Alaska cage for a syrian?

[milothehamster]

So I ordered this cage from zooplus and I havent received it yet. I just wanted to ask if any of you have had this cage and is it good and suitable for a syrian hamster?

[Pebbles82]

It's an excellent cage for a Syrian hamster It's a good size and has a really nice big front opening door, so good for access, and getting things in and out, and for interacting with your hammy. Hope it arrives soon! They can take between 3 and 7 days depending whether you ordered before a week-end or not usually.

The shelf has a white house with holes in on it which could do to be taken out (not the shelf, just the white house) as the entrance holes are a bit small for a Syrian and if they grow big they can get stuck in holes that are too small. But the shelf is fine without out and hamsters do better with a house on the floor of the cage on top of the substrate and open underneath, so they can bury hoards under their nest and so on - plus it's easier to spot clean like that, without disturbing their nest too much. A shoebox house can be good. Cut the bottom out of a shoebox and a hole in the front for a door and you can use the lid as a lift-off roof so you can check inside the house without taking it out (so the nest doesn't fall apart).

Did you order a wheel from Zooplus as well? I would recommend getting a potty litter tray. Hammies tend to use them if you put it in the corner/area they choose as a pee corner. Most people put chinchilla bathing sand in the potty (it's a bit safer than hamster potty litter and works out cheaper I find).

I use this one

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hamster-cor...=hamster+potty

And this is the chinchilla sand - it's quite a big carton. I get two at a time to save on postage costs.

https://www.viovet.co.uk/Supreme_Sci...a+sand&sct_r=1

So just fill the base as high as you can with substrate, wheel, house and a few toys (cardboard tube, hidey places etc, a chew stick, and your hammy is set to go. Plus food and water of course.

[milothehamster]

Originally Posted by Serendipity7000

It's an excellent cage for a Syrian hamster It's a good size and has a really nice big front opening door, so good for access, and getting things in and out, and for interacting with your hammy. Hope it arrives soon! They can take between 3 and 7 days depending whether you ordered before a week-end or not usually.

The shelf has a white house with holes in on it which could do to be taken out (not the shelf, just the white house) as the entrance holes are a bit small for a Syrian and if they grow big they can get stuck in holes that are too small. But the shelf is fine without out and hamsters do better with a house on the floor of the cage on top of the substrate and open underneath, so they can bury hoards under their nest and so on - plus it's easier to spot clean like that, without disturbing their nest too much. A shoebox house can be good. Cut the bottom out of a shoebox and a hole in the front for a door and you can use the lid as a lift-off roof so you can check inside the house without taking it out (so the nest doesn't fall apart).

Did you order a wheel from Zooplus as well? I would recommend getting a potty litter tray. Hammies tend to use them if you put it in the corner/area they choose as a pee corner. Most people put chinchilla bathing sand in the potty (it's a bit safer than hamster potty litter and works out cheaper I find).

I use this one

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hamster-cor...=hamster+potty

And this is the chinchilla sand - it's quite a big carton. I get two at a time to save on postage costs.

https://www.viovet.co.uk/Supreme_Sci...a+sand&sct_r=1

So just fill the base as high as you can with substrate, wheel, house and a few toys (cardboard tube, hidey places etc, a chew stick, and your hammy is set to go. Plus food and water of course.

Thank you so much! I ordered the cage today and I have a 12 inch wodent wheel!

[Pebbles82]

Excellent Do you mean an 11" wodent wheel or the 12" wobust wodent wheel? Either way - a good way with them is to hang them upside down from the roof - they are very stable like that (you just slot the stand through the top bars and hold it on with 3 cable ties and then attach the wheel) and I find they spin much better too - plus it means you have more room for substrate under the wheel. This is how my wobust wheel was hung/attached when I had one. (Move mouse over photo to enlarge).

[milothehamster]

Originally Posted by Serendipity7000

Excellent Do you mean an 11" wodent wheel or the 12" wobust wodent wheel? Either way - a good way with them is to hang them upside down from the roof - they are very stable like that (you just slot the stand through the top bars and hold it on with 3 cable ties and then attach the wheel) and I find they spin much better too - plus it means you have more room for substrate under the wheel. This is how my wobust wheel was hung/attached when I had one. (Move mouse over photo to enlarge).

Thank you! I'll definetally try that

[Pebbles82]

Your hamster will love the Alaska cage Cable ties are cheap and easy to use I bought some specially to hang the wodent wheel lol. I got these, but hardware stores sell them as well.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1