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Bertiebobbins · 01-29-2020, 03:36 PM

We’ve had our Syrian Mimi for about 8 weeks now. She is not my first hamster so I know I’m doing “the right things”, but of course they’re all different aren’t they.

She is quite large (200g ish and still growing although it’s slowed now) and she’s a big bundle of energy - she’s either asleep or going at 90 mph!

She currently lives in a Barney cage that my last hamsters were perfectly happy in, but it doesn’t seem right for her. Her bedding is deep, she has a 30cm wobust Wodentwheel, she has a sand bath, two Sputniks, tubes, shelves, hides, house, variety of chews, a rotation of toys etc etc - she wants for nothing.

She gets plenty of out of cage time in our hamster proof rooms - at least an hour in the eve - she will have the run of most of the flat which she loves. So much so that she has started bar chewing to get our attention to be let out to explore. She is generally a very chewy hamster

I want to get her a new cage/tank/whatever - I’m not limited on size and I’ll spend within reason whatever it costs.

Any ideas? I thought of getting a detolf, then realised it has the metal bars accessible for her to chew. I saw the living world eco habitat 120ish cm one which I thought was perfect but it doesn’t seem to be available to buy anywhere. Also thought of getting a rabbit cage and meshing it. I’m wary of fish tanks because of the sealant that she would inevitably chew because she chews everything. Ditto bin cages - her sand bath is a large corner litter tray, she has done a jolly good job of chewing it up already so I can envisage her chewing her way out of a plastic box pretty quickly.

01-29-2020, 03:36 PM
Bertiebobbins Hamster Overlord Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Sussex, UK Posts: 744	Very large cage options for large Syrian bar chewer We’ve had our Syrian Mimi for about 8 weeks now. She is not my first hamster so I know I’m doing “the right things”, but of course they’re all different aren’t they. She is quite large (200g ish and still growing although it’s slowed now) and she’s a big bundle of energy - she’s either asleep or going at 90 mph! She currently lives in a Barney cage that my last hamsters were perfectly happy in, but it doesn’t seem right for her. Her bedding is deep, she has a 30cm wobust Wodentwheel, she has a sand bath, two Sputniks, tubes, shelves, hides, house, variety of chews, a rotation of toys etc etc - she wants for nothing. She gets plenty of out of cage time in our hamster proof rooms - at least an hour in the eve - she will have the run of most of the flat which she loves. So much so that she has started bar chewing to get our attention to be let out to explore. She is generally a very chewy hamster I want to get her a new cage/tank/whatever - I’m not limited on size and I’ll spend within reason whatever it costs. Any ideas? I thought of getting a detolf, then realised it has the metal bars accessible for her to chew. I saw the living world eco habitat 120ish cm one which I thought was perfect but it doesn’t seem to be available to buy anywhere. Also thought of getting a rabbit cage and meshing it. I’m wary of fish tanks because of the sealant that she would inevitably chew because she chews everything. Ditto bin cages - her sand bath is a large corner litter tray, she has done a jolly good job of chewing it up already so I can envisage her chewing her way out of a plastic box pretty quickly.