Best Cage for Syrians?

[AprilPearl]

Originally Posted by AmityvilleHams

Edited so the link is there!It can be very confusing,especially being a product which cannot be purchased from usual pet stores(online or otherwise).

Thanks! Ugh, it's out of stock will start searching on other sites now I know exactly what it is that I am looking for.

[cypher]

There's only a couple of UK sites that sell the silent runner although sometimes you can find them on ebay.
It seems to be in stock here.
Silent Runner 12" regular wheel | South West Sugar Gliders

[AprilPearl]

Yesss thanks Cypher! Mushu is going to be one happy bunny... Erm hammy

[Humphrey_hamster]

I have this cage:https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00...er+heaven+cage with this cage connected by tunnels: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00...c+hamster+cage
I recently got rid of the little green penthouse as it is a pain to clean.

I don't know hew to add pics and I don't have a good one

[flowerfairy]

I have the barney cage from zooplus for two of my syrian hamsters and the borneo xxl from amazon de (german amazon site) for my other syrian.

My roborovski has the alaska cage (zooplus). The alaska and the borneo are wonderful because they are sooo easy to access with big front and top doors.

[cypher]

I'd go for the Barney for a syrian, although it doesn't have a nice large door like the alaska it is that bit bigger so probably the better of the two.
Sadly the Borneo no longer ships to the UK.

[AprilPearl]

Thanks all for the help. I just have one question remaining: does moving a hamster to a new cage freak them out and make them all skittish? I know it always takes hamsters a while to settle in when they first get home. Will Mushu suddenly become less tame after moving into a new cage?

[Drago]

Originally Posted by AprilPearl

Thanks all for the help. I just have one question remaining: does moving a hamster to a new cage freak them out and make them all skittish? I know it always takes hamsters a while to settle in when they first get home. Will Mushu suddenly become less tame after moving into a new cage?

They will be a bit nervous and unsettled at first, but as long as you move all his bedding over to the new cage, and keep his setup generally the same, he should settle fairly quickly

[AprilPearl]

Originally Posted by Drago

They will be a bit nervous and unsettled at first, but as long as you move all his bedding over to the new cage, and keep his setup generally the same, he should settle fairly quickly

Good to know. Will he become wary of being handled again too? Or just nervous about the new cage?

[cypher]

It's best to let them settle again almost as if they've just come home as it can take them a while to adjust, they don't normally get scared of being handled but may hide away a bit more as they settle.
You can try setting up the new cage & giving them some play time in it before moving them over & should always use the substrate, nest material & other familiar things from the old cage, don't clean the old one for at least a couple of weeks before the change so everything you do swap over still has his scent on it.