How I Made my 16 Inch DIY Rat Wheel
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 2. 07. 2024
- How I made a 16 inch wheel for my rats! Enjoy! (Side note but when using a drill...don't copy me lol. Instead its probably best to drill on a table where you can't accidentally drill through your floor, something I almost did once or twice!)
Link to the metal oil pan: amzn.to/2Mswce6
Link to a cheap fidget spinner: amzn.to/36X5GDb
Hard plastic colorful pan versions available here: amzn.to/2Xxhhpj
Link to the lazy suzan (for people wanting to mount the wheel on the cage bars): amzn.to/2Dj9alT
Commercial version of this wheel (cage mounted and already made, what I based this wheel on): amzn.to/2H8o0xK
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Very nice, now they can change their oil on the run.
You can attach the middle of the spiner to the pan and the 3 holes to the piece of wood. Put a nut or 2 between the middle hole on the spinner and the wheel. The 3 screws to 5x5 piece of wood which has 2 or more hang bolts on the outside.
the screws and nuts at 1:00 are called machine screws, thanks for the video. Great idea and I'm getting my rat tomorrow and I will definitely be building this.
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BRILLIANT! Young lady, I really hope that you continue on in the mechanical trades. Women in STEM rock! FYI - even a master machinists will use that very method of roughly finding the center of a round object. I don't know who is mentoring you, but they deserve a raise or pat on the back!
I made it with two fidget spinners and i made the center hole a little larger than the bearings now it spins no problem
Thanks for the idea
If using a wood bracket for the cage mount I'd recommend a longer/wider piece to brace against more cage bars to cut back on wobbling.
Just FYI for anyone who lives near a Menards the pans are on sale through 5/5/19 for $3.99.
Thank you so so much!! We have a non-releasable grey squirrel and we have been talking and browsing larger wheels for him, you just saved us $200 some dollars!!
Thanks for the idea! Our pan should be coming tonight. We inherited a wheel with our girls, but it is only 11 inches, and the one who loves it has outgrown it. I have set up the fidget spinner and two pieces of wood (we will attach it to the cage). Iâm excited to get the pan and try it out.
In the end, the fidget spinners didnât work for us, but we ended up getting a lazy Susan ball bearing, and it works well. Ours that loved the smaller wheel wouldnât use it at first, though. We tried to bribe her, but she wouldnât do it. We also lined it with felt to make it more comfortable for her feet. About a month or so after we made it, she started using it. When she started, she would hop off as soon as we came into the room. She didnât want us to know that she liked it. :) Now, she doesnât really care about us watching and we hear it every night.
Thanks for the video. I am going to give this a try. I have a really big plastic one but the wheel in yours is so much bigger. I have one rat obsessed with the wheel and I think she would love this.
Just Wendy and if you go metal, it canât be chewed if sheâs a chewer!
@@HeyItsCharlie I have been lucky. My rats only seem to want to chew cardboard or toys I have just for chewing. Haven't caught them chewing on anything else.
Just Wendy thatâs awesome!! I donât have rats rn Iâm getting mine Monday, but I had rats as a kid and they also didnât chew things đ
Fabulous! I shall be trying to make this at the weekend. So easy to follow your instructions. Thank you. Xxxx
I am going to make one of these for my Grey Squirrel. I think she will love it!
Such precious rats
Idk why people disliked this video... I donât understand đ
probably because only imperial's used, Americans do the same to European creators
Probably because in this diy you need more money than just buying a wheel online
@@marche434 do you have a link to that super cheap 16 inch rat wheel?
@@marche434Have you bought a 16 inch wheel lately? Theyâre about $135. Iâve seen up to $165. Itâs crazy
I created mine with some tweaks for inside their cage and my rats love it! Thank you! đđ
Glad to hear!
THANKYOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING DIY WHEELâ€ïžâ€ïžI try other vid but ur vid is the more easly to understand and followâ€ïž
I love ur vids they help me with my rats Cheddar , Rodder and Pablo
First of all thank you secondly I just took a class (I mean notes) on ur video brainstormed a little bit and think I got it down so thank you again p.s itâs always good to know everything u need before u go to get it
you just saved me a lot of money, thank you so much :)
I love the video watched others making it so complicated she really made it easy
Love your channel!
