What cage should i get for my hamster

What cage should i get my hamster, like what type.

The wire cages that are being suggested are really not good. Not only could the hamster fall from quite some distance as it climbs higher up the bars, but if you hamster is a very determined one, it could develop bar rub- a condition where the fur on it's nose and face is rubbed away as it obsessively chews on the bars. Just do a quick search here on petqna.com s and you can see the number of hamsters that have this. I just answered a question about "fur loss on my hamsters face between its nose and eyes" a few days ago. In more serious cases, the hamster will actually chew at the bars to the point that the bars will cut its face. In the worst case scenario, the hamster will permanently loose its fur on that part of its face and develop scars and callouses. I'm not trying to scare you, just offer you the best advice that I can. The other terrible thing about those cages is that the wheels are far to small for anything but a mouse or dwarf hamster. The only thing those cages have going for them is their price.

The Crittertrails and SAM cages, while fun looking, are not at all practical. They are very hard to clean and even harder to get the hamster out of. They can get a bit expensive and really are just not worth what you would pay for them. If you are really drawn to the tubes and mazes, perhaps just get one as a playground but I wouldn't recommend them for their cage. The tubes would have to be taken apart and cleaned each week and that would get pretty old by the second cage cleaning. It is also hard to see you hamster in these kinds of cages.