Second chance hamsters

[Maz]

Yes I used to screw them to the roof upside down. Wodent wheels were the easiest to fix upside down! Shame they're not available any more.

 

[Member ID2]

He didn't use the corner toilet because sand and toilets are new to him i think. I replaced the corner toilet in the HH with a sand jar which i think is more likely to entice him in. He seems to like round things and hides.

Clive has always refused to use a corner toilet but uses his sand jar as a toilet and hangs out in it.

 

[Member ID2]

Yes I used to screw them to the roof upside down. Wodent wheels were the easiest to fix upside down! Shame they're not available any more.

I know and they were popular. I don't know what goes on in manufacturers heads sometimes.

 

[Maz]

I think they went bust actually - but have been taken over I believe and only available in the US. Not sure if they're the same or different now. Shame they don't do the silent runner in more sizes - eg 9" 11" and 12". Wodent wheels used to come in 11" and 12".

 

[Maz]

I was wondering whether to attempt to fix Raffy's trixie wheel to the bars the other day - ie swap the wheels over so the ginormous one is in the playpen. And leave a bit more room for substrate in the cage. But I have never managed to work out how to do it.

 

[Member ID2]

I have fixed Trixie wheels to the roof but never to the bars. Can it be done?

 

[Maz]

I wouldn't dare hang them from the roof - my first one used to fall off it's stand easily. I have seen people somehow fix them to the bars by pulling the stand off and sticking the back part through the bars. With my second one I couldn't even get the stand off! I don't think they're intended to come off. But then they can fall off sometimes as well!

 

[Member ID2]

I secured the wheel to the stand with a cable tie to make sure that it didn't fall off when upsidedown.

 

[Maz]

Oh good idea. We are talking about the plastic trixie wheel now aren't we?

 

[Maz]

Anyway the trixie wheel is 11" so even if hung upside down, it would still hang a long way down the cage and not much room for substrate under it.

 

[Member ID2]

Oh good idea. We are talking about the plastic trixie wheel now aren't we?

Yes, i only use plastic wheels.

 

[Member ID2]

I saw little Davy briefly last night looking at me suspiciously from behind the sputnik but he ate all his porridge this morning.

 

[Maz]

Ha ha. Checking you out. He must be very happy to have some porridge - a real treat.

 

[elusive]

It must all be so strange for him, but nice strange!

 

[Maz]

When you first said Davy - the first Davy that came to mind was Davy Jones - the littlest one of the Monkees

 

[RainbowBrite]

I thought of Davy Jones too.

 

[Member ID2]

When you first said Davy - the first Davy that came to mind was Davy Jones - the littlest one of the Monkees

Let's hope he doesn't turn out to be a little monkey. I have a few of those sniffing around already.

 

[Member ID2]

Little Davy had a walkabout in his foster cage.

 

[Maz]

Aw I am still in love with him! He has such a sweet face and looks so relaxed yet pensive yet happy

 

[Member ID2]

He was licking the linseeds off the cork log and looked up when i took this photo.
He also climbed on top of his coconut looking for a way out but i suppose they do that in an unfamiliar cage.