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Originally Posted by Vectis Hamstery
I have recently got one of these too for my soon-to-be-arriving group of fancy mice. I agree that it is on the taller side for a hamster so bear that in mind when furnishing the cage as mentioned above. I didn't find the shelf difficult, but have had plenty of practice with Cambridge shelves in the past! The hooks on mine too were stiff but a pair of long-nosed pliers helped things along. Some of the gaps round the edges are a little wide so I'll be wiring those shut so as not to have any escapees.
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I'm revising my opinion on the Alaska, and am getting a different cage. I've had mine for a couple of months and can not recommend it for small hams/mice. My mice are coming out (well, they did that of their own accord!) and I wouldn't trust a dwarf hamster to it due to the ease of breaking the solder used to fix the bars and the way the bars bend. I also would be reluctant to put a bar chewing Syrian in one, having seen my friend's Syrian. The bars flex on chewing allowing more of the nose to rub up and down and hence rubbing more fur and skin.
I'm not sure how my mice managed to pull one end of a bar off as they aren't heavy and don't bar chew, but they did and it makes a very convenient exit.