Thread: Wheel behaviour
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Old 07-28-2016, 11:11 PM  
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Default Re: Wheel behaviour

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Originally Posted by AmityvilleHams View Post
A basic sizing guide would be 6" for robos and small Chinese hams,8" for dwarfs and larger Chinese hams,and 10-12" for Syrians 5-6 inches.An example of an undersized wheel would be a Critter Trail cage coming with a wheel,which is generally a 4" wheel which is just not suitable for any animal.The basic principal is the animal's length x2,but it's perfectly fine to give a slightly larger wheel than necessary if possible as long as they have the strength to move the wheel.
All of my Chineseys, including the larger ones have been able to run on the 6.5" Silent Spinner without any spinal arching so I'm not sure I agree entirely that they have to have anything larger however a larger one isn't necessarily going to present an issue for them either.
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