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[harryheart]

We used this cage to keep our Syrian, Mifty, in. She absoloutely loved the space and loved the levels; it often kept her occupied. What I want to know is:

Is this cage (picture to come) a good one in general and are the ladders and space between levels a danger to the hamster? And secondly, if we were to get Robo's, would they be suitable for this cage?

Cheers

[Charley101]

The levels/ladders aren't a danger unless they aren't secure. Also, like I said in my PM, keeping pairs or more in a cage with levels is risky due to territorial issues.

[harryheart]

Originally Posted by Charley101

The levels/ladders aren't a danger unless they aren't secure. Also, like I said in my PM, keeping pairs or more in a cage with levels is risky due to territorial issues.

Cheers for the info there. The ladders are very much secure, so it's useful to know that the hamsters can't hurt themselves and that the ladders don't pose a danger.

[Charley101]

That's okay. The distance between the shelves doesn't look too high either so i'm sure it will be fine

[harryheart]

Originally Posted by Charley101

That's okay. The distance between the shelves doesn't look too high either so i'm sure it will be fine

Okay, that's useful to note. That was one thing I was particularly worried about.

[Questions]

Im sure everything will be fine. Maybe if the robo or robo's keep falling lower them, You dont want anyone getting hurt!

[harryheart]

Originally Posted by Questions

Im sure everything will be fine. Maybe if the robo or robo's keep falling lower them, You dont want anyone getting hurt!

True. It is feasable to move the levels down so that's always possible to do.

[Erin Loves Dwarf Hamsters]

I would strongly advise avoiding full levels with a pair of robos, they make terrific pairs/groups but it won't take much to set them off and it can be a difficult task to regain the piece again! For a single adult robo I think it would make a fab home as long as you plasticoat the wood if you haven't already and fill the bottom as high as you can with substrate as they love to dig and because the levels don't have walls it obviously means you can't put substrate there.

I would keep the levels where they are because if the robo does take a fancying to bar climbing it means it can't climb too high and so shouldn't hurt itself As for the ramps, you could buy lolly pop sticks and make banisters down the side of them if you were really worried and a banister around the holes in each level, robos are quite bouncy though and are usually fine dropping/or jumping small heights if they did decide to give it a go.

Overall it does look like it would be lovely for a lone robo, depending on the size of the bar spacing it may be better suited to a robo over 4 months old.

[Kissa]

Erin: It has 7mm bar spacing

Harryheart: I also really would not recommend Robos plural in that cage. My Robo Darla will be moving into a modified one next month, but levels are really not advised for multiple hams due to the potential, almost inevitable territorial issues For multiple hams, a large, low cage of at least 70cm by 40cm with no levels and multiple water bottles/wheels/toys/food bowls etc is usually the best way of keeping them together.

[Erin Loves Dwarf Hamsters]

Thanks Kissa, you could probably get away with a young robo in there then