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Wayne and Nancy Wellington have come up with a way for
ferret owners to play with their pets and not worrying
about them running away. They've invented and patented
what they call their Pet Amusement Lair.
The apparatus is constructed of a series of 4-inch wide
non-toxic plastic tubes connected to plastic boxes called
lairs. The critters -- which can also include minks, chinchillas,
guinea pigs, sugar riders and some reptiles -- run freely
through the lairs, which are lined with carpet and hang
on the walls.
"They love to get up in the tubes and slide down into
hammocks in the lairs," says Wayne Wellington, co-owner
of W&H; Enterprises, the company that makes the Pet Amusement
Lair. "They get more exercise and have more freedom to
run in the house. I can go out and don't have to worry
about them at all."
The plastic lair boxes come in a variety of colors in
two sizes. The 15 x 15 x 18 inch set of three boxes and
tubing with connecting plastic tubing sells for $210,
Wayne Wellington says. The smaller plastic boxes measures
12 x 12 x 12 inches and sell for $150 with the tubing.
The Wellingtons made their first Pet Amusement Lair 10
years ago. They came up the concept after watching their
ferrets and cats run through some carpet tubing a friend
brought home. Nancy then came up with the idea of making
the tubes out of plastic.
Wayne says ferrets will develop a condition called Muscular
Atrophy if they don't use their muscles. The Pet Amusement
Lair allows them to exercise at their leisure all day
at their own pace.
The Wellingtons point out their Pet Lair is endorsed by
the Ferret Club of Las Vegas and the 24 Caret Ferret Shelter
of Las Vegas. Wayne says he has sold several lairs in
Nevada, California, Louisiana, Florida and Indiana. Eventually,
he says, he wants to hire disabled veterans to help assemble
the tubes and plastic boxes.
"The animals get exercise, but they are still contained,"
Nancy Wellington says. "They are able to move more freely
around."
The Wellingtons state on their web site, www.petlair.com,
that the Pet Amusement Lair will free a pet from being
behind bars in a regular metal cage. But most of all,
they say, it will be a lot of fun to watch your pet run
and frolic freely in the system around the house.
For more information contact:
Wayne or Nancy Wellington at W&H; Enterprises, 2248 Raymond
Lane, Las Vegas, NV. 89156. Phone (702) 459-5843.
Fax: (702) 459-9691.
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