Hey Shadow!
I plan to make a wheel for my girls following your video and mount it to their cage, but can you explain a bit more about how to use a lazy susan to do this? Thanks so much for all your helpful videos!
great idea!! đđ
Youâre so crafty! If i tried making something Iâm sure itâd fall to pieces:(
thx for the video & a fidget spinner is GENIUS
my son went thru a phase with those stupid things & has some thrown someplace in a drawer..this is a great idea my chinchilla would love this wheel only maybe smaller for a baby chin hes just a year & a half old he may need a smaller oil pan :P
Good job
Thanks for this video!!! Going to make one for our Syrian hamster tomorrow!
Thx ill do this at some point! đ
Thanks for showing us how to make it! đđŸđ
u could use a rubber bucket for horse feed
Thank you so much! I have a hyper little lady rat who is getting visibly frustrated by the 12" plastic wheel I got for her and I really didn't want to spent $100 + shipping on a commercial chinchilla wheel. Right now I have no idea where to get a fidget spinner other than online, since they seem to be less popular now, but I'll try to make it work with a rollerblade wheel. A bearing is a bearing, right?
Question: Are you wearing a onesie? I hope so! lol! Great video-I have wanted to buy a Carolina Storm Wheel forever and you just showed me how to make it! :-)
Uh....... I donât think she is, no...
any ideas for how to make a wire wheel safe?
How do you connect the lazy Suzan to mount to cage ?
I made this, and mine tends to lean down and back. It is perfectly centered. Any trouble shooting ideas???
I couldn't find anything round large enough locally, so I opted to make it out of reinforced cardboard - it works a treat! Rat's don't trust it yet, but they're curious
In the description, she put the link for 2 different kinds. The 1st link and the 3rd link. The 3rd one are different colors and cleaper
I recently got two baby rats and I was wondering if you had any tips for taming really skittish rats.
She has several vids called "taming my skittish baby rats". Just search that :)
Quick question, if using the lazy Susan/attach to cage method, does the lazy Susan replace the fidget spinner? I mean, since the lazy Susan spins as well... does one attach the pan to the lazy Susan instead of the spinner? (Sorry, Iâm easily befuddled...!)
Laura B If you look up âResourceful Man is Resourcefulâ here on CZcams he has a 3 part video on mounting the lazy susan bearing to the pan.
Hey Iâm really needing your help, Iâm trying to introduce my rats using the carrier method but am confused roughly how long they should be in each stage for? Should I keep them in the smallest cage until they sleep together? Without any breaks? How long generally does each stage take? Thanks xx
Jenna Roesch - hi there. Iâve used this method with my rats and I used the guideline given by âisamuratâ from ratforum.com. From what I understand, length of time depends on how quickly everyone gets along. Once they start sleeping together, you can then transfer them to a larger (but still small) cage. After becoming buddy buddy, you can add an item or two, such as a flat hammock, but nothing they can hide in. See if you can find that article, as I found it very helpful. Iâm on my tablet and donât know how to copy and paste the link, otherwise I would :/
I was looking for a wheel and I got a video on the top so I played it and then seen your video I was like oooo my unni(big sister in korea) also maken it let me see
Does the pan have to be metal? Ive found plastic ones cheaper in uk, would they be suitable? Or maybe a large cake pan?
Nope, plastic works just fine! The only issue is some rats will eventually chew the plastic, but if its the hard plastic pans I'm thinking of (the colored ones) then its hard for them to get a grip and so they typically don't chew it.
so for mine a oil pan and a lazy suzanne for cage assembly is 16 bucks.. a premade 16inch wheel is 53 bucks..
Lucky! The only oil pans I see are 60 and up.
Love this! Are you concerned about the galvanized oil pan absorbing urine smell? Even my girls leave a bit of pee running in their wheel.
