Need suggestion for enclosure modification

[LRBailey]

So, I cut out the top along the red line which proved to be more difficult than I expected. lol I don't own a jigsaw, and my saber saw blade was too short to get in-between the ridges. I tried an exacto knife but that wouldn't do either. I ended up using a sharp sushi knife (which will now need to be re-sharpened.) I was unable to find the hardware cloth that you had pictured, but I did get some fine screening. It worked out pretty good. For right now, the box is on the floor, and when I leave I have an x-pen meant to be used as a portable dog yard that I can put up around it. I do plan on getting it up on a table soon though.
Here is how it turned out:

The ends also serve as hides in a way as they still are covered by part of the lid. So far Simon and Garfunkel seem to like their new home.

 

[Terry Allan Hall]

So, I cut out the top along the red line which proved to be more difficult than I expected. lol I don't own a jigsaw, and my saber saw blade was too short to get in-between the ridges. I tried an exacto knife but that wouldn't do either. I ended up using a sharp sushi knife (which will now need to be re-sharpened.) I was unable to find the hardware cloth that you had pictured, but I did get some fine screening. It worked out pretty good. For right now, the box is on the floor, and when I leave I have an x-pen meant to be used as a portable dog yard that I can put up around it. I do plan on getting it up on a table soon though.
Here is how it turned out:

The ends also serve as hides in a way as they still are covered by part of the lid. So far Simon and Garfunkel seem to like their new home.

Turned out pretty snazzy!

 

[Alan RF]

So, I cut out the top along the red line which proved to be more difficult than I expected. lol I don't own a jigsaw, and my saber saw blade was too short to get in-between the ridges. I tried an exacto knife but that wouldn't do either. I ended up using a sharp sushi knife (which will now need to be re-sharpened.) I was unable to find the hardware cloth that you had pictured, but I did get some fine screening. It worked out pretty good. For right now, the box is on the floor, and when I leave I have an x-pen meant to be used as a portable dog yard that I can put up around it. I do plan on getting it up on a table soon though.
Here is how it turned out:

The ends also serve as hides in a way as they still are covered by part of the lid. So far Simon and Garfunkel seem to like their new home.

It looks fabulous! Wow I want one!

 

[LRBailey]

I'm happy with it, and so are the torts. It's like a little tortoise castle. Maybe I need to mount mini flags on the ends

 

[MyMango]

Hi,
I can't figure out how you attached the screen so it would safely stay in place. Could you share how you did that? Thanks.

 

[LRBailey]

I simply taped it in place with Gorilla Tape, which seems to be holding up fine for now. I considered using a hot glue gun and gluing it on that way, which if the current method fails is what I would go to next

 

[ChiKat]

Love the mini flags idea! It looks great

I thought that pug in the picture was real at first, but surely there can't be other dogs that sit like my dog Carl.

 

[LRBailey]

lol the pug in the pic is a statue, but I do have a pug that sits just like that