Kaytee My First Home Habitat for Pet Rats

I bought this cage as a secondary cage for my four female rats for when I'm cleaning their big cage. (A double critter nation) I thought it would also be good to use as a hospital cage should I ever need it if one of my girls were to get sick and need to be quarantined. This cage is perfect for female rats as it has the 1/2 inch bar spacing. I didn't use the ramp since I felt it just took up too much space and my girls have no problem climbing to the shelf. The shelf and the food bowl holder are nice features since it gives my girls some place to climb on and a place to hide under. Plus, I can put food in the bowl for them if they're going to be in there for a little while.It's a great size as a secondary cage but I definitely would not recommend it as a rat's primary cage because it's just too small for long term housing.It does attach easily to the base, but for added security, I used zip ties to hold the cage onto the base.

We got a Syrian hamster, and bought a Kaytee My First Home Habitat (2-Story) for Hamster. It was TOO SMALL. Syrians are too big for that cage, which was 14.5" x 10" x 14.5". It might be meant for a dwarf hamster. This "Rat Home" is WONDERFUL for a Syrian hamster! The dimensions of this cage are 25.5" x 12.5" x 14" - essentially twice as wide as the small cage. We got an 8.5-inch wheel for it, which fits nicely and looks MUCH more comfortable for our hamster, whose back seemed to arch backward a bit on the smaller wheel (the small cage came with a 5-1/2" wheel). In the small cage, our hamster had stopped using the wheel and chewed incessantly on the bars. Right away in this new home our hamster runs on the new wheel all the time and doesn't chew the bars. We placed the second level lower than pictured in the photo, and our hamster has no trouble with the ramp. The bar spacing is 1/2", same as on the smaller cage. This cage is just right for a Syrian hamster - not luxuriously oversized. As such, I would think it could be too small for a rat.

Fist things first, this is NOT a rat cage but it’s good for two reasons A.hamster cage or B. If you need to isolate a rat. (trust me I had rats.) first of all rats need a tall cage for climbing and all the toys they need this cage you put a hammock and one or two toys and it’s full and theres no room for two rats to really run and play. You NEED to rats they are so social one rat is only okay if it really won’t get along with any rat. Even then you will need a lot of toys to make up fo that. If this was a temporary cage for one may two small rats I think it would be okay.NOW HAMSTERS, whole different story. I got a female teddy bear Syrian hamster. Females are a bigger then males. She’s such a sweet girl and needed a good cage, she’s too big for tubes and we didn’t want a bin cage(that I highly recommend, please look into) and as most hamster owners know and all should know hamsters need a big cage need in mind this cage I wish was a little better as you will see later in my review. But other wise amazing hamster cage! I can fit 3 hides and the big hamster weel she needs plus she still has running room. She’s so happy on her new cage. Also to mention it’s affordable. It’s so easy to clean! Saying all this there’s still some problems. 1. The ramp, I actually put it in a ferret cage because I didn’t wanna waste it but it sure is a waste in this cage. Fist of all it took up so much room for what it is there’s no point. And it didn’t even stay on correctly. So what I did is take the bowl out and used the hole for the bowl and put something under it so she could go up. I really wish that hole wasn’t there and it was just a full platform. 2. I wish it was bigger or they offered a bigger one or a way to connect two. I will post more pictures later but please do look into this cage vs a bin cage for your hamster and as a isolation cage for a new rat or for a aggressive Rat

I had 8 gerbils in 3 tall cages I bought at Petco but then they started being territorial and fighting each other so needed to separate them all got these and was able to fit 8 of them in my bedroom

I purchased this cage for a pregnant rat. She was only in it for two weeks before she chewed through the entire corner of the cage. I did not notice any damage to the cage until I woke up one morning to her head sticking out of the base. This may not be an ideal rat home for this reason. Because of how it is designed there is a "lip" to the base that allows the rat to get a grip on it and begin chewing. If the cage set into the base in a different way this wouldn't be an issue. They really have to be able to get a good grip on it in order to be able to chew it. For a rat that is not prone to chewing, or maybe an older rat, this cage would probably be okay. I provide my rats with chew toys, wheels, hammocks, and the whole shebang, but for some reason this rat was attracted to this cage and chewed through it in what seems like one night. Thanks to Amazon's excellent service my issue was solved, but I would not purchase this cage again for the purpose of housing a rat for any length of time.Aside from the very chewable issue, the cage is a decent size for a single rat that gets a lot of free time outside of the cage. It should not be used for more than one rat, it's not big enough. I personally would not house an adult rat in this unless they were sick, injured, or pregnant. The overall design is decent. One major upside to the cage is how secure it locks into the base. That is a nice feature. The deep pan is also nice -- the bedding stays inside the cage well.

Perfect small cage for mice, hamsters, etc. It's really too small for rats unless they get to come out a lot. Definitely too small for 2 or more rats. I used it for a single older rat who was pretty inactive most of the time and got to come out for a couple hours every day. It worked okay, but still probably a bit small. However, the cage itself is great. Very well put together and easy to clean. Just please don't think this is big enough for rats to live in forever.

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We love it and our Rat loves it even more!

This is the 4 th one of these cages I have. I like the shelf with the hole in it that holds the feed cup so that it can’t be upset. I like the narrow 1/2” wire spacing for keeping my rats safely in. Th clips hold the two sections together well, are made of metal & unchewable. It has a deep pan to keep litter in. I keep one of these cages as a change over cage, clean with litter, so all I have to do is transfer my pet rat into the clean cage & then clean the soiled one ready for use again. It is an ideal cage for one rat, but I think up to 3 rats could certainly be housed in this. It comes with a ramp, shelf & food dish. The shelf is a little tricky to put in, but I find it easier to do when you have the two pieces separated before putting it together. The ramp edge where it attaches to the shelf has to be bent to shape to make it stay on. I didn’t have to do that with my first two.But all in all a satisfactory cage if you only have one or two rats. I wouldn’t hesitate to buy another one.

Menos de dos meses bastó para que mis ratas hicieran dos hoyos en la bandeja, por lo que veo no soy la única, una lástima porque no fue muy económica que digamos y esperaba mejor calidad

Got this cage today and right now I have to say I love it, it has lots of room I even added a lot of things to it,( wheel, houses ect,,,) I would buy this again in a heart beat !!!!! I bought it for my daughters Teddy Bear hamsters