Recommend me your gerbil/hamster cages please

[Allice]

We currently have a Omlet Qute which I love, looks great and lots of room for the boys.
It's broken sadly, we bought it second hand so I can't really complain. I'd like another new one but they don't seem to be in stock anywhere, I've emailed Omlet and am waiting to hear but if I can't get one I'd love recommendations please.
Must haves are a deep tray as they like to nest and burrow in their sawdust and be able to have a wheel as one of them runs half the day/night.

Thank you

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Do you have a hamster or gerbils? They have different housing needs, neither of which is met by the frankly awful Qute cage.

For hamsters, the minimum unbroken floorspace is 80x50cm; check out Zooplus.co.uk - the Barney or Alexander cages are excellent, or the Alaska if you're on a tight budget. You'll also need a wheel - 20cm diameter for dwarves or 28cm diameter for Syrians (about the size of a dinner plate). If a hamster has to bend its back or neck to run it will cause painful spinal problems.

If you want a more stylish option, or one that would work for both species, look at the Living World Eco Habitat which is a tank style cage

For gerbils we had this
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Please don't use that cage ElfEars, it's wholly unsuitable for both gerbils and hamsters

The minimum size for one or two gerbils is 100cm long x 30cm wide x 30cm high with at least 20cm deep bedding. www.woodgreen.org.uk/pet_advice/511_gerbil_accommodation By comparison, that cage is tiny. For hamsters, the minimum is 80x50cm floorspace + 35cm high www.woodgreen.org.uk/pet_advice/557_hamster_accommodation

The barred floors are problematic too - in hamsters it can cause bumblefoot (nasty, sometimes fatal, probably a thing in gerbils too) and all species can get feet caught.

The first rule of keeping small furries is that you don't believe a word the pet shop (especially Pets at Home) tells you, unless you can verify it using other reliable sources. I would recommend joining a facebook group such as Hamsters UK (I'm sure there are gerbil equivalents too)

Oh no sorry! My gerbils have been gone a few years now.

I bought a very very large plastic storage box and used animal welfare guidelines on sizing and staging. Our hamster lived for 2.5 years

Thanks all.

We have gerbils, they seems to like the depth of the bottom tank as they like to bury and tunnel.
I like the glass cage that was posted, I'm going to look at that.

Our Roborovski dwarf hamster has a great big fish tank.
We are gerbil sitting and have now realised they may be with us a long time. There are 2 in what I think is a sort of standard gerbil cage. Plastic tub with cage on top.
I hate it. There's no way it is enough room for them, it makes me feel bad. So I'm going to build them a 5 storey house from an Ikea shelving unit we have, a deep drawer for burrowing and shelves with hutch doors.
My mum thinks I'm nuts, the hamster could fit on a spoon but you should see him running around and diving into the sawdust. I think the gerbils deserve more space as well.