Best Tortoise Enclosure 2026: My 11 Picks After Keeping a Desert Tortoise
I have kept a tortoise enclosure in my house in Henderson, Nevada, ever since a desert tortoise walked into our yard and decided he lived there. That was years ago. He is still here. This page is eleven enclosures ranked for one job: keeping a tortoise somewhere he...
Best Ferret Cage 2026: My 10 Picks After a Research Day
I do not keep ferrets. I want that said in the first line, because a ferret cage is one of the few pieces of pet gear where pretending would get somebody’s animal hurt. What I do have is twenty years of looking at metal for a living. I spent those years as a...
Best Chinchilla Cage 2026: My 10 Picks After a Research Day
A chinchilla cage is the one purchase in this hobby you do not get to be wrong about twice, because the animal lives in it around the clock. Straight up, so nobody has to guess: I do not keep chinchillas. I have a Mastiff, a group of barn cats, two rescue rabbits and...Best Rat Cage 2026: My 10 Picks After a Research Day
A rat cage is decided by three numbers, and most listings only print one of them. Bar spacing, height, and how many full levels you actually get. Let me be straight with you before you read a word of this. I do not keep rats. I have kept a Mastiff, barn cats, two...
Gunner VanceOff-road shop mechanic in Henderson, Nevada. I buy the gear, break it, then research what to buy instead.
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