I do not agree with this assessment at all (sorry :( ) but I have housed my gerbils in this cage for about 6 months and the look out stays in place great. Both my gerbils sleep in that part of the cage. The door works fine. The water bottle that is sold separately for this cage is a 4 oz. instead of an 8 oz. and the wheel is very safe. A couple of things that are negative are: if you pick up the cage by the sides the bottom easily falls off (great for cleaning, bad for dumping gerbils) but just carry it by the bottom. And they do chew on the look out part of the cage. But they only started doing that when the had no TP rolls or wood blocks to chew on. I love it ;) Deb Rebel wrote: > >hello my friends is this a nice cage for my 2 gerbils?? > >the 2 cages are 60*40 cm eich. > >how many gerbils could I place in here?? > >open the attatchment file to see a pic of it. > >thanx > > This is a Sam Safari cage (on the right) with the lookout > with the sliding door on the right, and the maze on the left. > > I generally do not like the Sam Safari stuff....that little round > thing won't always stay on, you can't always keep the parts > locked...I have caught animals in the sliding part and killed > them trying to get them out. [the part on the far right] > > The locking bar on top of the main Sam cage won't always > stay in place, and if you can't get it in and to stay, the > cage literally falls apart. > > The entire thing is very gnawable. And you don't get any > advantages, as they will hang there and gnaw the bars... > and very rapidly gnaw other parts. > > If you have one get at the little hinge clips of the door, > the door will literally fall off. > > The plus about Sam cages is the plastic is an ultrahard > in the bottom pan of the main cage and gunk will come > off of it. > > I got a number of these on clearance not long after they > came out...and experimented with what to keep in them. > I suggest they make great cages for dwarf campbell > hamsters, out of dwarf campbell, chinese dwarf, and > syrian hamsters, and gerbils. > > Another drawback to Sam Safari, is that they do NOT > come with a waterbottle or provision to put one in. I > fit a 5 oz Lixit waterbottle, hanging it from the wire > near the top locking bar from the wire by the door. > > The first thing that happens to the nice enclosed quiet > running plastic wheel, is something gnaws the end locking > nubbie off it and you can't get replacements. I retrofitted > mine with a standard free standing metal wheel on frame. > > Gerbils gnaw up the upper shelf thing in no time, and > that thing is needed to add structural strength to the > entire cage system. > > It looks cool. The plastic is easier to clean. None of the > parts of the cage have metal slat/mesh bottoms like > some of the SAM stuff does. > > The setup as shown there is around $70-100 US, plus > having to retro a waterbottle in it... > > And I'm afraid it doesn't live long under the assault of > a determined gnawer. The first things to go will be the > ladder-up, the upper viewing thing; the hinges on the > door....then anywhere they can get a tooth on that plastic. > > Plus it still gives you bars for them to gnaw on...and that > hard plastic can give really sharp edges when gone after. > > Better you take your money and invest it in a large glass > aquarium with a good mesh lid. It will have more longevity, > be easier to clean, more escape proof, and no bars for > your gerbils to rub their noses raw on AND keep you up > as they go grunch grunch grunch. > > [I have tried everything put out by SAM, Cozy Critter, Play > City....and so on. I went back to aquariums as the best > escape proof stuff for gerbils...and rate the other stuff as > varying for hamsters....] > > As far as how many gerbils? One pair. If same sex, > a trio of males, a pair of females.... A breeding pair, you > have plenty of room for the pups. > > Deb > Rebel's Rodent Ranch
