- Provide your small pet with a safe, creative multi-level environment in which to exercise and play
- Ideal for ferrets
- Easy snap-together assembly
- Includes Safety Ramps, Spiral Slide, hammock, FerreTrail Fun-nel, and 3 Comfort Shelves
- Measures 24 x 24 x 41.5 inches
Product Description
My first home deluxe with multi level living space. Ferrets just want to have fun, and our multi-floor activity home is the perfect place for frisky ferrets to frolic. Quality construction with chew proof coated wire and stain resistant plastic parts. E-z clean deep scatter-less base can be removed and replaced easily. E-z assembly with snap together setup and no tools are required. Features a deep plastic base, solid safety ramps, extreme spiral slide, crazy critter hammock, florescent ferretrail fun-nel, and three comfort shelves. Plus, every home includes an e-z roll stand with deluxe caster wheels.
Super Pet My First Home Deluxe Multi-Level Pet Home with Stand
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I did quite a bit of research and shopping around for a home for my 2 rats, and I might add that I am a first time rat owner. I read books, looked on the internet, and shopped at pet stores near my home to see them in person. I highly recommend this cage for rats. It offers them plenty of space to run around and they love the levels. It is really neat looking too and encourages me to keep it clean (dailty cleaning) as I love the look and design of it. Originally I was concerned about the spacing of the bars, but my rats are only half grown and the bars are close enough that they cannot escape. As with other cages with the plastic shelves, you might find that they are urinating on the shelves which can be messy if they walk through it. I have found that if I add more bowls, toys, boxes, etc. to the shelves that they will more likely use the bottom part where the litter is. I keep a bottle of Nature’s Miracle nearby for daily wiping up, another product I’d recommend as it’s safe for use around pets.
I was really disappointed with this.
The Good:
– only took about 20 minutes to put together, all the tools you need are included
– good size, small footprint
– very good door placement, all the spots are easy to reach
– easy to remove cage part for cleaning the bottom
– you don’t need them, but the instructions are very clear
– looks like it’d be fun if it worked
– the solid bottom with deep sides is an excellent design for cleaning, you can’t really appreciate this until you’ve tried anything else
The Bad:
– super-cheap plastic, my ramp was broken in the box
– maybe okay for rats, but all the holes were almost too small for my baby ferrets to get through (they’re chubby but not THAT chubby)
– my ferrets might be dumber than most, but they couldn’t figure out how to use the tunnel or spiral stairs, i think mostly because the turns were too sharp and the passage too narrow. they resorted to climbing the cage wall to get to the next level
– with the cheap plastic, the ramps/tubes/spiral are not sturdy, they shook horribly, even with my tinniest ferret, this made them very nervous and reluctant to even try using them (the fastening mechanisms were fine though, i don’t think there was actually any chance of the ramp/tube/spiral actually falling)
– the cage just sits on the wheels, i feel like if there were little kids around they could easily accidentally knock the whole cage over
– my ferrets could open the doors, i had to adjust the latches myself with pliers
– again with the cheap plastic – the cage fastens to the plastic bottom with 2 small plastic fasteners, which are on the verge of breaking after only taking them off twice (you’ll probably want to take them off weekly to clean the cage)
– the deep sides on the bottom make it hard for things that latch to the cage bars to reach the floor – litter box / water bottles / food dish were all too high off the ground
Conclusion:
as it is, it’s unusable (for ferrets). i scrapped mine for pieces to build a new cage myself
We bought this cage for our two ferrets we had at the time (we have since added a third ferret). It looks pretty cute from the picture. The problem is it is very cheaply made and not feasible for ferrets.
The slide does not connect very well with the platforms. I have two male ferrets which weigh about 3 – 4 pounds and one female who weighs about 2. Not even my tiny female could get up the slide without it popping off the platform. We ended up taking it out completely. Also, even if it would stay connected the turns are too sharp for them to take.
The tunnel connects more securely, but if you have it on the bottom of the cage it gets poop all over it if your ferrets aren’t litter trained and just go in the corners of the cage. It also is a little too sharp of a curve for my ferrets to get up, but they do like to slide down it on their backs.
The ramp was completely useless out of the box. One of the clips was not formed correctly so it would constantly pop off on one side. I had to use a ramp from our old cage so they can get to the top. Also, in the picture it shows the ramp going under the top platform so your ferrets can just come up through the hole. It doesn’t actually work like that. The spacing of the bars is too wide to secure a ramp to them so you have to clip it to the edge of the platform. If it’s clipped to the edge of the platform it’s almost too steep for my ferrets to walk up. My biggest male ends up just lunging at the top of the platform and pulling himself up. My female just climbs the side of the cage.
The sides do not clip together very well. The way they connect are one side has metal ‘hoops’ and the other has a hook that are both part of the metal cage. You have to snap the hook into place over the hoop. Some of the hooks were too tight so they wouldn’t snap over the hoops and some were too lose so they wouldn’t stay snapped in place. When we first brought it home I was sitting on the floor next to the cage while the ferrets were in it getting their hammocks ready to go in. I felt a tug at my sleeve and when I looked over one of my ferrets had come through the corner where it connects because one of the hooks didn’t snap in place and he was getting squished trying to get out. He had grabbed my sleeve trying to pull himself out.
So why, after all these complaints, did I not just return it you ask? Because we bought ours from a pet store that is about half an hour away from my house. When I called them to ask about returning it I was informed that they do not give refunds, only store credit. And at the time the cage cost $160. So I would have to drive 30 minutes every time I needed pet supplies so I could use up a credit. Lame.
We have had the cage for over a year and just recently purchased the Midwest 142 Ferret Nation Double-Level Ferret Cage with Ramps. It is more expensive, but absolutely worth it (so far).
I love this cage! I have two little chinchillas, Giggly Puff and Gaia, and they both just love hopping around on the four levels as well as the ramp, the slide, and the tube thing. I feel like a lot of the other cages at the pet store are a lot smaller and just as expensive. This cage really is a good deal. I especially like the wheels that make the cage easy to move so I can vacuum underneath it or just move it around my room. I think the only critique I could say is that it is sometimes hard to clean the flat, plastic panels because of the ridges and such. Bottom line: this is really a good cage for that price. Other animals besides chinchillas, that would do well in a cage like this would be ratties or ferrets.
If you are looking for a large cage for rats, this is really a great item. Our rats are able to get a lot of excersise and they love the levels. Pretty easy to clean as the shelves can be wiped down or taken out for washing quite easily. There is no slide out bottom so you have to scoop the shavings out. That’s not really a bid deal though, especially if you do it often enough. I would highly recommend this for anyone keeping rats as pets.
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