Finding suitable cages for 'pocket pets' is challenging.
Those advertised for pet X are invariably WAY too small and when you find a cage that is actually big enough, the bar spacing is too wide, meaning you have to convert it, which is kind of a hassle - and doubles the weight.....
For mice, specifically, bin cages aren't ideal, because they don't provide adequate ventilation, especially not if you have boys.
The Mickey 2 is EXPENSIVE (imported from Belgium....), but at 448" of floor space it's a good size for 1 male or 3-4 female mice and the bar spacing is tight enough that they can't get out (if you have baby mice, they'll need a tank or bin anyway). There are 2 gaps where the gate latches hook onto the top, which I have covered with gorilla tape, if your mouse is a very determined escape artist, you will have to resort to stronger measures.
The wire level provided needs to be covered with something to prevent possible injury, I use plastic canvas on the level, which is also filled with hides and things and a wood bridge to cover the wire ramp.
The provided plastic wheel is too small for mice - the tail is an extension of the spine - the little plastic tube tunnel seems kind of pointless and a water dish (baby food jar) gives the mouse a much more natural drinking position than a bottle.
Not sure how happy a dwarf hamster would be in this cage, they really need a LOT of floor space, mice can be ok with less because they like to climb.
Update: The plastic carrying handles are NOT sturdy ! One of them already broke after only a few weeks - fortunately no disastrous results - I have replaced it with a handle fashioned from clothesline and will be replacing the other plastic handle forthwith.
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Great cage but important note here about making it escape-proof!
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2018
This cage is fantastic because of its size and ease of cleaning. My daughter was attracted to a small cage with lots of tubes, etc., but she learned that little animals such as her dwarf hamster need room to run and tunnel in bedding. So this cage fits the bill. But there is one important note about this cage: it must be latched one "bar" tighter than it looks/feels like you are supposed to! In other words, when you latch it closed, squeeze in the next bar higher and latch it there instead. It requires a little muscle--the next bar has to bend in order to fit behind the latch--and at first it was hard for my daughter to do, but she got the hang of it and it's necessary to keep smaller pets such as a dwarf hamster from escaping. Larger Syrian hamsters would likely not be able to escape, but we had two escapes with our small hamster and could not figure out how it was happening. So we waited and watched and saw that it managed to climb up the inside of the cage to where the door latches and then squeeze out of what looks like an impossibly small gap for it to get through. Latching it one bar width tighter made the gap smaller and eliminated the problem. No more escapes! I'm hoping that this little bit of info helps someone avoid the loss of a beloved pet! I wish the manufacturer made a note about this in the instructions. The attached photos show the latch the way it seems like you are supposed to latch it (see resulting "escape holes" circled on both sides) and the next photo shows the way it looks when it's latched tighter and therefore escape-proof. Hope this helps!
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2018
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Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2018
We can fit so many toys and a bridge in this cage and there is still plenty of room for him to move around. We also fit in a small casserole dish half full of sand for him to clean his fur! (He took to it and LOVED that right away!) We couldn't have provided that in a smaller cage. We shredded colored napkins in our office shredder for bedding and put it on top of his normal odor reducing bedding for fun! This cage is great for that because it is so big, the base is very deep, 6.5", and the wire spacing is a perfect 1/4" so I can sleep at night knowing he won't escape and the bedding won't get kicked out. And when it's time for a new little baby hamster, they can't get out of the 1/4" wires spacing either! Thank You, Thank You to whomever designed this cage! The US doesn't have very many large cages for hamsters! A lot of people are making their own with IKEA Hacks! I'm so glad this cage saved me from having to do that.
Now we hamster lovers just need one designed that's this same width or two inches skinnier, but twice the length so we can put it atop our sideboards in our kitchens and give them plenty of room to roam!
Size: Mickey XLVerified Purchase
Great for Syrian Hamsters!!!
