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Pebbles82 · 04-16-2018, 12:47 PM

That all sounds excellent! I was going to say use the lid for the extra height for a syrian sized wheel. What some people do is have the wheel at one end with shallow substrate and then "fence off" that area with medium sized bendy bridges stood on their sides (makes about a 20cm tall fence) and have the deeper substrate on the other side of the fence

You'd need some kind of ramp or tunnel leading from the deeper side down to the shallow side. Some people have even had the shallow side as a sand area instead of having a sand bath.

If it is 35cm tall with the lid then you'll need to choose a wheel carefully. The 12" Silent Runner won't fit as it's 35cm tall (unless internal height is a cm more maybe?) For an average sized Syrian, a popular wheel option is the Carolina Storm Bucket wheel which is 10" in Diameter and adjustable in height - having it at it's maximum height to fit in the cage means there's some room for substrate underneath. If you have a particularly large syrian though you'd need at least 11" or 12" wheel. There are a few options that would be big enough and still fit. The 28cm trixie plastic wheel is one - I think that's available in the US.

Lucky you having 2 iris tree bins! You can't get them most of the year round except at Christmas usually. Good planning there.

This is the Carolina storm wheel (it is also silent by the way)

https://www.carolinastormhedgehogs.c...ket-wheel.html

This is the trixie wheel - it's cheap in the Uk - I think the extra cost is import. Not silent but not really noisy either and pretty quiet usually.

https://www.amazon.com/Trixie-Exerci...+hamster+wheel

If you really wanted the 12"Silent runner (that's"Runner" not "spinner" then you could cut ahole in the top of the bin maybe? But it might be an escape route then. It is 35cm tall on it's stand - also a silent wheel and a sturdy one. Or another option might be to not use the stand and mount it by drilling a hole in the end of the bin and using the separate cage mounting kit to bolt it through. Then it would only be about 12" tall plus a small gap underneath for clearance.

This is the 12" silent runner

Silent Runner Wheel 12" (Regular) - Exotic Nutrition

And the cage attachment kit

Silent Runner Cage Attachment - Exotic Nutrition

It's a good cage attachment kit with everything you needto bolt it to the side of a cage through a hole. I have that wheel cage mounted.

04-16-2018, 12:47 PM
Pebbles82 Hamster Antics Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 23,533	Re: Iris Christmas Tree bin cage help/pointers/suggestions That all sounds excellent! I was going to say use the lid for the extra height for a syrian sized wheel. What some people do is have the wheel at one end with shallow substrate and then "fence off" that area with medium sized bendy bridges stood on their sides (makes about a 20cm tall fence) and have the deeper substrate on the other side of the fence You'd need some kind of ramp or tunnel leading from the deeper side down to the shallow side. Some people have even had the shallow side as a sand area instead of having a sand bath. If it is 35cm tall with the lid then you'll need to choose a wheel carefully. The 12" Silent Runner won't fit as it's 35cm tall (unless internal height is a cm more maybe?) For an average sized Syrian, a popular wheel option is the Carolina Storm Bucket wheel which is 10" in Diameter and adjustable in height - having it at it's maximum height to fit in the cage means there's some room for substrate underneath. If you have a particularly large syrian though you'd need at least 11" or 12" wheel. There are a few options that would be big enough and still fit. The 28cm trixie plastic wheel is one - I think that's available in the US. Lucky you having 2 iris tree bins! You can't get them most of the year round except at Christmas usually. Good planning there. This is the Carolina storm wheel (it is also silent by the way) https://www.carolinastormhedgehogs.c...ket-wheel.html This is the trixie wheel - it's cheap in the Uk - I think the extra cost is import. Not silent but not really noisy either and pretty quiet usually. https://www.amazon.com/Trixie-Exerci...+hamster+wheel If you really wanted the 12"Silent runner (that's"Runner" not "spinner" then you could cut ahole in the top of the bin maybe? But it might be an escape route then. It is 35cm tall on it's stand - also a silent wheel and a sturdy one. Or another option might be to not use the stand and mount it by drilling a hole in the end of the bin and using the separate cage mounting kit to bolt it through. Then it would only be about 12" tall plus a small gap underneath for clearance. This is the 12" silent runner Silent Runner Wheel 12" (Regular) - Exotic Nutrition And the cage attachment kit Silent Runner Cage Attachment - Exotic Nutrition It's a good cage attachment kit with everything you needto bolt it to the side of a cage through a hole. I have that wheel cage mounted. Last edited by Pebbles82; 04-16-2018 at 12:53 PM.