I do have some pictures to post...
"Hmmm, what's this?"
*nibbles*
"Mmmmm!!" *lick* "This is *lick* *chomp* really good!" *chomp*
*all smiles*
That's my silly girl!
I'm sure ice cream sandwiches are not good for rats, but we don't make a habit of giving them that kind of thing anyway... Adam couldn't resist this time, though. 
It's probably too late to avoid respiratory problems for my two, as they're actually senior citizen ratties at this point already, but I think I'm going to try switching them to non-shaving bedding, just because the shavings are a serious pain when it comes time to clean. The cage we're using is a refurbished bird cage, so it has a litter tray on the bottom, but because of the shavings, we don't use it - you can't pull it out with clumps of wet wood on it. Icky!
We do finally have a half-decent wheel for them, after going through no less than 4 of the blasted things. The wheel we have now is wire, but it's more of a mesh than those awful bars, and it's quite big. We tried a solid wheel at one point and they absolutely hated it - wouldn't use the thing.
The hammock they had had very wide straps, 4 of them, that clasped onto the cage with metal hardware. Lew made short work of those straps, that's for sure. Putting wire in the fabric might be something to try. I think you overestimate my sewing skills, though. 
Anyway, thanks for all the advice! Now I know better what to do for future ratlings. See, I really need to spend more time at that forum... our setup here is standard for what people on this side of the pond use for rodent pets, and none of us have any idea that that's not ideal. Even books say to use wood shavings. Sigh!
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