A small animal habitat and method of coupling at least one decorative assemblyto thesmall animal habitat. The small animal habitat includes a top portion, a baseportion, and acentral portion positioned therebetween, wherein the central portion includesa plurality ofhorizontally-extending wire tines. The small animal habitat also includes atleast one exteriorstructural assembly, wherein the at least one exterior structural assembly hasat least oneupward-facing clip extending from an inner surface of the at least oneexterior structuralassembly, and at least one downward-facing extended tab extending from theinner surface ofthe at least one exterior structural assembly. The at least one upward-facingclip is configuredto be removably coupled to at least one of the plurality of horizontally-extending wire tines,and the at least one downward-facing extended tab is configured to beremovably coupled tothe base portion.
