How to Create a Maze for Rats

Rats are highly intelligent creatures that require a lot of stimulation. Creating a maze for your pet rat is not only great exercise, but it is also fun and challenging. Rats like to solve things, making a maze an enriching activity. As rats can jump two feet in the air, a traditional maze is often not suitable. Tube mazes make a wonderful alternative and will prevent your rat from simply jumping out of the maze.

Things You'll Need

  • 9 6-inch long pipes or plastic bottles
  • Non-toxic glue
  • Craft knife
  • Paper
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Instructions

    • 1

      Cut your piping or plastic bottles so that you have nine tubes each six inches long. Number each tube with a pen or marker. Lay tubes one, three, five and eight vertically; they must remain vertical throughout the whole process. Lay tubes four, six, seven and nine horizontally; they must remain horizontal through the entire process.

    • 2

      Cut a hole which is the same width as the end of tube one in the middle of piece two. Apply glue around the end of tube one and insert tube one into the hole you made in tube two.

    • 3

      Cut another hole in the middle of the other side of tube two. Apply glue around the end of tube three and insert it into the second hole you made it tube two. Tube one, two and three should all now be attached and form a "+" shape.

    • 4

      Cut a hole three centimeters away from the top end of tube five. Apply glue around the end of the right end of tube two and insert it into the hole you created in tube five.

    • 5

      Cut a hole in the middle of piece four. Apply glue around the top end of piece three and insert in into the hole you created in tube four.

    • 6

      Cut a hole a centimeter away from the bottom end of tube five, on the right side. Apply glue around the left end of tube six, and insert it into the hole you created in tube five.

    • 7

      Cut a hole in the middle of tube eight, on the right side. Apply glue around the left end of tube seven, and insert it into the hole you created in tube eight. Apply glue around the bottom end of tube eight and insert it into the top end of tube five.

    • 8

      Cut a hole three centimeters away from the left end of tube nine. Apply glue around the top end of tube eight, and insert it into the hole you created in tube nine. Apply glue around the left end of tube nine and insert it into the right end of tube four.

    • 9

      Cover up the holes at the ends of tubes two, four, five, six, seven and nine by covering the end of each tube with paper and gluing it down.