Hamster in Guinea Pig Hutch?

mollieorford01 · 05-11-2018, 06:28 AM

Hello!

I went to Pets are Home today and saw a lovely hutch that I could fit in my room. The spacing between the bars was tiny - I could just get my pinky finger through it (it was mesh style).

I was wondering if it would be suitable for a Syrian Hamster? I had a Syrian a couple years ago and had the Hamster Heaven Cage, but wanted to upgrade for my next one!

Thankyou,
Mollie

Amethyst_ice · 05-12-2018, 08:43 AM

The hamster heaven is a great cage, why not just experiment with the layout?

SKB_Hamsters · 05-12-2018, 08:58 AM

Do you have a link or a picture of the guinea-pig cage you are referring to? This will enable us to confirm whether it safe or not to use for a Syrian.

CMB · 05-12-2018, 10:46 AM

If it is a wooden hutch. I would be worried that the hamster could chew it and possibly escape.

cypher · 05-12-2018, 11:03 AM

It is impossible to say without seeing it.
If it has doors that open at the front then you may not be able to put a deep enough layer of substrate in without it falling out.
If it is wood then first you would need to check it was safe wood & it may need painting with plastikote to pee proof it.
As SKB said a link would help.
Hutches aren't usually cheep so I'm guessing you could probably get a really nice big cage for the same price or maybe cheaper which would most likely be more suitable.

mollieorford01 · 05-13-2018, 01:29 AM

Just a little update:

Thankyou all for your replies, I realised a couple hours after posting that there would not be enough room for substrate and if i did get it I would spend the whole time concerned about the Hamster either escaping or chewing through the hutch. So instead I will probably get the Barney Pet cage, it’s pretty big and has brilliant reviews.

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