[GrannieAnnie]

dont lem beat yer! i had the same trouble ( and still do - poo everywhere!) i made stronger cages out of wood.these have even had a pheasant landing on them to try and squash it and it stood up fine.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/r.griffin100/pics/IMG_2609%20(Medium).JPG

Oooh that's a nice strong cage Weasel!  Another lover of cable ties I see!  I love them.  They are sooooo useful and very cheap!

Are you sure that netting stood up to a pheasant?  doesn't look that strong to me, mind you, pheasants aren't as heavy as the other animals that have been mentioned on here!

[arugula]

Any useful comments seem to have been made by now on this thread, so I'm locking it.