BTW they are regulation sized ones. One of my mouse books had the measurements.
Home made immitation Maxey
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In Australia our mice are shown in small plastic fish tanks like these 
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I've been dying to get my hands on a Maxey. So I decided I'd make a couple to see what they looked like.
I won't be using them for show, I'll be using them to transport mice too shows.
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I didn't have much sucess trying to put together a traditional door but I did manage to make a functional substitute.
Bonus is you can remove the door to make the unit easier to clean.
Having no woodwork experience whatsoever I recon I did a pretty good job for a first attempt!
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I've been dying to get my hands on a Maxey. So I decided I'd make a couple to see what they looked like.
I won't be using them for show, I'll be using them to transport mice too shows.
I didn't have much sucess trying to put together a traditional door but I did manage to make a functional substitute.
Bonus is you can remove the door to make the unit easier to clean.
Having no woodwork experience whatsoever I recon I did a pretty good job for a first attempt!
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Sarah, I thought I was the only person who had tried to make my own and failed miserably!
Icedmice, in the US, most clubs also use small plastic Kritter Keepers (called Fauna Boxes in Europe, I don't know what they're called in Australia) for show.
If you're going to get Maxeys I recommend buying them from Brian or someone else who's had experience with them, or else, spending a lot of time and money on learning to create them yourself. At a Rodent Fest a while ago I saw a couple of homemade imitation Maxey-style cages (which were blue, of all colors lol) and they just looked weird. There's something that just screams "wannabe" when the Maxey is not only built poorly, but also the wrong color! It's like trying to eat a purple banana, just not right. lol
Yours look very nice.
Icedmice, in the US, most clubs also use small plastic Kritter Keepers (called Fauna Boxes in Europe, I don't know what they're called in Australia) for show.
If you're going to get Maxeys I recommend buying them from Brian or someone else who's had experience with them, or else, spending a lot of time and money on learning to create them yourself. At a Rodent Fest a while ago I saw a couple of homemade imitation Maxey-style cages (which were blue, of all colors lol) and they just looked weird. There's something that just screams "wannabe" when the Maxey is not only built poorly, but also the wrong color! It's like trying to eat a purple banana, just not right. lol
Yours look very nice.
That would not be smart due to the reasons Jack already explained.
We actually have three official colors: primary red ("Old Glory Red"), blue, and white. If you've ever seen one of our delivery trucks, you've seen these three colors working with each other. They're taken from the US flag, obviously.
I'm certain the reason somebody in Maxey's day decided to paint mail boxes (and then show cages) red and green was due to their relationship on the color wheel. It could just as easily have been orange and blue or purple and yellow, but it seems red and green is more conventional (they appear together in nature more often, for one). Color theory is very important area in any kind of professional design, even mouse show boxes.
I'm certain the reason somebody in Maxey's day decided to paint mail boxes (and then show cages) red and green was due to their relationship on the color wheel. It could just as easily have been orange and blue or purple and yellow, but it seems red and green is more conventional (they appear together in nature more often, for one). Color theory is very important area in any kind of professional design, even mouse show boxes.
Don't worry, I was being lighthearted so I didn't take it negatively at all. I'm actually very hard to offend.
Regardless, your apology is accepted.
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Regardless, your apology is accepted.
Yeah, the green was both the color of the railroad and the color of dark holly leaves...at least mine are that color of green. And when you add in bright red color of the berries, you have an exact match!
That mice cannot see red is a very good point I had never thought of.
The blue Maxey-like cages I saw at Rodent Fest were nowhere near as well-built as the AFRMA's seem to be, though. They look constructed of particle board and painted very unevenly. I should have asked the people who they were and where they got them, but alas I was too scatterbrained!
That mice cannot see red is a very good point I had never thought of.
The blue Maxey-like cages I saw at Rodent Fest were nowhere near as well-built as the AFRMA's seem to be, though. They look constructed of particle board and painted very unevenly. I should have asked the people who they were and where they got them, but alas I was too scatterbrained!
Well, I know mine are brand-spankin new. When I opened the package, I could still smell the paint Brian used! :lol:
I wonder how old the oldest Maxey still in use is? I would not be surprised at all if it's older than us.
edited to add the word "not." Such a small word, but so important to meaning!
I wonder how old the oldest Maxey still in use is? I would not be surprised at all if it's older than us.
edited to add the word "not." Such a small word, but so important to meaning!
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