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Old 02-03-2016, 01:55 AM   #31
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Bertie - do you have any tips for attaching the handles and the side clips. I may have been having a 'dur' moment but can't seem to work out how to attach the side clips! The handles look like a bit of force is needed. Having said that, the top is so well clipped into the base with those sticky out bits round the top of the base, I can't seem to get it off again lol.
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Old 02-03-2016, 02:10 AM   #32
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I've only put the handles on, and it took some brute force to get them on! The top of the cage is so heavy I found that the big blue clips werent necessary. I use one to pull the cage out of the clips on the base when I need to take the wire bit off.
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Old 02-03-2016, 04:12 AM   #33
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Ah that last bit is a great idea! Because the back clip on the base is so well clipped in I can't get the top off lol. I guess the blue clips are necessary if you want to pick the cage up by the handles at some point. For now I'll leave them off I think.
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Old 02-03-2016, 04:21 AM   #34
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A couple of things I'd like to add to your review! The base is great! Really deep! It's quoted as 16cm deep I think, but is deeper than my current cage which has a 16cm base. The Barney base on mine actually measures 17cm at the highest point and seems really deep - with the substrate piled up a bit in the middle I've got at least 20cm of substrate in and it manages that easily without coming out through the sides.

I also think the small doors at the front could be good for sticking one of those long flexible tubes in, so a hamster can come in and out of the cage into a playpen for example.

Pricewise - I think it needs extra shelves and hammocks and sputniks, and that the Alexander might actually work out cheaper due to coming with the three shelves and having less high areas to think about.

Someone once measured the internal height of the Alexander for me and I think it was 45 to 46cm tall (the Barney is 43cm internally) so there's not a lot of difference apart from the Barney having the flat top. The 50cm height quoted for the Alexander must include the handles I think.

Also I think the Barney is basically the Tilo - cage I always wanted! - (which seems to have been discontinued now) but with different contents supplied.
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Old 02-04-2016, 01:48 AM   #35
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I wouldn't be able to lift the whole cage up by the handles anyway, it's too wide an heavy!

I recall I worked out that the dimensions given for the Alexander are a bit misleading because the wire cage is not flat, I think they gave the dimensions for the tallest bit, so it is a bit lower than the barney in the end.

Price wise, I was happy with what I paid £50 I think maybe £40 if it went on a deal, the accessories that came with it were decent - did yours come with a shelf, wheel and house? Personally I'd rather spend the extra £ on choosing my own accessories than buying the Alexander and having to use what came with it.
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Old 11-18-2016, 01:49 PM   #36
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As above, the water bottle in George's Barney also forces the bars apart slightly, but I wouldn't not buy it because of it. It's an amazing cage with great dimensions and quality for the price. I'm getting another for my new addition

One thing though - he struggles using the ramp it came with as there aren't many indents to grip on. I bought a hanging bridge from Zooplus (£1.99 right now) to use as a ramp instead and he's fine.
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Old 11-19-2016, 03:19 AM   #37
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I made the ramp less steep in Kashi's barney cage. She seems fine with it.
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Old 11-19-2016, 10:58 PM   #38
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I would be careful about using a hanging bridge (not sure which type you mean though) or anything with chains as hams can get feet caught in chains. I didn't use the Barney ramp - initially I had a cork log wedged part under the shelf - this made a tunnel and also a kind of ramp to climb up to the shelf. But when Charlie got older and found it harder to climb, I had a short shallow ramp at the front of the cage, made from this bendy stick bridge that screws to the bars (keeps it stable) - that worked really well.

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The other way he could get to the shelf was through a rat tube tied to the roof It led from a shelf on the back right corner into a rat sputnik, with the rat sputnik sitting over the shelf. That way they can have a roof run and a second way of accessing the shelf - or do circuits! Up one way and back the other way.



Or did you mean this one? They're ok I had one but the end part snapped off

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Or some people stick lolly sticks on the ramps to give fooholds

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Old 11-19-2016, 11:10 PM   #39
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Incidentally I did have a go at attaching the handles and snapped one of them in the process! So it permanently has no handles now.
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