Tesco hamster cage £2.47

Mrs.Brightside_2

Ive just been to tescos and in the reduced section they have a hamster cage with all the accessories for £2.47 reduced from £19.99.

They also have a fish tank for £3.50 including a filter reduced from £29.99!

kksweety

Hey,

Which Tesco was this in? Has anyone seen these anywhere around Liverpool area?

Cheers

jeanniebeanie_2

Great price and enough to pay, as in my experience hamsters have the life expectancy of a bubble!

mitsubishiash

jeanniebeanie wrote: »

Great price and enough to pay, as in my experience hamsters have the life expectancy of a bubble!

I had hamsters as a kid and they always lived to about 2 years.

jeanniebeanie_2

mitsubishiash wrote: »

I had hamsters as a kid and they always lived to about 2 years.

I admit to being flippant. We did have one that lasted till it was two, but we lost two others within the first few days. The one that lasted we got from a breeder who advertised in our local pet shop and we had to wait untill they were old enough. The other two we bought from Pets at Home because the kids didn't want to wait. Lesson learned!

charlie-chan

My hamster lived for about two years and three months.

How big was the cage in Tesco?

Sometimes the cages sold by supermarket retailers aren't big enough for a Syrian Hamster to live in so just be careful when you buy it

Enfieldian

Is it this one?

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.205-7295.aspx

Purplebutterfly_2

charlie-chan wrote: »

How big was the cage in Tesco?

Sometimes the cages sold by supermarket retailers aren't big enough for a Syrian Hamster to live in so just be careful when you buy it

I agree with that, but some of the cages sold in Petshops aren't big enough either.:)

loveglitch

if that is the cage in the link for sale, please think twice about welfare of your hamster, i think it would be ideal maybe for the smaller hamster types, but very cruel for anything bigger like a syrian hamster, also, the wheel with the cage provided isn't merely big enough for a syrian either, i have the savic hamster heaven cage (£100) and even my hamster is pretty big in that and it seems to be about 10 times as big as the one in the link.

Snakeeyes21

mitsubishiash wrote: »

I had hamsters as a kid and they always lived to about 2 years.

Mine didnt, I took it to show and tell at school and on the way home it escaped out the cage and I stepped on it whilst walking along :eek: that was a sad sad day, I had to tell my mum it fell off the top story of its house and died or she would have beat me more than usual

Yes mum if your reading this, I killed snowy :whistle:

charlie-chan

loveglitch wrote: »

if that is the cage in the link for sale, please think twice about welfare of your hamster, i think it would be ideal maybe for the smaller hamster types, but very cruel for anything bigger like a syrian hamster, also, the wheel with the cage provided isn't merely big enough for a syrian either, i have the savic hamster heaven cage (£100) and even my hamster is pretty big in that and it seems to be about 10 times as big as the one in the link.

I bought a Silent Spinner wheel from Pets at Home for my hamster. It has a stand but you can also attach it to the bars too. It's a bigger and more silent model.

You can look at forums like Hamster Hideout for advice on cages. They do have MSE ideas where you can convert old plastic storage boxes or fish aquarium tanks into cages for your hamster .