Keep in mind that the
openness of wire cages gives them great ventilation but means you must also keep the cage out of drafts.
This possibility is the reason that I always use tanks instead
of wire cages for my hamsters.
Keep in mind that the openness
of wire cages gives them great ventilation but means you must keep the cage out of drafts.
If you live in a hot climate you should consider adding modules or add ons that are
made of wire cage material or consider opting for a wire hamster cage.
Another addition to the glass tank is a upper level
made of wire cage and connected by a ramp or ladder.
Be sure that a thick layer of substrate material is placed completely over the
bottom of wire cages for the smallest of these pets — if the rodents walk regularly on the wire at the bottom of the cage, it can hurt their feet and lead to infections or lesions.
The details are depressingly similar — sick, suffering dogs languishing in row after
row of wire cages — but closing each puppy mill down is a struggle all its own for HSUS staff and partners.
The condition is usually prevented by taking the rabbit off wire bottom cages entirely or for rabbits that must live in wire cages, provide with another surface to sit on, such as a piece of wood, Plexiglas, or a towel that covers at least
half of the wire cage.
A life of solitude
inside of a wire cage, alive solely to breed for the sake of producing a profit, isn't a life that any animal should have to endure.
Having solid walls as opposed to the openness
of wire cages not only keep hamsters from escaping, it keeps the hamster tank's bedding from being flung out when the hamsters dig about.
Hamsters are usually unable to chew their way out
of a wire cage, but some hamsters become almost obsessive about chewing the bars.
The solid walls of aquariums and plastic condos are better at containing the mess of bedding that can be kicked or pushed out
of wire cages.
Gerbils are smaller and can slip out
of wire cages.