Wheels

[Good Karma]

Hi all,

The new boys i adopted have been known to run in a wheel so i was going to get one for them.
Are some better than others?
Any recommendations?

Tara

 

[Melissa's ZOO]

I have a Silent Spinner, super quit, super easy to wipe out and my girls love them, I spray it down with vinegar and wipe it out every other day(my girls like to poo and run at the same time)dirty birds they are.

I just recently bought another one because they were constantly fighting over the one. Almost every time I look in the cage now there is someone running in both of them. :lol: I was afraid it would be waste of money but thank goodness it wasn't.

 

[SoA]

I absolurely adore my Silent Spinner, and so do all of my rats!

 

[Bati]

Don't know if you can get wodent wheel, mine love theirs to the extent they eat it :lol:

 

[Melissa's ZOO]

Yeah, mine ate their wodent wheel as well that is why I switched to the Silent Spinner and the wodent is in the ISO tank for new babies.

 

[jorats]

I only buy Silent Spinners. :wink:

 

[Good Karma]

Silent spinner it is!
They are the Superpet wheels that are 2 different colours right?
I saw them at the pet store and couldn't believe how expensive they were! But if that is th best kind then that is the kind i will get!

 

[user 78]

I use the SuperPet RunAround [Hah!] It's the wire mesh one. It's really great, fits just about anywhere in my cage, and it doesn't collect pee/poo like the solid wheels I've tried before. it's also metal, so I don't have to scream at the baby for chewing everything... Well, not as often. You can find them on Ebay sometimes relatively cheap, and Amazon.com sometimes carries them, too. I've never seen them in my pet shops, but they're not big on the small animal stuff, either.

Picture!

 

[chicky82]

I have a silent spinner that my Chimo loves :heart: but as he's getting older he doesn't use it as much to run in but rather to eat and sleep in :lol: Mine is purple 12' one and it's not as hard to clean as you might expect it, I modded mine so little toes don't get stuck in the vents although they might be expensive at first, they end up paying for themselves in rattie fun pretty quickly.

 

[Namazzi]

I don't use any for my rats.. They're all lazy. lol. But I do use a SuperPet RunAround for my gerbils, and it works pretty good. lol. But looks like a silent spinner won this one. :shock:

 

[Good Karma]

And what about those big exercise balls - does anyone use those? I think most people just let their rats free run without being in a big ball!

 

[user 78]

Most rats refuse to use them. Most people who bought them [and found out the rats hated them] use them as little snuggle spots. Ziptied to the side of the cage with some fleece thrown in.

 

[Melissa]

I like the mesh wheel.

 

[Melissa's ZOO]

My girls hated the ball. So it is now a snuggle spot in the cage.

 

[Bati]

Mine love the ball but I hate it as they do their toilet-business inside and then run around in it, I prefer free-ranging

 

[Moon]

My girls hate the ball. Lucille is the only wheel runner, and I have a silent spinner that has been getting lots of use. I have heard that the mesh wheels are highly recommended but I can never find them big enough.

Poo maracas anyone?