Pet Cages

Review by D. Dix for Critter Universe Cage Expanded Unit
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I purchased this cage for my two robo hamsters. I have owned a number of hamster cages and this is one of the best. Unlike enclosed plastic and aquarium style cages, the wire panels provide good air flow and visibility. The cage assembles and disassembles easily for cleaning. It provides good space, an exercise wheel, a food bowl, a water bottle and flexible tubes that are compatible with other tube systems (Habitrail, SAM, Critter Trail, etc.). The plastic base, middle section and top are made of flexible plastic that is resilient to breakage. The cage has 3 levels–the top one is a small transport unit.

The one drawback to the cage is that the provided tubes don’t work well for dwarf or robo hamsters (they cannot scale the vertical sections). Because I have robo hamsters, I replaced the tubes in my cage with Critter Trail tubes which are ribbed and easily scaled (the Habitrail and SAM tubes are also difficult, if not impossible, for robo hamsters to scale).

Overall, it has proven to be great cage for the hamsters.

Review by S. Morey for Critter Universe Cage Expanded Unit
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My daughter just acquired her first teddy bear hamster. We chose this cage based on other reviews that we read. The hamster appears to be getting around the cage just fine. It is a little tricky getting the tunnels snapped in correctly but we managed. The wheel works well and is quiet. It is pretty easy to clean. The wire sides slide out of the floor bases and the plastic wipes down easily. The water container seems a little long for the height of the cage. Since he is a larger hamster, he has to bend down to drink. The size of the cage fits nicely on top of a book shelf or a computer printer stand. The two levels give the hamster room to climb and roam. Overall we are all happy with the purchase.

Review by Cara R. Litberg for Critter Universe Cage Expanded Unit
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To start this off, I’m not easy to impress with cages. I generally have several cages linked together for each hamster or pair of hamsters to give them plenty of space to roam. Typically my setups include a mix of homemade cages (bin cages, still the best bet out there if you have time to make one!), aquariums, and crittertrails. I’ve used several varieties of Critter Trail cages, asides from the ones that are just by look idiotically designed (ie: Critter Trail Revolution). I’ve also used a few habitrails, but found them generally less easy to work with than the critter trail. I’m not all too fond of SAM’s and find the newer habitrail models pretty lacking… actually most of the new models of any of the brands are pretty bad (Crittertrail X and Dazzle are also idiotic).

I saw this and really liked what I saw just from looks alone. And entirely solid second floor! Actually doubling the floorspace and not just giving some tiny shelves as a “second story”. Nice little nest area (I wouldn’t actually transport a ham ham in anything that small, but as a nest area it works well). Infinitely expandable! Great idea!

So I bought this. I have some issues, most minor. I’ve finally hooked it up to my pair of campbell’s cages and they’ve found it pretty interesting so far.

My run down of good and bad–

Good: solid second floor. It’s great and actually gives them more room.

Good: Wheel is actually a pretty decent wheel. I scavenged it even before I started using it to give my new pair of dwarves a wheel in their crittertrails (I will not use the new crittertrail wheels EVER, they’re awful!). Really nice and fairly quiet wheel for something that came with a cage.

Good: The material is actually flexible and not easy to break. Crittertrail rigid plastic breaks really easily.

Good: Like the snapdown food dish.

Bad: The tubes. The solid elbow tube probably would work for a syrian, but seemed too big for a dwarf. The flexi tubes are a good concept but just don’t work well. They fell apart easily and I see possible safety issues with feet getting caught in them. I replaced them with crittertrail tubes.

Bad: The bottle. I feel bad having to give the bottle a lousy review, especially since it runs rings around the crittertrail bottles which might just be the worst bottles ever designed. But the gravity feed design on these are basically the same as the crittertrail, just with the ability to unscrew the bottom so you can actually clean the bottle. It’s a bad design. I’m using a regular bottle with an O ring to hold it in the hole.

Bad: Only tube holes are on the top. Makes it far more awkward when trying to attach it to other cages. One thing crittertrail has right is lots of access points at different places.

Bad: A little hard to put together… but so are most of these modular cages.

All and all this is a great cage and I’m thinking already of giving my new dwarves one in their cage setup.

Review by Mohit Khare for Critter Universe Cage Expanded Unit
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This cage is great for my female teddy bear hamster, mainly because it is virtually escape proof. The door are latched shut and the wires are pretty strong. My hamster is nuts at night at always tries to escape, but cant from this (unlike my CritterTrail cages). The cage itself is fairly easy to put together and pretty easy to clean, as it detaches easily. It also very high quality, unlike many other cages. The only problems I can notice is that I wish the levels were a little bigger, but that’s barely an issue really. The water bottle does hang way too low so my hamster does have to bend super low to reach it. It got to the point where I had to use paper towels to keep the bottle suspended a little higher, so yeah you’ll have to replace this with a new one basically, but that’s really not a big deal at all for this great cage. It’s sturdy, escape proof, and has 3 levels to explore. Also easily expandable as it works with both Ovo and CritterTrail tubes. Great for 1 hamster or 2 dwarfs, highly recommended.