Savic Ruffy 2 - a question on hamster species

[Quicksilver]

Currently our Savic Ruffy 2 is not in use as we upgraded to the slightly bigger Savic Plaza for our current Syrian hamster, Tali.

We would love to adopt another hamster in time, I wondered if the Savic Ruffy 2 is only suitable for Syrian hamsters due to the size of gap between the bar's?. Or can the Ruffy house other species of hamster?

I thought about this whilst at Pets at Home today, we always look at the animals in the adoption area - there are often other species of hamsters up for adoption, I hope the Ruffy 2 could be of use giving a home to a smaller hamster.

[Pebbles82]

I believe people do use cages like that with 1cm bar spacing for dwarf hamsters. It's not too high either. Personally I wouldn't use it for a robo though.

[Quicksilver]

Thanks Serendipity. That's useful to know that Savic Ruffy could house a dwarf hamster.

I had a feeling that Roborovsky hamster would be too small, I imagine they could possibly squeeze through the bar gap's as they are very tiny !

[alpacassei]

I’ve used the Ruffy 2 for Russian dwarfs and an adult robo. I wouldnt keep a baby robo in the Ruffy but an adult woud be okay. I imagine its fine for Chinese hamsters as well, though I’ve never had one.

[flowerfairy]

I have used cages with 1cm bar spacing for baby robos with no issues. They didnt seem at all interested in trying to squeeze out.

[Quicksilver]

That's useful to know alpacassei and flowerfairy that you have experience with this cage and other cages with same bar size. Thank you.