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Old 12-28-2010, 04:39 AM   #1
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Default Hamster heaven escape! which cage now?!

Our syrian hamster escaped within a week from hamster heaven, from the gap between the cage door and bars (1.4 cm). We got our money back on hamster heaven from Pets at home but the only cage we could take home that day was the small peggy metro. She chews the bars of this and wants to escape so can you recommend a bigger cage? But we do like the top opening of the peggy metro as I think she can get out from a side opening (so that means the Cambridge is not suitable). Or could we put mesh over the side opening, is it easy to remove when you want to use the door? What do you recommend? Thanks.
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Old 12-28-2010, 06:14 AM   #2
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Id reccomend the duna multy, or the zoozone 1 or 2, there tanks styles so would be able to escape. With the zoozones - you need to mesh the lids.
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Old 12-28-2010, 06:20 AM   #3
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If you want a cage with bars the Savic Ruffy is the same size as the hamster heaven but without the tubes (also much cheaper) it has a top opening with a catch to lock it shut.
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Old 12-28-2010, 06:29 AM   #4
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Default Re: Hamster heaven escape! which cage now?!

There is only a 5mm gap between the bars at the cage door? The only way it can be 1.4cm is if you don't fasten the door correctly, it needs to pass over one bar and hook onto the second one. Like this:



This is it done incorrectly with 1.4cm spacing

Edit: Even the stretched bars in the middle are 1.2cm which doesn't seem large enough for an escape?

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Old 12-28-2010, 06:30 AM   #5
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Default Re: Hamster heaven escape! which cage now?!

This is the reason i didnt get the hamster heaven i have heard that hammys can escape threw that small gap. I have the savic cambridge and there is no gap at the door and its a great cage quite big you can get it at zoo plus for £35!
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Old 12-28-2010, 09:04 AM   #6
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how about the Ferplast criceti 15? the whole lid lifts up on a hinge and there are no side doors.
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Old 12-28-2010, 10:01 AM   #7
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Default Re: Hamster heaven escape! which cage now?!

Thanks everyone for all your advice, keep it coming! We will look into it all and let you know what we choose. I realised its actually the Peggy we have now, even smaller than the Metro, poor Chelsea . Thanks Snickers the First for the great photo, we did hook it onto the first bar there are no instructions so we didn't know. I think it was 1.3 cms I'm not sure. She may be bigger now anyway, she was only 7 weeks then.
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Default Re: Hamster heaven escape! which cage now?!

No problem, glad it helped. I put it on the first bar when I got the cage until I later realised that it could hook over even further Luckily, my hamster is a little slow at working things out!

You could consider buying another Hamster Heaven? It's a great cage afterall.
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Old 02-26-2017, 11:10 PM   #9
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Default Re: Hamster heaven escape! which cage now?!

My hamster has a heaven as a temporary cage and has got out twice, we have no idea how. It doesn't have the tubes on and the door is fastened properly.
She ate a hole in her larger Alexander cage
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Old 02-27-2017, 02:05 AM   #10
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The Peggy cage is far too small for a Syrian, although appreciate it was the only cage you could take home that day. I would suggest the Alaska cage from Zooplus. It's about the same size as the Hamster Heaven (a few centimetres less deep and a few cm wider) plus it's a little bit taller so easy to fit an 11" or 12" wheel in. It also has a nice big front opening door. Not as glamorous but it does fold flat for storage and you can make it look good with toys And it's only about £34.

Alaska Hamster Cage | Free P&P on orders £29+ at zooplus!

Or if you can go a bit bigger, the Barney cage has narrow 7mm bar spacing. There is no way your hammy could get out of that - providing it's a syrian and providing the top roof door fits properly (if not you could put a book on it or something). The gaps at the corners and front door tops are slightly bigger - near 1cm - which is fine for a Syrian but if you have a dwarf hamster you would need to cable tie those together a bit. The barney is £49.99 and comes with a good sized house a good platform and a basic 8" wheel which would be a good starter wheel.

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The Hamster Heaven is a lovely cage but most people end up removing the tubes and penthouse (also escape routes, plus hammies can block up the tubes or get stuck in them) - and then you have - a bare empty cage. Which is more or less what the Alaska and Barney and Savic Ruffy are From there you add lots of substrate, your own toys, a good sized house for them to nest in (cardboard tubes and tunnels are better and replaceable) and you can also make toys or use tissue boxes etc. For the difference in price between those and the HH you'd have some money left to buy a few toys anyway.

Our Syrian had the Barney cage - it's great! I can highly recommend that. I wanted 7mm bar spacing to stop mice getting in. When we had a mouse problem I was worried about that. Although the Barney costs about £15 more than the Alaska it comes with a really good house (you would need to buy a house for the Alaska as the white one on the shelf is no good for a Syrian - the holes are a bit too small plus a house needs to be open underneath and sat directly on the substrate so they can bury hoards and burrow down and get cosy and make a big nest). And a wheel big enough for a Syrian for starters. In other words - it is ready to go - you just need plenty of substrate, toilet paper strips for nesting, a few toys, food bowl and water bottle.

I think the cages are better than the tank style for a very active Syrian (yours sounds to be!) because there is more scope for levels and you can use the additional height this way.

The Alaska and Barney are both from Zooplus and it can take a week for them to arrive - sometimes it's only 2 or 3 days - depends what day of the week you order sometimes. If you order the 28cm wheel at the same time, you don't pay postage on the wheel.

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Then you can take the Peggy back to Pets at Home for a refund You'd need to do something fairly quickly as you won't be able to fit much more than a wheel in the Peggy.

The other thing I like about the 7mm bar spacing is the substrate doesn't fall out This was our Syrian's Barney set up, to give an idea

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