Prevue Pet Products Deluxe SP2060R Hamster Gerbil Cage, Small

I purchased this cage for my baby mouse to grow into. The mouse is only a few weeks old, but he still can not fit through the bar spacing. The cage itself is sturdy and heavy enough I don’t have to worry about our cats knocking it over or breaking into it. My favorite thing about this cage is that it’s not all pukey neon colors. I am a grown adult, and sometimes grown adults keep pet mice. Still, I guess it’s nice there’s a neon green option.

I can’t really speak for the quality of the platforms or accessories, as I never had any intention of using them when purchased the cage. What I can say is that wire flooring is not ideal for rodents – their feet are not much different than ours, and imagine walking on wire all day. Fortunately the wire floors are completely optional and do not add anything to the structural integrity of the cage, and I think even without them it’s well worth the price. I opted to get some wooden platforms, woven nest balls and a better quality running wheel instead.

The running wheel that comes with the cage has gaps which are much too wide for a baby mouse to run on, anyway. I’ve used wheels like this one in the past and in my experience, they make better chew toys than anything.

The bars are vertical so you may need to consider this when shopping for water bottles and other items to mount on the cage walls. I still prefer the vertical bars because rodents appear less tempted to chew them, or climb them and then propel themselves off the walls..

Overall I am very satisfied with this cage, and my little mouse has loved exploring it so far and utilizing all the extra scurry space. I can see it standing up to many generations of little mice.

You MUST remove the second floor. My sister and I both bought this cage for our hamsters. We had the large syrian hamsters. The first problem is that the girls used the houses as toilets. We had to remove and clean the houses constantly. The second problem is that my hamster learned to slide open the door. There is no way of fastening it. I had to use a pice of metal wire to wrap around it tight – a crochet marker didn’t last long. Food full, water full, he just wanted to wander. Third, the wheels are flimsy plastic, and I found it schredded in the morning. I purchased one of the metal ones that can stand or hook over and sort of float. He liked that, but one platform and house had to go. Five – I had a hard time thinking a large hamster would have this happen, but my sister’s girl, Snowball, got in her head tonclimb between the outside wall and the platform; she was dead in the morning when my sister went to say good morning to her. She won’t put the cage out for the trash because she is afraid a lerson who can’t afford a cage will take it, and their kid’s hamster will strangle to death. She had a hard enough time with the image, so there was no way a kid would suffer that. It is a poor design. I wired my second floor using beeding wire and sewed the second floor to the wall so Panda doesn’t strangle. My sister won’t get another hamster.
This cage needs a ton of modificatiins, and so is only worth about $10 for what it will cost youbto make it safe. Save your money and get a 10 gallon tank, aspen shavings, a wheel, some toys, a metal top for lizzards and such and a hanging watter bottle. It will last forever and your hamster will be save and happy. If modified, this is a nice big home for a hamster, however, it is over-priced. All of the above is true.