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Old 11-14-2015, 11:38 AM   #11
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Very nice review Bertie!
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Old 11-14-2015, 12:22 PM   #12
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I've put the ferplast bottles on my to get list after Charlie's cage tour!
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Old 11-14-2015, 02:29 PM   #13
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Fab review, I'm still pondering upgrading to a Barney from the Alaska.

We originally bought a PAH cage (I know...) and it had a clip on bottle holder, which we now use with the Alaska and a red classic bottle, as the metal hook that came with it was driving me crackers, whichever side I hooked it!
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Old 11-15-2015, 01:29 AM   #14
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I've just upgraded Nibble from the Alaska to the Barney, and I wish I'd just got the bigger cage to start with - I thought I couldn't fit the 100cm in, but it's not that much bigger but does offer a noticeably large space for the ham. Also it's better quality so better value for money, my Alaska started breaking pretty quickly, bars bending irreparably and bars coming away from the frame.

I started out with a weeny small cage aswell, I think the majority of us probably did!
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Old 11-15-2015, 02:15 AM   #15
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Me too - we started out with a Rotostak 3 story thing. Within the first week or two I thought Charlie seemed a bit lethargic and started searching for info about hamster cages and this forum kept coming up! Within 3 weeks he had grown quite large and got stuck in one of the vertical tubes - so I ordered a cage late at night for next day delivery. I rearranged the living room to make space for an 80cm cage and by the time I'd finished I actually had space for a 100cm cage - I have regretted ever since not getting the 100cm Alexander in the first place! At the time the Barney was 80cm. I ordered that and the Savic Mickey 2XL. The Savic cage arrived next day so I kept that. The 80cm Barney took 5 days to get there and I could see it was a slightly bigger cage - the extra few centimetres depth and height make a difference, never mind the length. But too late, I'd already started using the Savic. The Mickey 2XL is a great cage - if it was the size of a 100cm Barney!

It's all about perspective. You think an 80cm cage looks huge. And then you get used to the look of it, it doesn't seem so big and then a 100cm one doesn't seem that big either! I'm craving 120cm cage now lol.
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Old 11-15-2015, 04:43 AM   #16
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Great review. I love Woodstock's barney cage.

Shelf on the left with a ceramic water bowl on (near the front left door)
Corner litter tray with chinchilla sand under shelf (back left of cage)
The lovely wooden house front right of cage near right front door
cardboard box full of fitch behind the house
trixie wheel back centre of cage
hammock above the house (he hasnt seen it yet)

Loads of fitch over most of the cage, up to the brs. Bendy bridges protect the wheel from being fitched over!

Going to try hanging the wheel from the roof. Great tip.
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Old 11-15-2015, 11:18 AM   #17
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Charlie's Wobust wheel is hung from the roof and spins much better like that! You just take the wheel off the stand, slot the spindle of the stand through the top bars (a few bars from the back - needs to be clear of the base so it doesn't rub against it), then reattach the wheel to the spindle. I have 3 cable ties attaching the base of the stand to the top of the cage to keep it steady and it's firm as a rock like that. At first I put loads of cable ties on but that wasn't good, it meant the wheel hung at a funny angle - three cable ties was just right to hold the right bits of the stand in the right places and let the wheel hang at the right angle (I think sometimes the base isn't completely flat so fastening down all round means the wheel doesn't hang straight).

Here's a photo of what I mean - although our stand is bigger as it's a 30cm Wobust wheel rather than a 27cm Wodent wheel. Is yours a Wodent or Trixie wheel? I wasn't sure how strong the stand was on the Trixie wheel for staying attached to the wheel - the one I had pulled out too easily.

I think the only place to attach the stand to the roof in the Barney is either at one end - ie back side of the cage, or maybe only left or right end of cage - so as not to get caught up with the top door.

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Old 11-16-2015, 12:05 AM   #18
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Mine have the trixie wheels. I wasn't sure about hanging the stand as I wasn't sure if the wheel attached securely enough to the stand, but so far so good and I check it every day. I had it hung from the bars without the stand in the Alaska. I'm getting him a wobust wodent wheel soon tho.
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Old 11-16-2015, 02:39 AM   #19
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Bertiebobbins, how did you find the Trixie wheel hung from the bars? I tried this but it didn't seem to spin as freely as it does on the stand. On the other hand, it's annoying me having to have an area of sloping substrate to accommodate the wheel on the stand - I'm have to use a small bendy bridge to stop a landslide.

I want to get a wodent wheel but my husband might actually kill me as I only ordered the Trixie a couple of weeks ago. There were no wodent wheels in stock and Chewie was in desperate need of a bigger wheel. Law of sod, they appeared in stock a couple of days later.
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Old 11-16-2015, 04:09 AM   #20
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Mine is a black wheel with a spiral in the middle cant remember the make. Havent tried hanging it up yet. I like the colour of your wheel Serendipity. Much nicer than Woodstocks black one...
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