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Christian from Nienburg (pauleentenmann@yahoo.de) has send me these photos of his home-built enclosure Expedit. The enclosure consists of two floors, a scattering plane with 139cm x 38cm with a Tiefstreubox of 33.5 cm x 38 cm x 33.5 cm (WxDxH) and an additional layer of sand 104cm x 38cm . The total size is therefore nearly a square meter (9234cm ²) . The enclosure serves as a room divider.
located on the upper floor there is a Rodipet granite / house, pieces of cork, a willow bridge, a Rodipet granite / potions, stones, mangrove roots, moss, grass tubes and a grass nest and the main house and the 27cm WodentWheel wheel on the Tiefstreubox. In the sands days there is a Hugro birch hiding with a removable roof, pieces of cork, Stones, a second multi-chamber House of Rodipet and a second Rodipet granite / potions.
The stairway to the upper floor consists of a long willow bridge that is lined with cork pieces side to the hamster from the top of the stairs can not fall sideways.
On one side of the enclosure there are sliding doors. The front also narrow front was cut out and window used. The resulting voids in the thick, hollow side wall of the Expedit were sealed and protected the edges with aluminum profiles to nibble.
Ventilated is the enclosure from the top and a narrow side on grille, through holes in the permanently installed viewing windows at the front narrow side and the side facing the sofa, and through holes in the doors. In addition, a perforated plate was in the guide rail of the sliding doors found on the lower floor to ensure air circulation. The enclosure is illuminated by "diode" LED strips from IKEA .
The resident, Robo "George"
Shell / during the building phase
English Summary
Robo cage with almost 10ft square in Expedit
Robo cage with almost 10ft square in Expedit
Christian from Nienburg, Germany sent me these photos of the Expedit hamster cage he hacked for his Roborovskii dwarf hamster "George". The upper level is 4'7" x 1'3" (139cm x 38cm) and the lower level with the sand area is 3'5" x 1'3" (104cm x 38cm) . The total floor space is almost 10ft square .
The upper level contains a "Granit+" house by Rodipet (which has a granite roof so the hamster has it nice and cool in the summer), cork, a willow bridge hideout, a water bottle, stones, mangrove roots, moss, grass tubes and nests. The main sleeping house is above the digging box and carries the 10" Transoniq WodentWheel .
The sand level contains a birch hideout with removable roof, cork, stones, another house and another water bottel. Access to the top level is via a long willow bridge to which Christian attached cork pieces as "railings" so the hamster can't fall from the upper part of the ramp.
The cage has sliding doors on one side. Additional plexi glass has been added to the back and the small front. Ventilation is via vent covers on the top and small back of the cage, several holes in the plexi glass and sliding doors and covers of additional wire mesh that has been put into the tracks of the sliding doors of the lower level. Lighting is realized with "diode" LED strips by IKEA .
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