It took a bit of pressure to unhook the sides of the cage but I did manage it. The front hooks on both sides do not hook on, so there is a gap in the cage that will require some wire or something to tighten it to prevent my hamster from escaping
This is a large cage do plenty of space for a Syrian hamster. However the gaps round the top and corners are too wide and our hamster kept escaping. There is a comment about this on the product guide but we’re we’re not able to make the gap smaller without making the next bar below bigger. In the end we have had to buy a plastic trim snd attach this round all the corners to prevent the hamster getting out. I don’t think I would recommend this cage for a hamster or certainly not until perhaps they were fully grown
I bought this as a holiday cage for our group of male rats. The cage is a really good size for the money and solidly built. I don't think we will use the wooden ledges as they look like they would start to smell quite quickly. The cage packs flat which was our main reason (along with the size) for selecting it. My only real criticism is with the plastic clips to attache the base to the wire cage. It takes an unreasonable amount of pressure to clip them (if you can even succeed) and when we unclipped them to put the cage away, one broke (due to the stress on the plastic). We'll have to come up with an alternative like garden wire to use as I think if we just asked for a replacement for the clip, the same thing would happen again. After asking other owners of this cage this seems to me a common difficulty with this cage and really needs looking at.
Bought this cage for my 3 rats to downsize from the Blenheim Extra Tall until I can move house and have more space. This cage is fantastic for the price for a small group - it's very large despite looking quite small in photos. The bar spacing is small and the bars themselves are very good quality metal, the door is relatively large and top door will fit a 16" tiktak wheel through it (which was a pleasant surprise!). The plastic tray is fairly deep so great for adding substrate. It is a bit complicated to put together at first but we got there in the end! I haven't used the ladders/ledges as I took them out in order to give me more space to hang ropes/hammocks/bridges tunnels etc. Delivery was fast and cage comes flat packed. Would definitely recommend this cage.
The cage is a good size for my rats The only issue I have had with it is when it arrived, the cage was damaged and some of the bars where bent.