Will the bigger breed of hamsters fit in a tube cage?

Question

I have forgotten the name of the breed altough i know it starts with sy. I just want to know if they can fit in a tube cage or will they get stuck? And what is the best breed to get if you do have a tube cage?

Answer 1

The bigger breed of hamsters are called Syrians. You are right about them not fitting in tubes. Once syrians grow to their full size, they tend to get stuck in the tubes of commercial cages like Crittertrail etc. The best way to avoid this is to give them a non tube wire cage, glass tank or non tube plastic cage.

Dwarfs can fit into tubes but again dwarfs are generally shy of climbing vertical tubes, so if you have a tall cage with long vertical tubes, your dwarfs might never use it in their lifetime. I have a cage with lots of tubes but I have placed them horizontal to the ground so that my dwarfs use the tubes.

Answer 2

It depends on the size of the tube. I have two cages and one of my syrians is a runt, so it can fit in the smaller tubes. If you are just getting a cage, look at online reviews, that's how I figured out that the tubes in my cage was too small. So now I have the runt in the smaller tubes and put the regular sized one in the other cage.

Answer 3

I know with my syrian hamster pipe cages were not an option. She started out in a pipe cage and ended up getting stuck... So I would say NO to syrian hamsters in pipe cages.

Answer 4

My fully grown hamster Kevin has no problems with tube cages, un less he has more than 3 monkey nuts in his cheeks, but still manages to get through. I have a large vertical tube going up and he loves it.

Answer 5

Syrian hamsters, the larger breed of hamster, can outgrow the tubes and get stuck. Dwarf hamsters are better suited for those types of cages. If you're interested in a syrian hamster, a large, basic wire cage is probably a good idea. A bin cage is also a good cage to have for hamsters.  

Answer 6

I think you mean "Syrian Hamsters"

Yes, most tubes are big enough for them to go through, but being over weight sometimes causes problems, and they might even get stuck if they are fat.

But a healthy and fit Syrian will have no problems going through the tubes.

Dwarf hamsters are smaller ones, so they can go through tubes easily.

Best breed of hamsters are  the Syrians, because they are friendly and are good.

But they are solitary, so must be kept alone.

Dwarf hamsters are good too, and they don't fight as much as the Syrians do, but taming them requires a lot of patience.

but for cages with Tubes, Dwarf hamsters are the best.

Syrians do well in wired cages, or glass aquariums.

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