn't need any help. So far I was very happy. Before I put the top piece on (last step of the setup), I tapped the sides of the cage to check out the acoustics - that seemed to be the biggest complaint, that the cage was LOUD. I can see what they meant. I can see it getting pretty loud with a critter jumping around inside. I wasn't too concerned since the cage was going to be in the basement and we slept two floors up. But just to try to lessen the rattling, I put electrical tape in the grooves where the two sides slide in from the top. That helped lessen the sound a bit, since the sides weren't rattling in those grooves - less metal to metal banging. The rest of the cage can still get noisy, but that's going to be bother some people more than others. Doesn't bother us.I love that the levels and ladders are all metal. The only plastic is the bottom tray. I've read about Chinchillas eating and chewing on plastic, so my daughter said that we needed to get an all metal cage. The opening seems to be pretty secure and allows enough space to access the interior. The space for the bottom shelf could be a little taller - had to lay most supplies on it's side. Not a big deal though. It's nice to have a shelf to just keep things under the cage and keep things organized.All in all, a great experience. I guess I might have been one of the lucky ones that got a cage that didn't have broken or bent pieces. If anything changes when we pick up our Chinchilla and he lives in it for a few weeks, I will update my review.