Earmarked Hamster Homes...

[Jill Bayles]

Well Aidan and me have landed back home from Harrogate and given that we've now well and truly got the "hammy-bug" have begun the search for the habitat for our Syrian hamster and we like these:




Top one is a FOP Charlie Prestige 75 x 47 x 33 £60 now £29.99 (Pets2Home)
Bottom one is a Rydon Mill House 546mm x 376mm x 274mm £19.99 (Pawsetc)

I've read all the threads on here and have taken on board all that has been said, along with the advice that Pophammy and Souffle gave me today at Harrogate...thanks girls and lovely to meet you both, and also Cathy, bless her!

Aidan has had an input into the choice and I've explained to him the virtues of this type of cage and he now understands that Rotostack etc may look great but may not be best for "Buster" (that's the name he's chosen, it varies intermittently between that and "Hammy"....think it may well become "Buster Hammy" as in Christian name and Surname)!

Any input that you can have into the above choices would be both welcomed and appreciated.

[suga]

I personally have one similiar to the blue based one. I have had a cage in the past with tubes, but wasn't over impressed with them. These types of cages are good for keeping hamster and hamster mess inside the cage, but can I find, make it more challenging for interaction.

[Jill Bayles]

That bit on the top of the top pic is giving me some cause for concern...is it a tube for crawling? If so it looks rather thin...think a hamster could get stuck in there! Not good!

[racinghamster]

Hi Jill. There are cages called `Critter` cages that are all metal and are bigger! You will find these on ebay in the Chinchilla and Rat sections. They vary in price but can be picked up second hand sometimes.

They are basically a metal base with a coated square wire top and a lid that opens fully up. It closes with strong spring clips.

I think the two tanks you featured are too small for a Syrian, although the first cage is big! The tubes would probably be too narrow aswell and I would be inclined to take them off and block the holes in the lid and use the tubes in a play pen? The Gabber Rex would be far bigger and again, is a perspex tank. However I realise you have to go with what`s conveniently available. A baby Syrian would be fine in one of these until it grew up, so maybe you could look into a larger cage then. I have a single winter white russian dwarf in a Ferplast Duna tank and although it does the job, I would like him in something bigger because they do run around a lot!

So yes, I would say the top cage because of it`s size and the water bottle is on the outside of the cage! It won`t get chewed. x

[Jill Bayles]

I know about the Gabber Rex but couldn't find one!
I'm not sure if there are variations on the Rydon Mill House but that's the only one I could find.
I'll have a look at those Critter cages too!
I don't know why it's so difficult to find decent sized tank-type cages...tsk!
The search continues in earnest and it won't stop until I find the right one!

[pophammy]

Our hamster Red is kept in a Mill house from Rydon and she loves it! It is a fine size. Also, if the Gabber Rex would be too big for you there is another version called the Gabber Lux, which is slightly bigger than the millhouse from Rydon but smaller than a Gabber Rex. We keep our hamster Sonni in one of them, and it is fine for her. Here is a link to one on Ebay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gabber-Criceto-Lu ... dZViewItem

We find them, like the Gabber rex, great, though the holes at the going under the two platforms look quite small, so we cut them bigger.

[Jill Bayles]

I saw the Lux and the Rex this morning during my continued search and here's a pic of the Rex, size is 71 x 45 x 29:



I hadn't made that connection with Gabber.

Now we're talking!

The Rex is similar to the Lux except bigger. Rex it is then...search ended!

[SnuggleHam]

Jeez, you guys have some nice hamster cages over there in the UK! *stomps foot and pouts*

[suga]

Aww snuggleham .....

[Jill Bayles]

Nice but boy are they hard to find! I've spent hours and hours searching for these