By Nancy Leatham on April 16, 2018
This is a perfect cage for my Syrian hamster, Pip! He loves it. I love it. My kids love it! The hanging home is large enough and fun for him with all of the holes for him to explore! The tubes are big enough for him to fit through even though Pip is really large, unlike the tubes that came with his old cage and quickly outgrew. I am so pleased!!! They are made to go inside the cage so there are no exterior holes to worry about him escaping from. There are no holes, Yay! The wheel is only 7.5" so that could be bigger, but it's not terrible. The size of the wheel is my only complaint since his back is not supposed to be curved when he runs. The latches to close the opening and hook the wire to the blue plastic bottom are VERY secure! The handles are VERY sturdy. My 13 year old son helped me hook them on! Also, I loved that the black wire cage came FULLY assembled in the box! I had to send the last cage I bought back because it broke as I was connecting the wires together. I am so happy this was so easy to put together, just set the ramp/platform on the base and set the cage on top and latch, easy!!!By Nancy Leatham on April 16, 2018
We can fit so many toys and a bridge in this cage and there is still plenty of room for him to move around. We also fit in a small casserole dish half full of sand for him to clean his fur! (He took to it and LOVED that right away!) We couldn't have provided that in a smaller cage. We shredded colored napkins in our office shredder for bedding and put it on top of his normal odor reducing bedding for fun! This cage is great for that because it is so big, the base is very deep, 6.5", and the wire spacing is a perfect 1/4" so I can sleep at night knowing he won't escape and the bedding won't get kicked out. And when it's time for a new little baby hamster, they can't get out of the 1/4" wires spacing either! Thank You, Thank You to whomever designed this cage! The US doesn't have very many large cages for hamsters! A lot of people are making their own with IKEA Hacks! I'm so glad this cage saved me from having to do that.
Now we hamster lovers just need one designed that's this same width or two inches skinnier, but twice the length so we can put it atop our sideboards in our kitchens and give them plenty of room to roam!
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Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2021
Photo one: The bar highlighted is the bar you need to be attaching the door to instead of the first one like it advertises.
Photo two: That is the gap if you use the first bar. A small rodent such as a mouse can easily slip through.
Photo three: That gap disappears if you use the second bar instead.
Photo four: I can easily slip my fingers through when attached to the first bar.
Photo five: When attached to the second bar,my finger no longer fits.
The size is pretty good. It pretty much comes already put together,very little effort or skill is needed to set it up.
The wheel it comes with is pretty low quality so I would reccomend looking into other ones.
All in all,I really like this cage. I bought three and would definitely buy it again in the future for more rodents.
Size: Mickey XLVerified Purchase
Great size,but modification is needed to make it escape proof
By Kameron C. on March 26, 2021
I really like this cage! However I want to point out that a small rodent could hypothetically escape the top but it's an easy fix! Look at my photos for more info.By Kameron C. on March 26, 2021
Photo one: The bar highlighted is the bar you need to be attaching the door to instead of the first one like it advertises.
Photo two: That is the gap if you use the first bar. A small rodent such as a mouse can easily slip through.
Photo three: That gap disappears if you use the second bar instead.
Photo four: I can easily slip my fingers through when attached to the first bar.
Photo five: When attached to the second bar,my finger no longer fits.
The size is pretty good. It pretty much comes already put together,very little effort or skill is needed to set it up.
The wheel it comes with is pretty low quality so I would reccomend looking into other ones.
All in all,I really like this cage. I bought three and would definitely buy it again in the future for more rodents.
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Hannah Taylor
Great cage.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 7, 2018Size: Mickey XLVerified Purchase
Great cage.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 7, 2018
I ordered this cage as a last resort for a large Syrian hamster cage... most on the market are shockingly too small for hamsters, but this is the recommended size for a Syrian.... I do NOT recommend the wire platform though as this can cause bumble foot, so I have threw it away! The bottle is next to useless, as soon as you put water into it and put it in the holder... it falls out! So have threw this away too, I also got sent a load of tunnels and cage tunnel blocks... but there is nothing for then to go on, which is fine (I didn’t want a cage with a load of tiny tunnels.) peanut, is however very happy in his cage, the door is massive so provides easy access to the cage. Really deep base also. His ball goes into the cage through the door so he can easily come out as he cannot climb out as he is so small, and he freaks out if you try to pick him up at the minute.Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 7, 2018
Great cage, has its flaws, like all cages a5 the minute do, but worth the size!
