Cavy Cage for Syrian Hamster

[crisma1974a]

I have a guinea pig cage collecting dust. One day we put in our hamster and right in from our eyes, he managed to squeeze out. How can I made the grids smaller/narrower? Can I use hardware cloth or is this too thin and he could chew himself out?

 

[1frankie7]

I'm pretty sure you can you metal hardware cloth, like the kind they use for bin cages.

 

[lalallama]

I was thinking about making a C & C cage for my hamster, and I figured I would just make the coroplast walls really high.
Then I read they would chew through the coroplast, which is something I will believe as I had a hamster chew through three of the bars in her cage.

So, are you planning to use coroplast?

 

[Crystal520]

Overlap the grids?

 

[brindyzoeycandy]

Mesh grids, maybe? Whatever you come up with I would like to know. I have a dwarf hamster and I would like to make something of a C&C for her.

 

[crisma1974a]

I wrapped the cage up with hardware cloth. I used zip ties all around. I will try to upload a picture. George has been in his cage for a week now and we haven't had an "escape" issues. If any of you plan to use hardware cloth, make sure you do the door too. I will try to upload a picture.