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Old 03-29-2013, 02:34 AM   #11
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Very nice indeed. Sadly, at £125 even from the German Zooplus it's rather beyond my means
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Old 03-29-2013, 03:01 AM   #12
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Lovely cage, and you will find if you do fill it up you won't have to clean it out as often as you think! I use Fitch and its lasting really well, with only spot cleans here and there everyday. I wonder if the manufacturers recommend filling the substrate right up so as to reduce the height of the platforms and break a fall if ever it happens? Your hammy is one lucky little hammy!!!
That could be why the bottom half is glass, so you can pack substrate in there ^^ I'd be worried about any small animal falling or jumping from that height, so I agree about having lots of substrate as a cushion. Are you able to hang hammocks as a precautionary measure?
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Old 03-30-2013, 05:08 AM   #13
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That's a lovely looking hamster home! Wow. If only i had the money haha
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Old 03-30-2013, 05:14 AM   #14
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I have drooled over this for ages. I would fill the base at least to the air holes and custom kit it out with shelves I make myself but as they dont stack they arent feasible to me right now with my large gang sadly .
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Old 03-30-2013, 05:23 PM   #15
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100% fill it right up with substrate! Wasted potential there - hamsters benefit from as deep a layer of substrate as you can give and that cage is perfect for it. It will also drastically reduce the drop from the top shelf, which looks pretty scary.

You'll get the added benefit of being able to see what the ham gets up to through the glass! Fitch bedding comes in a 20kg bag for about £15, so you can go to town with it!
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Old 07-26-2013, 02:25 AM   #16
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I agree that this is a fabulous cage. I had also been wanting one after I saw one for sale on ebay last year. I was lucky enough to find one on Gumtree earlier this year and I got it for £70. At the moment Bart, our lone gerbil, lives in it and he loves it. Currently the tank is half full with shredded toilet paper (16 rolls). He had surgery 2 weeks ago so that was to keep it nice and soft for him. Before that he had a mix of megazorb, fitch and cardboard bedding.

The previous owner of the tank was downsizing and the hamster that had been living in it was moving to a Barney cage. I felt bad that the hamster was losing his home but really pleased to have got the tank.
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Old 07-26-2013, 03:41 AM   #17
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I love this cage if i win the lottery i'm going to have a room full of them.
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Old 07-26-2013, 11:54 AM   #18
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It looks nice, but I might be the only one who isn`t that keen on it. The narrow bars on the top are the same as on the Leon cage and the base is a glass tank. The drops are WAY too high and hamsters (with the exception of the Chinese) are not good at height perception, so I would stress myself over that alone. I would want full shelves in there. Deep substrate would help, but that`s a high price to pay for what it is I feel. maybe I`m just old fashioned....
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Old 07-27-2013, 05:15 PM   #19
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I was worried about the height of the platforms when we first got the cage but Bart is so careful with them. I think maybe gerbils are more cautious about heights than hamsters and we do have the base really full with substrate, but I would worry if there was only a small amount of substrate in there.
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