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Old 03-19-2017, 09:19 AM  
Pebbles82
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Default Re: Vivarium suitable?

With that particular one I wouldn't be happy using it as it looks like it is bare chipwood or mdf of some kind and that can give off a lot of formaldehyde. Hammies are sensitive to chemicals and scents. The ones that are melamine coated mdf or chipboard are safer.

Swell reptiles sells vivariums that are good. Some are quite cheap, but to get the kind of size you are looking at they're not cheap. This is about the biggest one they do I think. It's not 5 feet but it is quite deep and quite tall so has a good floor area and a good height for deep substrate. You'd need to put a piece of plexiglass inside the doors up to substrate height so it doesn't fall out when you open the doors. And you'd probably need to either replace the top with mesh or cut large vent holes in either end and mesh them. It's 115cm by 60cm deep by 50cm high (just under 4 foot by 2 foot deep).

https://www.reptiles.swelluk.com/viv...ge-deep-beech/

It might be a lot cheaper and easier to get a detolf! (Ikea detolf glass cabinet tipped on it's back and make a lid out of wood and mesh). Almost 5'6" long, but only about 43cm deep and 36cm tall max.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Ha...iw=911&bih=405
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