Cage for russian dwarves?

a_small_pineapple · 05-27-2009, 03:25 AM

Hey guys, I hope you can help. I'm a little confused about cages.

I was looking at the Ferplast mini duna (Size: 55 x 39 x 27 cm) and wondering how suitable it is for a pair of Russian dwarves. As far as I can tell, most people seem to be saying that it would be fine for a pair of robos, but I dont know where I could get a pair of those around here... apart from P@H which I've heard far too many horror stories about, mostly involving them not being sexed properly.
My local pet shop (small independent place that only keeps a few animals at a time) has russian dwarves so I was thinking about taking the pair of those and giving up on finding robos... but obviously not if the cage/tank wouldnt be suitable.

I'll stop now before I start rambling about how cute hamsters are, but I am working with a budget here and £20 for a cage sounds pretty reasonable to me.

So the general question is - Ferplast Mini duna for 2 russians, yay or nay?

lau02 · 05-27-2009, 04:19 AM

Hi there
I was also looking at this cage but i am now looking at the duna fun. I am still trying to decide on which cage too. I think it would be fine though.
I am getting 2 of those dwarf hamsters at the weekend.

Bunsey · 05-27-2009, 09:12 AM

the duna fun isn't suitable for a pair of dwarves as they will fight over the tubes. mine did anyway and it almost caused them to need splitting (i put them in a one-level cage and they were fine). Don't forget that whatever cage you buy, you will need to buy an extra wheel (or 2 identical wheels, as they might both fight over the better one)

a_small_pineapple · 05-27-2009, 09:18 AM

I wasn't considering the duna fun for exactly that reason. Having gotten out the tape measure and measured where the cage would go... I think I'd be better off getting something bigger anyway. I dont think there would be a whole lot of space for toys once theres two wheels in there.
Duna Multy maybe then, and I'll just hope my bank manager forgives me. I'll call it an investment.

souffle · 05-27-2009, 09:21 AM

The Multy or Zoozone1 or 2 would be perfect pineapple. They would enjoy the extra space