Wheels
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Rather than search for "hamster wheel" consider looking at the larger chinchilla wheels?I was thinking of getting a large wheel for the playpen - Tino is huge. He has his 12" silent runner in his cage but I wanted something bigger than the 28cm trixie wheel for the playpen and ideally deeper. There actually aren't that many that are 12" or more and deep as well. I notice the Niteangel supersilent wheel has a 12.8" version and that sounded ideal - until I saw the price - £69.95 !!! I know they're expensive (due to being imported from the US) but I'm not spending that on a wheel! The 11" one is about £54 which is still a lot. So maybe just a different 12" wheel then!
My favourite was the 32cm Rodipet wood and cork wheel (and I thought it was bad enough spending £45 on that!) which used to be Raffy's but I'd been planning on giving that to Higgins in his cage as he currently only has the 28cm trixie wheel - which is ok but doesn't spin as well as a silent one and doesn't sit as high as I'd like it to (tied to the bars).
Trixie do a 33cm one - but it doesn't look very deep - I think Socks Mum has one - can you measure the depth please?
I noticed when Tino was in the playpen the other night that the 27cm Getzoo wheel really isn't deep enough for him! He's so chunky. It's not big enough either. It's more like a 10.5" wheel - which is ok for the playpen but - he's got quite a bit bigger! His old playpen wheel - the Carolina Storm wheel - is also only 10.5" but at least is nice and deep.
Hence thinking about a bigger playpen wheel. I like an open wheel in the playpen really rather than the ones with holes in - so I can see the hamster!
Tic Tac do a 12 plastic bucket wheel (and also a 13.5" plastic bucket wheel!) which is deep - that's £45. Thinking about that. I'm not keen on the smooth surfaces as nothing to grip when they run.
Getzoo do a 32cm wood and cork wheel but I sent for one of those before and thought it was quite smelly! As in strong fumes - which didn't wear off after two weeks so I sent it back again. Not sure if it was wood glue or something?
I do wish Rodipet still made wood wheels!
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So I had actually left the wingnut screwed to the back of the Rodipet wheel - the sensible thing to do 
and it is the correct stand for the wheel. However I think the wheel is far too good to use just as a playpen wheel. I'd forgotten how solid and well made it is. So I'm thinking it would be better for Higgins to have it as an upgrade (without the stand) and still look for a different wheel for the playpen. Because there aren't that many wheels that will easily screw to the bars in Higgins cage - apart from the silent runner and I'm a bit off putting those together and taking them apart again.
and it is the correct stand for the wheel. However I think the wheel is far too good to use just as a playpen wheel. I'd forgotten how solid and well made it is. So I'm thinking it would be better for Higgins to have it as an upgrade (without the stand) and still look for a different wheel for the playpen. Because there aren't that many wheels that will easily screw to the bars in Higgins cage - apart from the silent runner and I'm a bit off putting those together and taking them apart again.