It's embarrassing, but it did. I helped with everything that didn't need strength — so it technically took 5 people haha. We had to contact the seller so many times because parts just wouldn't fit, and the instructions were the worst any of us have ever seen. I would rather build a house from scratch than build this cage! The main issues were needing hammers and 3 people pulling different parts different ways to get them to slot in enough for us to cable tie things back down to try and connect other parts... or screw pieces together. I do love the finished build though