There are DIY options such
as small cardboard boxes, plastic tubs with holes cut out of them, or coconut husks but these have to be replaced as they get chewed up by your hamster.
A house or hide box can be as simple
as a small cardboard box (it will have to be replaced often but it is economical), a plastic hide box (it may be chewed up), a wooden box (it may be chewed or get soiled and smelly), or other things like a half coconut shell or a small clay plant pot.
Not exact matches
small tin buckets easy to find at paint supply stores
small cardboard paint buckets also at paint supply stores; paint or cover with paper chinese food
boxes most craft stores have these in a variety of colors plain paper sack with a drawing or stickers on the front and tied with a ribbon or a cardstock header stapling the bag closed plastic beach buckets check the dollar store for the best price terra cotta flower pots perfect for a garden theme; the kids can paint these for a party craft too fabric or felt bags with or without a drawstring large tin cans of course, make sure the edges are not sharp mini canvas totes bought or homemade
cardboard boxes such
as a cereal
box, cut down and covered with paper or painted; add a ribbon, string or wire handle baskets lots of inexpensive ones available at thrift stores popcorn
boxes available at party supply stores Helpful Tips:
Cardboard boxes, paper grocery bags, anything that will work
as a tunnel, and cat toys can make great distractions for your
small pets.
Find a
small cardboard or plastic tray that's three to five inches high to serve
as a litter
box, and secure it to one side of the cage, away from sleeping and eating areas.
Provide a couple of hides - perhaps make them slightly different such
as a plastic house and a
small cardboard box, and put some comfy bedding in.
It is important to provide your guinea pig with a «house,» such
as a
small cardboard or wood
box, inside its cage.
If your ferret chews on cloth, remove these items and provide a
small cardboard or wooden
box with clean straw or hay
as a sleeping area.
To safely move or transport an injured cat, use a suitable container such
as a strong
cardboard box or a cat carrier (remove the top for easy and safe access to the carrier; don't push an injured cat through the
small door or opening).
It's welcomed, but it almost upsets the overall tone of the experience,
as does a profane slogan on the side of a removals company
cardboard box; but then, such is the disparate treatment of every playable flashbacks, that
small inconsistencies, I suppose, in the game's «real» world barely register with lasting relevance.
There are a lot of
small obstacles along the way, such
as pylons (orange plastic cones to mark the street), road blocks, plastic signs inside a restaurant, and
cardboard boxes inside another building.
Other artists haven't fared
as well, their works either compromised by the space (Rachel Whiteread's Embankment, stacks of cast
cardboard boxes that lacked the emotional punch a
smaller space would have provided) or flawed by choosing to square up to its epic scale.