Whats The Best Hamster Cage?
Monday, July 12th, 2010 at
11:27 pm
I’m getting a Syrian hamster. Whats the best cage (don’t care about price)?
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A plain ‘ol 10-20 gallon tank! NO WATER!! xD
Super easy to clean, better than those plastic pieces of overly expensive garbage (your regular hamster cage). Trust me I’ve had experience with them.
Right now, I have 2 gerbils in a 20 gallon aquarium and 1 hamster in a 10 gallon aquarium. I have had NO escapes in the history of owning pet rodents and housing them in aquariums :]
Pros: Easy to clean, inexpensive, escape proof, chew proof, easy to see through, easy to have access to your pet, and you can decorate it with your own personal taste in colors and toys instead of having those ugly pieces of plastic slides and built in wheels jutting out from everywhere in a normal cage.
Cons: A bit heavy, but I have a back issue and even I can easily lift my 20 gallon tank into the tub to wash.
Prices may vary a little, but over all they are about the same.
20 gallon with a lid = $45
10 gallon with a lid = $22
I have included the lid in the prices because it is highly suggested you buy one. They can stand up on top of one of their toys and possibly climb out, or bugs/foreign objects can find their way into the tank and can be poisonous.
They sell lids at the pet store in the reptile section, find the one that appropriately fits on the top of your 10,15,or 20 gallon aquarium.
To attach a water bottle to your aquarium, buy some sticky backed WHITE velcro (sold at hardware stores) and use it to attach the waterbottle anywhere you want
Good luck! If you have any questions or need any help you are more than welcome to email me at averyrazno@yahoo.com
a vice grip
I would suggest a bin cage (if you don’t know what that is, google it!) You can make your own excellent variations to it and give your hamster a great life. (Also please be aware that pine or cedar wood shavings are NOT hamster safe! Please use carefresh to line the floor of the cage.)
The best hamster cage you could ever buy would be a 10 gallon aquarium tank. It’s super easy to clean, and your hamsters can’t escape!
But if u r worried about your hamster getting away, they sell tops to put over the aquarium!
They r absolutely perfect!
Glass plain cage hamsters dont need much items tubes and accessories and also the cage with bars hamsters can escape much esily just by climbing cause they do have apposabal thumbs
I love the crittertrail cages for my hamsters. They are fun and colorful and can be connected together with tubes and have fun toy attachments. They aren’t overly expensive and can be found online quite inexpensive. Syrian hamsters cannot be kept in the same cages together…they will fight to the death. If you’re only getting 1 then you have no worries. I unfortunately found out the hard way that they will kill each other. I would also suggest the carefresh bedding..wood chips can harm them.
a ten gallon tank with the WARE wire cage topper from petsmart
Its amazing and my hammy loves it
my hamster has a high, three story cage.
he loves climbing the walls on it (:
but theres also a brand called superpet or soemthing like that
that was my hamsters first cage, he loved it.
now my brothers hamster has it.
the Super Pet CritterTrail X is the best here is a pic of it http://www.petco.com/product/11007/Super…
i have 3 hammys
i use only critter trail cages
the part plastic part wire cage is safe sturdy and breathable for them
I think a fish tank at least 10 gallons because the wire cages are very easy to escape from i had like 5 hammy s and they all escaped from them and they create a big mess cause the bedding/food goes everywhere and they say it gets to warm for them in a plastic cage.
I just got a cage from carefresh and so far I love it. The plastic is flexible and won’t crack like most critter trail cages and it is super easy to take apart to clean. I’m not sure if they sell accessories for it though. If this does not work I think I’ll try a glass tank.
crittertrail is the best cause you can connect and add stuff thats fun for your little friend, plus they are more healthier and easier to clean than wire cages. i have two crittertrail cages connected to each other by many tubes and wheels. great to watch and glows in the dark. the only problem is now i want to be a hamster to join in the fun.
If you’re getting a syrian,no crittertrails. They get stuck,all the time. Crittertrails were meant for dwarfs. And think of how horrible cleaning would be,with all the tubes.
Tanks(plastic or glass) or the best.