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We have kept hamsters since last summer (2002) and now have four. We've two Mini Duna hamster cages and one of the larger Duna cages (it's exactly the same, but bigger). Our Winter White Russian hamsters, Suki and Cherry, live in separate Mini Dunas (one in each) and our two Roborovskis, Honey and Posy, live together in the larger cage.
## The Cage - outside ##
The Mini Duna cages have coloured plastic bases (they come in red, turquoise and blue - all of ours are red) and clear plastic tops.
The lid is made of bars and clips into the clear plastic top. You can hang nut sticks from these bars - your hamster will love climbing up them to nibble the food.
The top itself has white plastic clips which hold it to the coloured base. There is a hole in the side for the drinking bottle.
## The Cage - inside ##
Inside, the cage has a clear plastic 'mezzanine' level, with a ramp going down into the base part. The hamster wheel (a necessary part of any cage!) attaches to this mezzanine and spins freely unless your hamster decides to dig in the sawdust under it!
## Accessories ##
When we bought our cages, they all came with a little plastic house. This has feet which stand in holes in the top level of the cage to stop it being nudged around by the cage's occupant. The house had a pack of 'fluffy' bedding in it - don't use this as it can get stuck in your hamsters cheek pouches and cause harm. Use the ripped up paper style bedding instead - but make sure it's ripped up small, to avoid your pet getting their leg stuck.
The cage came with a plastic food bowl, which our hamsters all sit in to eat their food - very cute!
There was also a 'Sippy' drinking bottle included - if you use bottled water then not only do you control what your hamster is drinking, you also avoid any limescalebuild-up on the bottle. The bottle has suckers which attach to the side of the cage - they're very good and stay stuck to the side 99.99% of the time. It also has measurements on so that you can check how much your hamster is drinking.
The wheel was already in the cage - importantly it's a solid-type construction - never buy one that your hamster can get its little feet caught in.
## Price ##
The Mini Duna cages are about £25, including all of the above mentioned accessories. They are suitable for all kinds of dwarf hamsters as they don't have bars on the sides - dwarf hamsters are escape artists - be warned! The solid plastic construction also means that the cage is never draughty.
You can see the cages on the Ferplast website - www.ferplast.com.
## Summary ##
The Mini Duna cage is a nice home for any dwarf hamster. I'm not sure that it's suitable for a Syrian, as I know they love to climb bars on their cages and also they get considerably bigger, so it's perhaps a little small for them.
But buy a Mini Duna for a dwarf hamster, line the bottom of the cage with sawdust, the dish with food and the bottle with water. Put some bedding in the house and add a couple of treats scattered throughout the sawdust for your hamster to find on their travels. Add a small dust bath (a ceramic dish filled with chinchilla sand is perfect) and you'll have a very happy hamster - just one problem...they'll be so comfy they won't want to come out and play!
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We looked at a lot of cages before going for a Ferplast one with all the external tubing and boxes. Our hamster's huge so needed quite a big cage and we've been quite happy with this one except for one thing - he chews the plastic connecting rings and then escapes! We've got bits of it all taped up now as Ferplast don't seem to sell the connectors individually. He also has to get taped into his hamster ball or he gets out so maybe he's just a special case - Hammy Houdini.
sweetleaf11 26.05.2003 19:38
I used to have hamsters when I was a kid. Very tempting to poke their cheeks when full with food! Now I have 3 guinea pigs. People ask me "How's your hamsters?" They're not hamsters....they're guinea pigs!!!
KarenUK 26.05.2003 16:50
Sounds great! We have a hamster too (& a dog, cat & 3 rats!).
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