Rosewood Abode or Ferplast Favola for my Dwarfs?

[vanilla-yazoo]

here is the tank I was talking of (had to get a pic of its current set up)
my robo boy lives in here (formerly a syrian) but with two wheels, and two bottles or water bows, would be fine for two. it costs less then the abode. im not sure of the other cage's price, but ild fully recomend it!

he is in his nest in the pic, his sand bath is a plastic food box, inside the wire logs that are the walls so it dosnt go everywhere.

[Mona's Humans]

yaz i just read your post as "my dwarf who was formerly a syrian" and i actually got confused......

Think its bed time for me lol!

[vanilla-yazoo]

XD hahaha!! charli XD lol!! wurzel I can assure you has not had a species change! (unless there is a type of mouse with amazing escaping skills!)
I think it is XD

[londonhamster]

Wow thanks for all the replies everyone, I appreciate it. Have taken it on board and will look for a larger one.

However one point: I always a cage with at least two levels increase the floor space and provides more amusement for the hamster if there are two levels to go up and down? Is this not the case?

Will look for new things including the tank.

thank all.

[kyrilliondaemon]

Unfortunately levels can cause fights in pairs, so its safest to keep the cage all on one level for groups or pairs.

You'll also want two wheels, two houses and two of most other things as well. Oh and to scatter feed instead of using a bowl.

Groups and pairs can be a nightmare to keep together, but those are all things that will increase the chances of your pair living together happily
I'd also keep a spare cage or large bin incase they ever need separation though. Hopefully it'll never be needed, but the last thing you want is to have to rush around finding something to house a hamster in when they need separation at 10pm on a Sunday or something.

[Hammymad]

Yeah unfortunately the 2 cages you've mentioned aren't big enough,so I thought I'd try and help by sharing what cages I have for my dwarf hams (they are by themselves And have a cage each)

I have a lovely ferplast kios for one of my dwarfs and a Savic Mickey max 2XL for my other dwarf,the kios is lovely and spacious and not very expensive xx

[kyrilliondaemon]

Hammymad - Actually shelves and levels are fine for dwarves who live alone. Its just that levels can cause territorial behaviour in pairs/groups so are best avoided.
Two of our (lone) robos have shelves and they're quite happy with them actually.

Londonhamster - Just for reference, you want a cage with 2800 square cm of space inside at floor level (or more) for pairs. It might help you make decisions when you see possible cages in future
Just watch our for curved sides and such as that can drastically reduce the avaliable floor space.

[Hammymad]

Ahhh right.thanks for clearing that up
I bet it's truly something to watch when you have a little group together I'd be worried to death of keeping 2 or more in the same cage. Xx

[londonhamster]

Ok, finally I am not rethinking the 'keeping a pair of dwarves' bit now. My understanding was that campbell's or winter whites were all social hamsters and need to live in pairs or more.

From some of the comments it seems as though you can keep them on their own too?

I went to my local pets at home where they had 12 youngsters kept in the bck which arrived earlier this week. They were all a grey/brown colour with stripes but some were much lighter and even white. they were of the Campbell's variety and not winter whites as I had hoped. They were all 6/7 weeks old and huddled together. I was intending on puchasing two of these over the weekend as they wouldbe siblings thinking that putting them together would keep them happy rather than alone. Any final thoughts on this? One or two?

I really like the Favola cage but the picture in the link does not do it justice. Its a flatter version of a Gerbilarium style cage with a deep 15cm clear tray with a ramp leading up to the upper level. I will of course look into your other suggestions on here.

Sorry for the long reply but hopefully I have give you all a better understanding of where I am coming from and what I am looking for......in the pets at home stores many of the dwarves are kept together but some are also alone.....

[MommaHammie]

I've got two cages connected to each other for my robos. They have a wheel and a saucer so they can both have a go at one of them at the same time. Food is scattered and there's also two water bottles. They seem to be doing fine after separating one robo from the pair who bullied him -.-'

I used to have three in the two cages but unfortunately, P@H didn't tell me about getting an odd number of robos has a higher risk of having fights than having an even one. Anyways, in case of fights (cuts and all), a spare bin cage would be great. Also a spare saucer or a wheel is ideal as well though fingers cross they only do play fights and not real fights.

Good luck finding a nice new crib for your hammies!