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Old 01-07-2022, 12:44 PM  
Pebbles82
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Default Re: Heureka Marathon Rodipet Wheel

Yes thanks for reviewing the wheel Luna - I’ve seen a couple of people on here have bought them recently. I haven’t had chance to watch the full video yet and had no sound so haven’t seen/heard all of it, but it’s clear it is wider at the front than at the back. Maybe that doesn’t matter as hamsters tend to run nearer the front and centrifugal force would probably help with that. But it does seem to make it more of a 10” wheel in a way. I have one of the 10” bucket wheels which Pickle used to really love in his playpen. At 10” it technically wasn’t big enough for a large chunky hamster but he ran in it well.

I am also not sure of the purpose of it leaving backwards. Other than to stop them flying out of the wheel maybe. Seems to have pros and cons. Pros being - easy to wipe clean (more so than other silent wheels), sturdy, made in Germany. Cons being - it takes up quite a bit of space in a cage and perhaps doesn’t need to be at that angle! Reinventing the wheel?!
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