Own Cage Progress

[jadalmation]

Hey, this is as far as i've got, done all the wood myself made sure it was untreated and that it was safe for small animals

annoying that my silent wheel is 8inch so it takes up a whole lot of space and has to be on bottom floor! which makes the top floor too small for the flying saucer. But Pongo will have a lot more floor space so he should be a happy boy hopefully.



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Going to now make the gaps in the cage fence smaller

the bar spacing is 2.5cm is that too big?

Any ideas or suggestions welcome

[Ellie]

I'm pretty sure it is too big - but to be honest my memory is rubbish so hopefully someone can come along and help you soon!

[Emzlou09]

The cage bars are too big so the defiantly need to be moded.. My old syrian hamster used to be able to fit through a hole the size of a 10p piece..

[amyXlovesXhamstersX]

I think the bars have to be 1cm for a syrian, but im not too sure! The cage looks great, im sure your hammy will love it

[jadalmation]

i thought they might be, so i'v spent the time adding some wire to it, doesnt look live a palace lol but hopefully the space makes up for it. The wire is really tight so i would doubt he could escape.




What do you guys think?

[jadalmation]

Right here it is been working on it since 5pm!

Now don't judge lol reason i've got both types of soft bedding is to break him into the safe shredded stuff without stressing him out.

need to replace that bottle, and look for a few more toys.





what do you think?

decorations was the gf lol :P

[Camdenita]

You've done a good work jadalmation!
I really like the second floor!
But Im afraid that if your hamster try to squeeze through the bars, the wire will be easily moved (because it's not as strong as the bars etc)and he will finally manage to escape!
I suggest u keep an eye on him, at least for the first days...

[NuttyEmUK]

looks great! Love the amount of space, 2nd floor and your gf decoration!

I'd be a little worried about the bars, as Camdenita says, keep and eye on him for the first few days. If he does you could try fixing that square holed cage mesh to each side?

[shazzy]

I was just about to say the same about the bars, because that stuff is bendy and a determined hammy will easily climb through.

The shelf looks great though x

[Iluvhamsters]

I agree about the bars and there is a lot of places for little toes to get damaged, wire mesh from the garden centre would work really well. Cage looks great apart from that