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NiceCrocs · 10-31-2014, 08:00 AM

Rotastacks are not suitable cages, in my mind and in lots of other members' minds. They're too small for any hamster, no matter how many attachments you have. Hamsters do better in one large area that they can create their own burrows in.

If you have a syrian, there's no way a rotastack can fit a big enough wheel. Syrians need at least an 8 inch wheel, many need an 11 inch one. A syrian running in one of those teensy rotastack wheels will quickly develop painful back and hip problems from arching for hours on end, if they don't stop using the wheel entirely from the pain.

10-31-2014, 08:00 AM
NiceCrocs PM Fluffy for custom title Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Saint Louis, Missouri Posts: 1,315	Re: Rotastack Cages Rotastacks are not suitable cages, in my mind and in lots of other members' minds. They're too small for any hamster, no matter how many attachments you have. Hamsters do better in one large area that they can create their own burrows in. If you have a syrian, there's no way a rotastack can fit a big enough wheel. Syrians need at least an 8 inch wheel, many need an 11 inch one. A syrian running in one of those teensy rotastack wheels will quickly develop painful back and hip problems from arching for hours on end, if they don't stop using the wheel entirely from the pain.