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AmityvilleHams · 10-25-2016, 09:03 PM

Travel cages are very different to each other,but this depends on what you need them for!

A quick trip for example 30 minutes or less(can also apply to small cage cleans as well)could be a very small carrier just large enough for your hamster to turn around in.These can be anything from a very small plastic "aquarium" carrier to a Critter Trail cage or similar,or even a pet store hamster cage which is not large enough to be used as a permanent cage.

For longer trips between 30 minutes and 1 hour,you could go with something between a Critter Trail and small bin cage in terms of size.

Anything that will require travelling for more than a day including vacation etc will require two things,one being a travel cage that is just large enough to fit the necessary things into and the other being a smaller travel cage for use during short drives within that time.A larger travel cage can be unsafe during car trips for a hamster to stay in,as they could go flying inside the cage or items in the cage could fly around and then injuries could occur.

10-25-2016, 09:03 PM
AmityvilleHams PM Fluffy for custom title Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 4,545	Re: Travel cages: How to get one, and when to use it? Travel cages are very different to each other,but this depends on what you need them for! A quick trip for example 30 minutes or less(can also apply to small cage cleans as well)could be a very small carrier just large enough for your hamster to turn around in.These can be anything from a very small plastic "aquarium" carrier to a Critter Trail cage or similar,or even a pet store hamster cage which is not large enough to be used as a permanent cage. For longer trips between 30 minutes and 1 hour,you could go with something between a Critter Trail and small bin cage in terms of size. Anything that will require travelling for more than a day including vacation etc will require two things,one being a travel cage that is just large enough to fit the necessary things into and the other being a smaller travel cage for use during short drives within that time.A larger travel cage can be unsafe during car trips for a hamster to stay in,as they could go flying inside the cage or items in the cage could fly around and then injuries could occur.