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11-28-2010, 02:33 AM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Nov 2010
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Warning - Dwarf Hamsters and Savic Cambridge Cages
I just thought I should let you all knwo that I had a svic cambridge for my chinese dwarf hamster Dusty (not with us any more ), he loved it and there was so much space for him, however the warning is that the space below the hook of the doors was big enough for him to squeeze through!
He couldn't fit through the gabs between but he could fit through here:
So as a solution we put wire round it (he never chewed it) and he then could not get out
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11-28-2010, 06:18 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Yorkshire, UK but my heart lies in Scotland!
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Re: Warning - Dwarf Hamsters and Savic Cambridge Cages
Thanks for the advice Dusty and welcome
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11-28-2010, 11:02 AM
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Retired Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 8,136
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Re: Warning - Dwarf Hamsters and Savic Cambridge Cages
Hi Dusty and welcome to HC!
Thanks for the warning
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11-28-2010, 01:07 PM
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#1 Hamster Mom
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Nottingham, East midlands, UK
Posts: 13,209
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Re: Warning - Dwarf Hamsters and Savic Cambridge Cages
Chinese hammies are slim little things
Thankyou for the warning x
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11-30-2010, 01:58 AM
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PM Fluffy for custom title
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Central Scotland
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Re: Warning - Dwarf Hamsters and Savic Cambridge Cages
Door latches can cause issues with mice aswell. What I do is, I cut out a strip of plastic from an old ice cream tub, margarine tub or similar ( about two/three inches square). Cut or melt a `slit` in this where the door latch would fit through. Once the slit is made, place this over the door latch and the plastic then lies flat against the cage door and blocks the hole!
Because it`s flat and secured through the metal latch by the slit you have made, the hamster or mouse can`t chew it. You just have to make sure when you open and close your cage door that the plastic is flat and secure and not slack. You can actually melt a few holes in each of the corners of the piece of plastic and use thin cable ties to tie it into the door bars to secure it well so that it does`nt move.
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11-30-2010, 08:04 AM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Posts: 27
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Re: Warning - Dwarf Hamsters and Savic Cambridge Cages
This is an excellent review!! Photos, reasoning, and fix, everything enough to convince me not to purchase this product. Thanks for the headsup!
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12-04-2010, 02:08 AM
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Hamster Addict
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Stockport, UK
Posts: 1,048
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Re: Warning - Dwarf Hamsters and Savic Cambridge Cages
I had the same problem with the cage (not the same cage) I kept my first two hamsters in, they were robos but couldn't get through the bars apart from that bit on the door :/
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12-22-2010, 01:42 PM
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Hamster Pup
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Greece
Posts: 102
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Re: Warning - Dwarf Hamsters and Savic Cambridge Cages
Well...I just found my little Winterwhite behind the couch...
I have a Savic Peggy cage for my two girlies and it's the second time that she escapes - probably from the space below the hook of the door! I can't find any other place in the cage that she could squeeze through! Tomorrow i'll buy a zoozone, even though i don't like it that much. I don't want this to happen for a third time! It's totally freaking me out!
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01-14-2011, 09:03 AM
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PM Fluffy for custom title
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Oxfordshire, UK
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Re: Warning - Dwarf Hamsters and Savic Cambridge Cages
Thanks for letting us know. I am thinking of putting a winter white in there but may change my mind.
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01-29-2011, 08:44 AM
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Hamster Overlord
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Herefordshire
Posts: 630
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Re: Warning - Dwarf Hamsters and Savic Cambridge Cages
I had my dwarf in a Savic for over 2 years and I'm surprised she didn't find this little hole as she was such an active little soul and climbed and chewed and was all over the cage! Maybe she just wasn't that smart! LOL
It's always useful to know problems like this so we can prevent the same thing happening to our hamsters if we have a similar cage.
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