Considering Iâve had the plastic one for years and it doesnât smell I donât that thatâll be an issue. Maybe after a few years it would smell but by then I imagine Iâd have to replace it anyways due to the metal pieces warping over time (at least I assume they will, maybe they wonât).
Shadow The Rat Thank you! I have a rat named Biscuit (Buttered Biscuit)! I have a video posted with some of her babies with my dog who LOVES the rats!
JLPadron1 I know Iâm not her, but Iâm gonna watch your video âșïž
I made the wheel but they don't know how to use it and they are scared if start moving the wheel so they learn that they need to run in this
Pls give me tips because I'm sad that I spend my time for them and they don't use
Is it silent?
could I use a 14 inch pan instead of 16 inch pan because I can't find any 16 inch ones.
Yes you can, although I linked the pan I used in the description if you want to check it out (itâs a oil pan and $7 in home depot or off amazon)
Shadow The Rat
Ok thank you!!
Hi! I know I'm very late to this video but I'm getting a Chinchilla and I'm wondering if anyone has used this for a Chinchilla and if it works well. Thank you!
I actually got the idea to use an oils pan from a chinchilla forum where I saw clips of chinchillas running on a similar wheel so Iâd say yes
@@ShadowTheRat Okay great! Thanks so much! :)
Would this really be a saving? Do you have an idea of what you spent in total? (not including the drill)
If I hadn't tried wood first it would have been $15 total, so a huge save (most wheels this size are $70-120). But keep in mind I already had the screws, dremal, and figit spinner, so those would have upped the cost some.
@@ShadowTheRat Okay, great, that's pretty good. Yeah, buying big wheels is really expensive đ . Thanks!
0:56 Iâm pretty sure their nuts and bolts oh and
Does anyone in the comment section know if when you do pea fishing do you
Use frozen pees or cooked
Nuts, screws, bolts, itâs all the same to me lol. I need to up my terminology - you should have seen the outtakes where I kept mixing up nuts and washers! Anyways as for pee fishing either cooker or frozen works but most people (like me) use frozen. Itâs the only way mine will even eat the outside of the pea and even then half the time they peel them :P
Omg omg you replied
Thank you you are the best youtuber and youâve been so much help
Because Iâm getting rats soon !!!!,!!
And yes Iâm am freaking out
@@ShadowTheRat tried a brand called la super sweet baby peas they're canned, they're the only ones my boys dont peel and they love them.. if you gave a total for your project thats would be great. next time
@@nancymurray5847 she a human why would you freak they have a youtube channel theyre not rockstars ..too weird
Pcv pipes or pvc pipes?
PVC, sorry, I think I got them mixed up
To anyone e who made this: should I get the metal pan or plastic one?
Either works, but if you have chewers the metal will last longer. For most rats either type works though and the plastic ones do come in fun colors.
Is this wheel really noisy?
As long as you center the holes and have long enough screws then no. My main issue was that my long center screw was only just large enough to go through the PCV pipe, meaning that it would get loose and start to rattle. if I had a longer screw for the middle or wasnât using PCV (at first I used a wooden stand which worked really well but I was afraid it would start to smell because I hadnât coated it) then it would be much better.
great video but its PVC pipe not PCV pipe lol
Do you have advice on how to teach them to take treats carefully? My older boy used to be okay with this but now he's impatient, i guess
Yeah my two girls are the same, try starting off with liquid treats for them to lick off, and then maybe coat a solid treat in a liquid treat until they are more gentil
How to tell my rat that how to use this wheel she has no idea of it help me please
Just leave it in the cage - it may take a few weeks, but your rats will check it out and start using it over time. Once one rat starts using it, the others will quickly follow.
Personally I've had rats take up to a month to start using a new wheel, so just let them explore at their own pace and they will start using it with time!
I only have 1 rat as I told you her big brother died and I cant buy new or give her to anyone đ„. thanks for telling me
Would this work for chinchillas?
Yep! In fact I was loosely following a post on a chinchilla forum about making a wheel (which is how I found out about the large oil pan), because itâs not super common to find diy wheels in rat groups (or at least not detailed posts on them).
@@ShadowTheRat thank you âșïž
I did it with Stodoys plans.
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