Hi. I have a syrian hamster and at the moment I have a wire cage but he is always getting bored and goes a bit crazy. I am looking into buying him a new cage probable the Crittertrail Discovery Dexluxe. Is this a good cage? I will probably buy some add ons too. I know he can fit through the tubes as I have already checked. Please help

Carrie

hi Carrie ive just googled it and i personally think its an awful cage really tiny with no room to add toys plus the wheel looks far to small for a syrian they need at least an 8" wheel or it can damage their spine, if you look on ebay you can pick up some excellent cages really cheaply, imo the best ones are hamster heavens( ive had two from ebay one cost £20 the other £30),immac fantasys(i won one with two extensions for £30),gabber rex, duna multys, i also picked a brilliant rat cage suitable for a syrian up off ebay for just over £30

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Yup totally agree with noushka05, this is not suitable for any animal really. Syrians need a lots of running around room and 8" wheel. But for the price of that one, you could get much bigger and more suitable

All of what noushka said. I got a Savic Cambridge recently from a charity shop for £24. But ebay is great for bargains! If you're unsure just ask here again!! Good luck! xx

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I didnt realiese Syrian Hammies got bored! Inigo is the most lazy hamster ever, he thinks his wheel is modern art and if I attempt to give him any treats hidden in loo rolls/boxes he cant even be bothered opening them!!

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MY ZOO-LET
Syrian: Dini
Winter Whites: Alaska, Apollo, Hero and Ares
Bunnies: Saffy, Gus, Cookie and Cream and 5 babies!!
Piggies: Bubble and Squeak

RIP Tilly, Thom, Tiny, Cassius, Stuart Little, George, Baby Pom (Mice), Melvin (Chameleon) Harry (Cambells Russian) Charlie and Roma (Syrians) Eros (Winter White) Jet, Rainbow and Angel (Rabbits) Neva (Ratty girl)

I've got the smaller version, which does have my adolescent syrian in until Monday. After that it's getting attached to the rest of her Habitrail cage network. I'm hoping Smokey will use the Crittertrail as a sleeping cage like Himalaya did and go play in her other sections, I'll have to see how well it works.

You could use the cage as part of an expanded network of Crittertrail/Habitrail/SAM modules as they all use the same connections. But you would need several of the largest to give enough space. The lookout towers, buses, travel sections that they sell aren't big enough to count. It would be a lot cheaper to buy a large wire cage. Smokey will have her Crittertail Discovery, 2 wired Habitrail sections, one Ovo pod and 2 extra Ovo maze units for her toys as she grows up. In a couple of months I may add to it again. So it depends on your budget and floor space.

Also the wheel is too small for a grown syrian and there is nowhere to attach a larger wheel. You have to get an external wheel or attach a wheel in a bigger attached cage.

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I already have a wire cage but he drives me crazy chewing on the bars all night and as ive read its not really good for him.

How big is the current cage? xx

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MY ZOO-LET
Syrian: Dini
Winter Whites: Alaska, Apollo, Hero and Ares
Bunnies: Saffy, Gus, Cookie and Cream and 5 babies!!
Piggies: Bubble and Squeak

RIP Tilly, Thom, Tiny, Cassius, Stuart Little, George, Baby Pom (Mice), Melvin (Chameleon) Harry (Cambells Russian) Charlie and Roma (Syrians) Eros (Winter White) Jet, Rainbow and Angel (Rabbits) Neva (Ratty girl)

I've got three syrians who do that. Doesn't matter how many toys they have or how big the cage is, for some reason chewing the bars is more entertaining Sandy even chews the paperclip her wooden chew toys are hung up with, headbutting the nice chewable wood to one side. The Crittertrail Discovery does have wires at the back of it and Smokey has tried chewing them The Crittertrail Outlook is bigger, has wires on the roof rather than the sizes and gets good reviws, but is harder to find (I have seen it on Ebay though).

I you want to avoid bars and go all plastic I'd go for a Habitrail Ovo Loft, Habitrail Ovo Trainer and a couple of Habitrail Ovo Mazes/Pods. Or a large Zoozone, but you will need to put mesh over the widly spaced bars on this one.

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Yeah you can get a BIG zoozone quite cheap...am getting a 40" one for my 4 winter white brothers for £20 off preloved . xx

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MY ZOO-LET
Syrian: Dini
Winter Whites: Alaska, Apollo, Hero and Ares
Bunnies: Saffy, Gus, Cookie and Cream and 5 babies!!
Piggies: Bubble and Squeak

RIP Tilly, Thom, Tiny, Cassius, Stuart Little, George, Baby Pom (Mice), Melvin (Chameleon) Harry (Cambells Russian) Charlie and Roma (Syrians) Eros (Winter White) Jet, Rainbow and Angel (Rabbits) Neva (Ratty girl)