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01-15-2018, 05:16 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Bath, UK
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Ideas needed for a Silent Runner
Matthew has a 9" Silent Runner and he loves it but the base seems to slide around quite a bit and consequently the wheel bangs against the glass shelves of his cage making a dreadful racket (Matthew loves to make a noise).
Does anyone know how I can stop the base sliding around? Matthew lives in a 3 shelf Perfecto tank so I can't attach the wheel to the side of the cage.
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01-15-2018, 05:45 AM
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Dwarf whisperer
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Wales UK
Posts: 24,789
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Re: Ideas needed for a Silent Runner
They do slide around a bit, what I do is glue either lolly sticks or dowels onto the shelf leaving enough space for the wheel base between plus a little extra so it's not too tight a fit (if the wheel isn't on a wooden shelf you can just do the same with a piece of card but it may not work so well) then I put some toilet tissue under the wheel base, a few sheets in length folded in half is just the right size, Zen always used to try to pull the tissue out & almost topple the wheel over on top of her so that's something to watch out for but the boys have all been fine with theirs.
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01-16-2018, 12:23 PM
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Hamster Antics
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 23,533
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Re: Ideas needed for a Silent Runner
Put something heavy on the base? A stone or tile or something under the substrate.
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01-16-2018, 11:07 PM
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Dwarf whisperer
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Wales UK
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Re: Ideas needed for a Silent Runner
I forgot to mention that if you do use dowels or lolly sticks to keep it in place they need plastikote as they get really icky
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Always loved, never forgotten, forever in my heart
T'ycor, Ziggy, Zephyr, Flynt, Mickle, Little Whisp, Zen, Zeki, Tinwë, Zylvan, Míriel, Calyanwë, Gusto & Meri ❤️
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01-17-2018, 03:59 AM
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Hamaniac
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Florida
Posts: 1,730
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Re: Ideas needed for a Silent Runner
This used to happen in a bin cage I owned, so I used a few pieces of industrial Velcro on the base & bin and then covered the base with substrate. Worked like a charm!��
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