The spiny tunnel project!

Well not so much spiny tunnels as tunnels for spinys! Basically I had an idea some time ago about building some sort of tunnel system for the spiny mice out of all the extra-long cardboard tubes I had left over from rolls of wrapping paper at Christmas. Given how much they like running through the ones they normally get and that their favourite sleeping place is usually an underground (ie buried in the litter) cardboard box I wanted to create a big underground system for them. So spurred on by a forum member who’d had a similar idea (great minds think alike lol!) this is what the spiny tank now looks like.

Firstly I made one tunnel set out of plastic tubes and put it at one end of the empty tank.

Then I constructed what I could out of the cardboard tubes and put it at the other end.

In the middle went the ‘bunker’ with an entrance tube.

Then I covered the whole lot with litter…

….leaving only the entrance/exit tubes above ground.

Once that was done I added the rest of the toys as per normal.

I’m pleased to say that Molly, Matilda and Amelia absolutely LOVE it! They’ve been going totally loopy racing round all their ’secret’ tunnels and exploring so although under no illusions that the cardboard bit will stay intact for long it was totally worth the time and effort. Will have to try something similar with Hoggle and Grace now!

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