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Old 11-14-2015, 09:54 AM   #1
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Default 100cm Barney refiew

Thought I'd post this as the other Barney review is for the 80cm one, and it has since been updated to be 100cm long.

Both my hams have a Barney cage. The dimensions at the widest point is 100 x 50 x 45cm (LxWxH). I got them from Zooplus, the regular price is £59.99 but it's often on offer for £49.99 which includes free delivery. This a good quality, well priced cage I'd highly recommend.

Firstly, the cage comes in a whacking great box, which doubles as a handy hamster playpen for taming! The mesh arrives complete as it doesn't fold away for storage.

The cage comes with a wooden platform, ramp and a decent sized wooden corner house with a door big enough for a Syrian, which is quite unusual for a cage specifically for hamsters! (Shown in Glowy's cage, Nibble has a different house). The wood isn't treated, so you might want to plastikote it (I didn't). The cage also comes with a decent sized wheel which would be fine for a baby Syrian or a dwarf (8" ish). Again, this is unusual for a hamster size cage, and great as a starter option. I can't comment on the quality of the wheel as my hams both have other, bigger wheels.

The bar spacing is 7mm, so would be suitable for bigger dwarfs and Syrians. The bar quality is really good, and there are no big gaps which might let out a small ham. The mesh on the top door overlaps the cage wires so no gaps there.

It comes with two plastic handles to attach to the cage top, and two clips to attach the wire to the base. The cage has fittings on the base which the long sides clip into securely, so you only need two clips on the short sides. It's pretty heavy to lift around once you have the ham and all accoutrements installed, you'd need two people to lift the whole thing really so it's certainly not a portable cage.

The cage has two very small front doors (bigger arms could easily get stuck in them lol!) and one very large top door. Nibble's previous cage (Alaka) had two big doors, top and front, and although I'd love a big front door I'm not missing it as much as I thought. I was able to set the cage up for Nibble easily, transplanting his old setup to the new cage exactly the same, so access isn't an issue. The other reason I wanted a front door was because I know hams don't like thinks coming from above, and our baby Glowy wasn't yet 6 weeks before he went into the Barney and I didn't like the idea of always looming down from above whilst trying to tame him. However this hasn't been a problem, he doesn't mind me reaching down from above, and he will happily march right out of the small doors already.

The cage base is deep enough for a decent layer of substrate - both hams have 3 bags of Carefresh in there and manage to dig themselves lovely tunnels. Glowy nests in the substrate and hasn't had to pile any up, he just dug straight down.

As you can see from the pics, there's plenty of room for a big wheel, both are 11" trixie wheels. Glowy's has the stand resting on two bendy bridges and cable tied to the cage (he likes to move his wheel around!) and Nibble's has the stand attached to the top of the cage with cable ties. Both arrangements seem to work well.

This cage offers lots of space to be able to offer your ham plenty to do. Glowy has a climbing arrangement by the Sputnik as he likes to climb, Nibble has a couple of sputniks linked together as an extra level, as he isn't a climber at all. By the way, the purple tubes from p@h fit perfectly in the openings for the rat sized sputniks, and even the biggest Syrian hams can use them (Nibble, I'm looking at you!), all the others I tried were too big. I like them because the hams can't fall off them!

Overall, I'd highly recommend this cage. I changed Nibble from an Alaska because the quality of the Alaska isn't great. For £15 more (the Alaska is usually £35) I'd get this because the accessories are better quality, dimensions are better, bars have smaller spacing and overall it's a better quality cage. It doesn't take up that much room either!



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Old 11-14-2015, 10:12 AM   #2
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This is a very good review by BB. I also have a new Barney and can add only a little.
First, it does not come with protection inside the box. Below is the damage to mine. Thanks to earlier advice on HC I acted at once and took the photo below. I emailed zooplus the same evening and received a reply next morning. I was offered £25 credit if I wanted to keep the cage. My husband managed to fix it as there were 3 pieces broken and it needed duct tape reinforcement underneath but is fine now. So mine was half price!
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Old 11-14-2015, 10:14 AM   #3
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Next is my set up now. I did not use plastickote as I knew it was not needed.
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Old 11-14-2015, 10:19 AM   #4
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Finally, another view. I transferred Mocho's 2 storey Guinea pig house which is on the right and his main food bowl is upstairs so he can eat under cover! The house that comes with the barney now sits on the shelf and is his secondary feeding area where treats can be found. There is plenty of space for all sorts of hidey places and toys. 2 sputniks and rat tubes between make an excellent safe upper area.
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Old 11-14-2015, 10:32 AM   #5
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One of mine came in a box battered to heck but totally intact, the other had a big dent to the bars in the top corner which couldn't have been caused in transit as the box was totally intact, it must have been there when it was boxed before zooplus got it. You can see the dent in Glowy's pic in the top back right corner. I got a 50% refund for that one too!
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Old 11-14-2015, 10:32 AM   #6
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Great Barney reviews and photos!
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Old 11-14-2015, 10:36 AM   #7
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I knew I had forgotten one thing! I use the classic water bottles. No problem with the hamster heaven bars at 1cm. The barney is 7mm spacing and so the water bottle spout forces the bars slightly out of alignment when hung up.
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Old 11-14-2015, 10:41 AM   #8
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I use a red classic mouse bottle for Glowy and notice it forcing the bars apart a bit, doesn't bother me and I don't push it through the same bars every time. Nibble has a blue classic universal bottle which doesn't push the bars apart so much.
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Old 11-14-2015, 10:45 AM   #9
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I have 7mm bar spacing on Charlie's Savic Mickey 2XL. He was very nervous when he was a baby and hated the scraping noise of the bottle going through the bars, so I used a bottle stand inside the cage and am now using this Ferplast Drinky 75ml bottle which has a clip that clips to the inside of the bars - works well if you're interested.

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Old 11-14-2015, 11:11 AM   #10
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I actually bought a living world water bottle and holder at the same time as the cage (free postage!) I have not used it yet while Mocho is young and fit and can go up the slope to a bottle. My idea is to stand it inside the cage when I think he needs something lower and nearer to his house.
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