hi everybody

i signed up on here so i tought i should post

i bought my baby hamster a week ago today. when i got her she was a baby syrian at only 3 weeks old, she was tiny.

now she has almost doubled in size and she is getting used to me and lets me pick her up without any hastle at all

when i got her i also bought a metal barred cage, it looked ok when i got it. I was looking around the internet at other cages and i am thinking about getting her an upgrade as i want her to have the best life she could have.

im just wondering if anyone could recommend a cage as this one seems abit small for her and there isnt much for her to do.

thankyou for reading it and thankyou in advance for any help you can give me as its been a while since i had my last hamster

Hi And welcome.... Lets see some pics of your Hammy....

And what cage do you have.. i am currently looking for an upgrade.. But I think its ok looking on the internet but I wana see in person before I purchase.....

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Hi and welcome xx

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thankyou.

i havent got any pictures to put up yet as she is too fast and wont hold still for pictures

lol

im unsure what cage it is. its just a metal cage which isn't very good to be honest so im looking at various others

would anyone suggest rotastak cages?

alot of people like the hamster haven

i no what you mean about growing mine was tiny now shes a right little fatty lol

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The animals of the house...
Rabbits: Angus (lionhead) and the nethie gang
Hamster: syrain reggie (long haired)
Dog:Alfie (soft coated wheaten terrier)
cat: bramble (silver tabby)

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Welcome to the forums!

I don't really like rotastak cages, and they are too small for syrians anyway as the tubes are not wide enough and you can't fit an 8inch wheel in any of the rotastak compartments which is what a fully grown syrian needs

I think the savic cambridge and the hamster heaven are the best cages for syrians as mine really like to climb the bars so they would hate a plastic type cage

This is a cambridge:



This is my hamster heaven with my hamster Sausage in it:

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Hi, and welcome to the forum, cant wait for your hammy to be calm enough for some piccies, my three favourite cages are the Savic hamster heaven, the Fop Cricetto Ted,and the Imac fantasy (with at least one extension), I have all these cages and would reccomend them all.

As Flissy has posted a pic of the hamster heaven I will show the Fop Cricetto Ted


This is how big it is compared to the hamster heaven


This is the Imac fantasy but the one shown has an extra two extensions.


If I had to choose a favourite it would definately be the hamster heaven. Please avoid the rotastac cages they are not good for the hamster even if they look nice for the human.

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thankyou all for your replies

the reason i was looking at the rotastak was because it has many attachments and you can extend it quite abit

i was unsure whether it would be small though as i said, she has got bigger already and thats just one week

as soon as she settles which seems to be quite quick now i will get some pictures

i will also try to find a picture of the cage i have. it is a basic cage with two levels, a ladder leading up to the second layer and a large wheel (i got a bigger one as the one i got with the cage was tiny).

the problem is that the top layer is all bars and sometimes her paws slip through the bars and im worried she could get hurt

Is this the cage?
Mickey Max Dwarf Hamster Cage by Savic | Pets at Home

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gsds (Henrick and Bella), the cats (Syd, Lilly, Elvis and Dizzy), the gerbils (Honey, Lisa, crusty, Millhouse, Flanders, Bart and Homer), the rats (Valentine, Flower, Petal, Blossom, Koda, Cava, George), the mice (Minnie, Pop, Seudag, Caraid, Silver, Trouble, Athena, Pandora, Aphrodite, Meep, and Springtime)