The Dayang Hamster Cage is a moulded plastic habitat with a clear wire top and a tube system running round the outside, for a dwarf hamster, mouse or gerbil.

Key Features

• Deep moulded base, which holds a proper layer of bedding rather than the thin scattering a shallow tray allows.
• External tubes add running distance without taking up more desk space.
• Wire top lifts off for cleaning and gives good airflow.
• 43.5 cm long, 27 cm wide, 28.8 cm high.
• Arrives with the tube sections and fittings to assemble.

Good To Know

• Floor area is about 1174 sq cm. Current welfare guidance puts the minimum unbroken floor for a Syrian hamster at around 4,000 sq cm, and tubes, shelves and upper storeys do not count towards it.
• Hamsters burrow. Give at least 15 to 20 cm of bedding depth in part of the enclosure. A hamster with nowhere to dig bar-chews instead, and bar-chewing is a sign of stress rather than boredom.
• Check the wheel. A Syrian hamster needs one of about 28 cm across or its back stays arched as it runs, and a dwarf needs about 20 cm. The wheel supplied with a cage this size is usually smaller than that and is worth replacing.
• Syrian hamsters live alone. Two in one cage will fight, often fatally, however well they got on as babies. Only some dwarf species tolerate company, and even then not reliably.
• Hamsters are heat-sensitive. Above about 24 C a Syrian can drop into a torpor that looks like death. Keep the cage out of direct sun and away from a window in summer.
• Small rodents hide illness. A wet tail, laboured breathing, a wet chin, sudden weight loss or a hamster that stays shut in its house all day needs a vet who sees exotics, quickly.