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04-19-2018, 07:11 AM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: devon, England
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housing my robo?
im getting a robo soon, the ikea near me opens may 10th so im going to build a diy cage. i was wondering if in the mean time i could put it in an fish tank that is slightly too small? im very impatient (because of some mental health problems e.c.t) :P it would not be long before he would be upgraded to a bigger cage
(the fish tank is about 65x30cm, the DIY cage im making is the billy cage ((80x28 )) )
Last edited by bry; 04-19-2018 at 07:52 AM.
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04-19-2018, 07:51 AM
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Dwarf whisperer
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Wales UK
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Re: housing my robo?
I think both are too small tbh, 80x28 isn't much more than half the size of the cages I use for my hams & it would be quite difficult to set up being so narrow, I would consider either buying a cage or looking at a larger DIY cage, a lot of people use the Ikea Detolf which is a better size.
Even as a starter cage I do think the fish tank would be too small, have a think about the things you will need to put in it, a large enough wheel & house, sand bath, toys & hideouts, all those take up a fair bit of space.
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04-19-2018, 07:54 AM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: devon, England
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Re: housing my robo?
if i connected them together with tubes would that be ok? would a robo be able to use tubes easily?
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04-19-2018, 07:57 AM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: devon, England
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Re: housing my robo?
i could proberbly connect two ikea billy unit things together by taking out the middle or use a big cage like i did with my past hamster
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04-19-2018, 08:35 AM
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Hamster Antics
Join Date: Sep 2014
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Re: housing my robo?
80cm is fine but it's the depth that's too narrow - it should be about 45cm ideally. A few people have made the Linmon diy cage using Ikea things - I think there's a video on youtube about it. Two billy units together would be fine too - I think Erin's hamsters has one like that.
This is the Linmon cage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ocdcl-82ybE
For a bin cage this bin is a good size but it's not cheap - about the same price as a cage - but the dimensions are good and they are good quality bins that are supposed to cut easily.
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04-19-2018, 10:44 AM
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Adult Hamster
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Cambridgeshire
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Re: housing my robo?
2 Billy units will be more than enough space but what is wrong with the large cage you used for your past hamster?
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04-19-2018, 11:24 AM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: devon, England
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Re: housing my robo?
its been about a year since my hamster died, i got rid of the cage as it was very chewed and i wasnt planning to get another hamster then
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04-19-2018, 11:38 AM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: devon, England
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Re: housing my robo?
i might go for an ikea detolf cage but my parents are complaining about how much money buying all the bedding would cost :P
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04-19-2018, 12:04 PM
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Hamster Antics
Join Date: Sep 2014
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Re: housing my robo?
Aha - you need Fitch - it's sold in bulk - I get a 10kg bag which costs about £17 and lasts me for about 6 months with a 100cm cage. They also do a 20kg for only £2 more - it is rather large though and needs storing indoors. You don't need to do big clean outs - you can just spot clean and they may use a sand bath as a potty as well - so you shouldn't need to do a substrate change for 2 to 3 months at least, and even then you can replace the dry half. The bigger the cage and the more substrate you have in it, the less you use basically.
I find our robo does such tiny pees they evaporate basically I can't even find where to spot clean.
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04-20-2018, 04:30 AM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: devon, England
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Re: housing my robo?
thank you
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Last edited by bry; 04-20-2018 at 04:53 AM.
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