Reddit reviews Kaytee 100079217 CritterTrail Two-Level Cage, Habitat for Hamsters, Gerbils Or Mice, Multi-Color
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Includes a petting zone, exercise wheel, Food dish, and water bottleFeatures a look-out tower, exterior extreme wheel, and front access doorCrittertrail habitats are completely compatible with all crittertrail accessoriesFor dwarf hamsters, hamsters, gerbils, mice or other small animalsBar spacing: 1/4"Age Range Description: Puppy
I am actually fairly certain it was blood. There is what appears to be a wound on top of her nose. However, she doesn't like being handled too much, so I can't exactly get a good look at what is going on.
She is still running on her exercise wheel often, still eating, still playing, etc. so this isn't slowing her down.
I would say out of her and her sister, her sister probably prefers the exercise ball more than she does. I just unfortunately have an extremely large dog, so it is the safest option for them when I am cleaning their cage. He leaves them alone in the ball, I am afraid he would not if they were in a play pen. Their previous owner used a play pen, as noted by her on their surrender papers. I adopted them from an animal shelter a couple months ago.
Bedding
Cage with various modification and upgrades. They actually have two of these connected via tunnels
The exercise ball
The important thing to realize is that, with hamsters, height is of rather little importance when it comes to deciding if a cage is big enough, as long as it's high enough to 1.) build up the bedding at least 4in and 2.) not too short afterwards that the hamster can climb out. This is different from other small mammals, like rats, ferrets, chinchillas, etc, who are climbing animals, which is why a lot of their cages build upwards rather than outwards, like guinea pig and hamster cages. Hamsters only need height for depth of bedding, as they are strictly burrowers rather than climbers, so it's better to get a longer and wider cage/bin/etc than one that builds upwards with ramps and floors.
I'm assuming this is your cage, yeah?