Imbrium
Jennifer
*bangs head against desk*
these sugar gliders I'm gonna get had better be the cutest freaking things in the whole wide world because I'm having to invent brand new swear words for this huge, expensive cage I bought. oh, and the box it came in, which was MASSIVE and super-reinforced along every "corner" (not corner as in the corners of the box - corner as in where two sides meet, along the ENTIRE length and width of the box). it took me 10 mins with a pair of box cutters just to break down the packaging enough that I'd be able to fit it in the recycling bin... and the recycling bin is huge.
(this is the cage, btw - http://www.sugar-gliders.com/sugar-glider-cage.htm )
the cage description warned about the cage being 29'' wide and might not fit through some interior doorways, blah blah blah... but I was like "whatever" because I was going to be smart and just assemble it in the dining room where I was going to put it and then NEVER MOVE IT AGAIN. or so I thought.
turns out, the instructions say to assemble all of it except the roof OUTSIDE because it helps a ton if you have more room above the cage than the standard house ceiling provides. gee, thanks for warning me of THAT ahead of time >.>
first of all, I don't wanna go outside, it's like 87 degrees and I get bit up by mosquitos even if I use insect repellent. second of all, getting the cage from there to the corner I plan to put it in looks next to impossible because of all the stuff in my house. you know, like furniture. there's a bunch of boxes of bunny supplies behind the front door I'd have to move, but that's the easy part... the tough part is getting between the NIC shelving and the dining room table and then around the end of the dining room table.
the NIC shelving is 4 high by 2 wide and has a lot of heavy stuff on it and is kinda wobbly and honestly, I'm scared to move it. ironic thing is, it wasn't there yesterday (well, it was, but it was only one cube wide which wouldn't have required moving) - I expanded it so I could de-clutterfy my dining room table to set out all the cage parts so I could assemble the cage. because I hadn't taken the cage parts out of the box due to not having anywhere to put them, I hadn't seen the instructions yet.
once I get it around the dining room table, which is angled so that it actually fits in the small area, I've gotta somehow slide the table to the side (closing the gap I would've just pushed the cage through) so that I can get the cage between the table and the china cabinet and into the corner. ugh.
I'm currently debating whether to assemble it in the icky outdoors or to try putting it together in the bunny pen (the living room has a vaulted ceiling), which would require herding bunns into the condo when I finished so I could cut the zipties where the two pens meet and take it into the foyer from that side and then around to the dining room.
the whole dining room table issue would probably be solved if I could take out the leaf that's in the table and make it like a foot shorter, but I have no clue how to do that (it's been over a decade since we put it in) or if it's even a 1-person job (don't think it is since I remember mom getting me to help with it at some point).
for how much this cage cost, you'd think it wouldn't be such a nightmare to put together!
oh, and to top it off, there's no pictures in the instructions so you just have to hope and pray you're doing it right *facepalm*
these sugar gliders I'm gonna get had better be the cutest freaking things in the whole wide world because I'm having to invent brand new swear words for this huge, expensive cage I bought. oh, and the box it came in, which was MASSIVE and super-reinforced along every "corner" (not corner as in the corners of the box - corner as in where two sides meet, along the ENTIRE length and width of the box). it took me 10 mins with a pair of box cutters just to break down the packaging enough that I'd be able to fit it in the recycling bin... and the recycling bin is huge.
(this is the cage, btw - http://www.sugar-gliders.com/sugar-glider-cage.htm )
the cage description warned about the cage being 29'' wide and might not fit through some interior doorways, blah blah blah... but I was like "whatever" because I was going to be smart and just assemble it in the dining room where I was going to put it and then NEVER MOVE IT AGAIN. or so I thought.
turns out, the instructions say to assemble all of it except the roof OUTSIDE because it helps a ton if you have more room above the cage than the standard house ceiling provides. gee, thanks for warning me of THAT ahead of time >.>
first of all, I don't wanna go outside, it's like 87 degrees and I get bit up by mosquitos even if I use insect repellent. second of all, getting the cage from there to the corner I plan to put it in looks next to impossible because of all the stuff in my house. you know, like furniture. there's a bunch of boxes of bunny supplies behind the front door I'd have to move, but that's the easy part... the tough part is getting between the NIC shelving and the dining room table and then around the end of the dining room table.
the NIC shelving is 4 high by 2 wide and has a lot of heavy stuff on it and is kinda wobbly and honestly, I'm scared to move it. ironic thing is, it wasn't there yesterday (well, it was, but it was only one cube wide which wouldn't have required moving) - I expanded it so I could de-clutterfy my dining room table to set out all the cage parts so I could assemble the cage. because I hadn't taken the cage parts out of the box due to not having anywhere to put them, I hadn't seen the instructions yet.
once I get it around the dining room table, which is angled so that it actually fits in the small area, I've gotta somehow slide the table to the side (closing the gap I would've just pushed the cage through) so that I can get the cage between the table and the china cabinet and into the corner. ugh.
I'm currently debating whether to assemble it in the icky outdoors or to try putting it together in the bunny pen (the living room has a vaulted ceiling), which would require herding bunns into the condo when I finished so I could cut the zipties where the two pens meet and take it into the foyer from that side and then around to the dining room.
the whole dining room table issue would probably be solved if I could take out the leaf that's in the table and make it like a foot shorter, but I have no clue how to do that (it's been over a decade since we put it in) or if it's even a 1-person job (don't think it is since I remember mom getting me to help with it at some point).
for how much this cage cost, you'd think it wouldn't be such a nightmare to put together!
oh, and to top it off, there's no pictures in the instructions so you just have to hope and pray you're doing it right *facepalm*
