How did you frame the mesh? I tried something similar and the edges kept coming loose.

Paper holds a tunnel if you pack it down, hemp is better straight out of the bag. I ended up mixing the two.

Worth going through the rest of the bag for anything else sharp. I found a piece of wire in mine once.

Congratulations! That first time is such a good feeling.

Mine took about three weeks. What worked was cutting the pellets in half and scattering them in the bedding instead of the bowl.