The bar spacing of this is small enough for rats, right? I know it's kind of a duh but I've had problems with that before...
1976264
I've had newborn rats in it until they were full grown, only the very tiny runt could slip through the bars. Any grown rat or even a two month old rat would be fine in here. I wouldn't recomend for large rats. I kept my small female in here.
1976265
I've had this cage for 5 months. I don't have rats, but I keep a pretty big teddy bear hamster in it. I was concerned about the bar spacing as well, since rat cages seem to be bigger than hamster cages, but I had no problems whatsoever. I would think that if the bars can keep my hamster contained, it would be more than sufficient for rats.
1976266
Yes, small enough spacing intended for rats. I use this cage for our teddy bear hamster. No chance of him squeezing through! :)
1976267
Yes, definately small enough. My dear Amelia has passed away, we got her this cage so that she did not have a lot of climbing and traveling multiple levels.
1657828
U could do 2 rats, but that would b the limit. I think they'd have enough space.
1759633
Yes, a rat could fit between them. Mine is the rectangle .2 x .6. The other models spaces are octogon .5 and square .3 x .3. Hope that helps.
1177177
I have had several rats over the years and I would definitely recommend a bigger enclosure if they are more than a few months old or an older rat that needs smaller space to help getting around. Rats are very active and need quite a bit of space. If you are looking for a bigger enclosure I would recommend the petco rat manor habitat. They go on sale a lot, either here or on petco's webpage/store so its not that much more and way better. Warning though, as the cage ages the wire can pop up and be a little sharp, but its easy to fix, just bend down and put a small blanket on the wire and you are good to go.
1177179
I have had several rats over the years and I would definitely recommend a bigger enclosure if they are more than a few months old or an older rat that needs smaller space to help getting around. Rats are very active and need quite a bit of space. If you are looking for a bigger enclosure I would recommend the petco rat manor habitat. They go on sale a lot, either here or on petco's webpage/store so its not that much more and way better. Warning though, as the cage ages the wire can pop up and be a little sharp, but its easy to fix, just bend down and put a small blanket on the wire and you are good to go. I have had several rats over the years and I would definitely recommend a bigger enclosure if they are more than a few months old or an older rat that needs smaller space to help getting around. Rats are very active and need quite a bit of space. If you are looking for a bigger enclosure I would recommend the petco rat manor habitat. They go on sale a lot, either here or on petco's webpage/store so its not that much more and way better. Warning though, as the cage ages the wire can pop up and be a little sharp, but its easy to fix, just bend down and put a small blanket on the wire and you... » Read More I have had several rats over the years and I would definitely recommend a bigger enclosure if they are more than a few months old or an older rat that needs smaller space to help getting around. Rats are very active and need quite a bit of space. If you are looking for a bigger enclosure I would recommend the petco rat manor habitat. They go on sale a lot, either here or on petco's webpage/store so its not that much more and way better. Warning though, as the cage ages the wire can pop up and be a little sharp, but its easy to fix, just bend down and put a small blanket on the wire and you are good to go. « Show Less
784509
Yea there is a lot of space. My cat got out of the cqge with all of the doors locked and closed. This cage is way too big for rats. I wish I would have chosen a different brand for my "kids"! Hope this helps.
1830985
It's about an inch between the bars. DO NOT buy this for any size hamsters. Hamsters can squeeze into spaces the size of their skull, which is why this is meant for guineas and rabbits. My hamster escaped this and he's a huge Syrian fancy bear hamster. Petco and petsmart sell rat cages that are almost the size of this with smaller bar spacing. I bought that for my hammy and it works perfectly. Good luck!
2276665
11.5 x 12 x 6.5 sounds right. the problem for me was the damn rats didn't eat the bait. so i went on youtube. found one that said to buy oats or granola with raisins and powdered plaster of paris. dry mix it so its pretty white. place that where they travel. something ate it and i haven't seen any signs of rats. yet. the plaster of paris is supposed to bind up their intestinal systems. we'll see but try that first before wasting your money on a station and bait that doesn't work.
1832460
It depends how big she is. I can fit two fingers vertically in the spacing of the bars. If your rat is tiny, I would say no. You know how easily they can get out of stuff to begin with :)
2172757
I think rats could use this cage. The spacing was about an inch. Hope that helps :)
142806
Yes, it's small enough that a ferret won't squeeze through, but a hamster very likely could. There is almost a full inch of space between the vertical bars.
189503
I'm not sure how small your hamster is. I can tell you that when my rats were babies (6 weeks old) the bars were too far apart for them they could have escaped if i had put them in it at the time. I imagine a hamster is similar in size to a baby rat. The size of a large mouse??
1177178
Probably not big enough for two full grown rats. After an average size running wheel is put in cage there isn't tons of room.
2172756
The bars are about a finger width apart. I think this cage would work just fine for rats.
1243074
Yes, this works for Rats, according to our previous experience, but we caughtsmall Rats only ( not longer than 4 inches )
1830983
It's a little less than 1 inch (about 2 cm) between the bars. Not sure if suitable for regular size hamster.
1367913
They would have a ton of room...but the bars are an inch wide so im not sure if that is too wide if they could squeeze through the bars but I know alot of people use it for rats. I have 3 full grown ferrets in mine with the addition and they have TONS of room..