Hector - Page 6

velma · 09-21-2014, 01:54 PM

I've been gradually adding bits & pieces to Hector's cage since I got him & taken out a couple of things that he wasn't fussed by. He seems quite happy with it. He has a little rearrange of things like his loo roll tube to where he prefers it & seems to interact with everything in there. I've also been picking up bits & bobs ready for his bigger cage when it arrives.

Here's his current set up

cypher · 09-21-2014, 11:07 PM

Looks like he has plenty to keep him busy, he must be a happy little robo

starshme · 09-22-2014, 02:33 AM

Velma, I don't have that carrot but some people have said the green stuff on top is dangerous to hamsters. They recommend removing the green part all together. If it's the same one, I think some hamsters choked on it? I'm not sure.

velma · 09-22-2014, 03:37 AM

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Originally Posted by starshme

Velma, I don't have that carrot but some people have said the green stuff on top is dangerous to hamsters. They recommend removing the green part all together. If it's the same one, I think some hamsters choked on it? I'm not sure.

Oh, crikey. Thank you, I didn't know that. I only just picked them up yesterday so he would have a different texture in there to play with.
I didn't get them from here but it's these
Rosewood Boredom Breaker Mini Sisal Carrots 6 Pack

Can I just cut the top of so it's short as I can get it?

starshme · 09-22-2014, 03:43 AM

The original thread was about the Roll n Carrot by Critterware and it looks a bit different than yours.
Maybe it isn't the same?

Roll-N-Carrot by CritterWare

velma · 09-22-2014, 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by starshme

I'm not sure - I'll try to find one of the threads about it what people did to it (if it's the same one)

Thank you

I found a thread for the same product but it was a query about glue. I've started a new thread just to ask.

I love this forum, everyone looks out for hamster welfare & is helpful. It's made being a hamster owner more fulfilling than in my pre-internet days.

starshme · 09-22-2014, 03:55 AM

It's definitely been helpful for me.

I love Hector's set up, he's a lucky guy. TeeTee wants the same kind of ramp he has. I tried to explain that she already has a ramp but she was like pfft - can't a girl have more than one?

velma · 09-22-2014, 04:03 AM

Poor Hector, I've just ordered him the duna multy so no ramp for him when it arrives....

I had a look at the picture of the roll n carrot & it doesn't look like the sisal on the boredom breaker one in Hector's cage but I might give it a haircut to be on the safe side...

amie · 09-24-2014, 05:46 AM

I’ve enjoyed looking at the photos of Hector. He’s one lucky rescue Roborovski!

Just out of interest, Velma, and I know Hector will be going in a duna multy soon, does your Roborovski run in the mini duna wheel?

I ask because I have quite a few mini dunas and the supplied wheels as pictured in your photo above were awful and wouldn’t turn properly so I had to replace them all.

velma · 09-24-2014, 07:12 AM

He runs in it all the time. It did take him a while to figure it out though. The problem i found when setting up his cage initially was that the wheel is so low down that any substrate under it (apart from a wee sprinkling) was stopping it turning. Luckily i had the cage before i picked up Hector so fiddled with that before he went in. The shelf does boing around when he's running furiously around in his wheel though

I wouldn't say it's the most marvelous wheel in the world or anything like that & it doesn't fit on a wheel stand but so far (apart from a quickly resolved post clean squeaking issue) I've had no trouble.