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03-21-2020, 10:41 AM
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#11
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Binghamton, NY
Posts: 9
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Re: Houseing questions about Robo Dwarf
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Originally Posted by Ria P
I can't see your prevue cage, maybe my phone is playing up and i'll try again later.
A shoebox house you can make yourself with an actual shoe box. Use the lid as a removable roof which is handy so you can check on Matilda and her nest/hoard without disturbing her too much. Cut out the base so the box sits on top of the substrate (hamsters like to sink their nest into the substrate and often keep a hoard underneath the nest )and cut out a big enough entrance hole. You can put a little bendy bridge across the entrance to make it darker inside.
Here is a photo of a DIY Ikea Samla bin cage which i keep for foster hamsters.
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How did you add the ventilation parts to the tub? It's a nice set-up if I can find a 50 gallon clear tub. I really like what you did!
Ok, I think I found something that could work if I can modify it and it can be delivered! This tub is 100 qt with measurements of 36 (reviews say actual are closer to 32) by 16. Here is the link;
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Hefty-Mod...8aAnolEALw_wcB
Last edited by Matildasmom; 03-21-2020 at 10:50 AM.
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03-21-2020, 12:01 PM
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#12
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House of Hamsters
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Wiltshire, UK
Posts: 7,103
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Re: Houseing questions about Robo Dwarf
That box would work quite well as a bin cage. Boxes taper so the 36 would be the top tapering down to 32 at the base. When you add plenty of substrate the floor space will increase. Best to locate windows fairly high to allow for deep substrate. This one here is a similar size and i've added three windows at the front and three vents at the back plus meshed some of the lid. Up to you what you put where of course. The tube i've added as an extra.
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03-21-2020, 12:14 PM
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#13
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House of Hamsters
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Wiltshire, UK
Posts: 7,103
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Re: Houseing questions about Robo Dwarf
I use a Dremel power tool with the cutting disc attachment to cut the plastic and a power drill to drill the holes. Then you'll need mesh and cable ties plus decorative tape if you like. Also need a wire cutter to cut the mesh to size and to cut the excess cable tie. The mesh i use is the 0.5inx0.5in or 13mmx13mm squares. You can smaller if you prefer.
I figure out where i want the windows then cut the mesh into size first. Then i put the mesh on the box and mark where i need to drill the holes to fed the cable ties through. I then draw the lines where i want to cut the plastic for the windows. Then i drill the holes and after that i cut the windows using the Dremel. I smooth any rough edges down with sandpaper and then give it a wash and dry. After that the fun part starts. I put the tape around the windows and punch through the tape and holes. Then put the mesh on top of the tape and feed the cable tie through. Fasten on the outside and cut of the excess. Done.
Here's a close up of a window. I don't bother with tape on the back vents.
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03-21-2020, 12:18 PM
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#14
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House of Hamsters
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Wiltshire, UK
Posts: 7,103
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Re: Houseing questions about Robo Dwarf
That's what the inside looks like showing the back vents.
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03-21-2020, 12:30 PM
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House of Hamsters
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Wiltshire, UK
Posts: 7,103
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Re: Houseing questions about Robo Dwarf
You can create levels in a bin cage. This one has a large wooden house with a flat roof (Ferplast guinea pig house) on each side, submerged into the substrate. They act as a house and a platform to put heavy things on like the glass sand bath, wheel, ceramic mushroom food station and terracotta hide. The roofs lift off so ideal for spot cleaning. I improvise a lot with things from the kitchen, charity shops etc and don't like a bin cage to look like a plastic box hence the colourful tape, mats on the walls and floral paper taped on the outside of the cage.
A dwarf girl called Edwina lives in this bin cage and Robo Gordon lives in a fish tank with a DIY meshed lid.
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03-22-2020, 09:13 AM
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#16
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Feb 2020
Location: Portland OR with my lovely Robo ham
Posts: 46
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Re: Houseing questions about Robo Dwarf
Hi, I'm really paranoid about having a hamster that doesn't have enough space in its cage, so my robo hamster lives in an Ikea detolf. If you have a lot of space to put it in, the detolf is a good option. It costs about 60 dollars(the cost of a tiny tales cage) and it has 950 sq in. to live in. Robos also love sand, so I recommend making 1/3 of their cage be sand. I put a hideout in her sand area, and now that is the only place she will bathe. I used bendable bridges to make the border of it to keep the bedding out, but last week I piled the bedding with the last bit in the bag and my hamster is crazy, so she runs so fast she just jumps over the border and then I have to clean the bedding out. There is also the Kaytee super habitat which has 540 sq in. but that one is a little pricey compared to the detolf. What's your hamster's name (not related to the cage, just curious)?
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03-22-2020, 09:25 AM
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#17
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Feb 2020
Location: Portland OR with my lovely Robo ham
Posts: 46
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Re: Houseing questions about Robo Dwarf
This is my hamster cove's old cage
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