Very large cage options for large Syrian bar chewer

[Bertiebobbins]

We’ve had our Syrian Mimi for about 8 weeks now. She is not my first hamster so I know I’m doing “the right things”, but of course they’re all different aren’t they.

She is quite large (200g ish and still growing although it’s slowed now) and she’s a big bundle of energy - she’s either asleep or going at 90 mph!

She currently lives in a Barney cage that my last hamsters were perfectly happy in, but it doesn’t seem right for her. Her bedding is deep, she has a 30cm wobust Wodentwheel, she has a sand bath, two Sputniks, tubes, shelves, hides, house, variety of chews, a rotation of toys etc etc - she wants for nothing.

She gets plenty of out of cage time in our hamster proof rooms - at least an hour in the eve - she will have the run of most of the flat which she loves. So much so that she has started bar chewing to get our attention to be let out to explore. She is generally a very chewy hamster

I want to get her a new cage/tank/whatever - I’m not limited on size and I’ll spend within reason whatever it costs.

Any ideas? I thought of getting a detolf, then realised it has the metal bars accessible for her to chew. I saw the living world eco habitat 120ish cm one which I thought was perfect but it doesn’t seem to be available to buy anywhere. Also thought of getting a rabbit cage and meshing it. I’m wary of fish tanks because of the sealant that she would inevitably chew because she chews everything. Ditto bin cages - her sand bath is a large corner litter tray, she has done a jolly good job of chewing it up already so I can envisage her chewing her way out of a plastic box pretty quickly.

[sushi_78]

Rodipet do a wood and glass cage called the LaOla Nagarium. The larger size is 120cm. However they do specifically say "not suitable for destructive female Syrians".

The only other 120cm cages I know of are the Eco Habitat, which is hard to find, the Borneo XL, which has bars, and the tray is a bit shallow.

There is a Dutch company called gerbilshopqueenies which do all glass front-opening cages, for gerbils really, but could possibly work for hamsters with some adjustments. They are quite tall, so you would have to fill the bottom completely with bedding to make them safe. The 100cm version could be made safe I think, but the 120cm one is so tall I don't think it would be safe. They do offer custom builds though. They are also very expensive.

https://www.rodipet.co.uk/cages-runs...0-x-60-cm.html
https://www.gerbilshopqueenies.nl/te...rium/100x40x50

[sushi_78]

I forgot about this one - Junglepets do a 120cm glass tank at quite a reasonable price:

https://www.junglepets.co.uk/hamster...-15-1393-p.asp