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Hamster Granny
Great cage - but check the bar spacing on the door!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 21, 2014Size: Mickey XLVerified Purchase
Great cage - but check the bar spacing on the door!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 21, 2014
Update: Check the bar spacing on the door! After owning this cage for 7 months I have just found that the front of the door has one or two bars with a gap of 1cm, near the top of the door where it bends over. I had cable tied the top edges to make the gap smaller but it never occurred to me to check the actual gap between the bars elsewhere.Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 21, 2014
I got this for our Syrian Hamster after having him for 3 weeks and realising his Rotostak set up wasn't suitable or big enough. It's a great cage with a big sturdy front door and narrow 7mm bar spacing. It's the same size as the Hamster Heaven - virtually the same cage but with smaller bar spacing so suitable for dwarf hamsters as well as syrian hamsters. I wanted the smaller bar spacing as it means it is mouseproof (we live in a rural area and occasionally get the odd house mouse). Be careful though as most of the contents are too small for a Syrian hamster - they are mouse sized. So the wheel is too small and needs replacing with a bigger one, the tubes are too small and flat in the middle for a hamster (ours got stuck in them and it was quite distressing - luckily we were there to get him free of them) and the metal shelf needs to come out as it is bad for hamsters' feet. The sputnik is ok but I found the rat sized one better for a Syrian hamster.
I've had this cage for about 8 months now and it is a great cage but I now want a bigger one. It seemed huge at 80cm x 50cm when I first got it, but as with most cages, the base slopes in near the bottom so the floor area at the base is actually only about 70cm x 40cm. Also our Syrian grew quite large and needs rat sized tubes, toys and houses, and although he is happy as pie in there, he doesn't have a lot of floor area left for just being a hamster and digging. So if you're looking for a good cage - this is great, with a few contents changed. But I would seriously urge anyone to get a 100cm cage and not waste money upgrading as I'm about to do. A 100 cm cage might seem huge but will easily sit on top of a chest of drawers, even if there's a slight overhang. For £69 you can get an Alexander cage from Zooplus which is taller, so you can have deep substrate for digging, is 100cm by 52cm and also has narrow 7mm bar spacing (despite being advertised as 1cm bar spacing), so also suitable for both dwarf and syrian hamsters. If you can manage to find space for a 100cm cage, it would be way better for a Syrian or a dwarf hamster. They need space to move, run around and dig. You can see by the photo of our cage that it's already looking cluttered with the rat sized stuff in. I've found just about everything sold for hamsters is far too small for Syrians and that can be a hazard - they're mostly just for dwarf hamsters.
I initially bought a dune shelf (the solid one from the Hamster heaven with a pod house on) but it was a total pain as not flat (presumably why it's called 'dune!') so things kept sliding off it, the pod house was too small for the hamster so the top kept popping off, and he thought the corner food bowl was a toilet - because it was in a corner. So the shelf had to go and now I have a flat roofed guinea pig house in the cage, which is great - the roof top makes an excellent shelf/platform and the house is big inside so his toilet tray is at one end and he's built a huge nest at the other end. The door on the house is very large so I put a wood tunnel over the front - he loves it because it is dark inside now. I found a bottle stand in the cage was easier than squeezing bottle spouts through the narrow bars. But if you can fit a 100cm cage in, it would be way better for a Syrian or a dwarf hamster.
Here's how I have it set up with our Hamster coming out to demonstrate his cage!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY4DPynt--Q
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Alison Bytheway
It is an ok cage
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 26, 2019Size: Mickey XLVerified Purchase
Kayleigh Wilson
Lovely cage for mice!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 10, 2020Size: Mickey XLVerified Purchase
Lovely cage for mice!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 10, 2020
Absolutely love this cage for our 5 new baby mice. Loads of space to add toys and enrichment and bar spacing is nearly perfect for little escape artists...just need to watch and probably cable tie the top of the door like we have, but definitely one of the better cage options on the market for mice at the moment and good value for money. We haven't used the shelf as not good for little rodent feet, but we've been able to fill the space that would have taken with more appropriate toys instead. First base arrived with a corner broken, but seller was quick to reply to all messages and sent a replacement really fast.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 10, 2020
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Bh
Good quality cage & very suitable for hamsters.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 26, 2016Size: Mickey XLVerified Purchase
