My Finished Bin Cage! - Page 6

fluffymunchkins · 12-19-2010, 02:38 PM

ah my bad, that makes more sense reading it back

I know in germany you like to have deep bedding, but i suppose it depends on the hamster. Some just won't bother digging at all, so its a waste of bedding really and will cost you more than it needs to.
But if they like digging then its a good idea to do a good layer of bedding for them

Nappo · 12-19-2010, 02:45 PM

That's right, it depends on the hamster, but I would say, you always should give it a try. My hamster Pringles didn't dig when he has only 5 cm of bedding. Then in the new cage with 25 cm bedding he starts digging after a week. Also a few members of the "hamsterboard" made an experiment with the bedding-high and hamsters who seems not to dig. All of these starts digging with more bedding xD Wait, it's in german but i post it:

Hamsterboard.de | Artgerechte Haltung & Pflege | Experiment Einstreutiefe

Oh and I found this, you have to scroll down, there is an english article:

http://hamstergehege.blogspot.com/20...n-wie-ein.html

fluffymunchkins · 12-19-2010, 03:04 PM

I don't have cages with bases that are very deep, but i'll certainly try deeper bedding!
thanks for the links

Nappo · 12-19-2010, 03:07 PM

I know it's quite hard to find such cages with high bases ;0; You're welcome! Tell me if it works, maybe it does, maybe not xD

(Sorry for offtopic: By the way, does anyone knows how high the base of the duna maxi is?)

wofunny · 01-06-2011, 11:29 AM

Hehe, i found this 'bin tank'. Made out of the same tub for Smokeys bin. I thought it was quite cool

http://i49.tinypic.com/xn7oll.jpg

SnickersTheFirst · 01-06-2011, 12:12 PM

That's really creative, I'd never look at a storage tub and think...that could be a cage or tank. Only found out about bin cages when I joined here tbh.