i don't believe in just dumping info on people without also offering them solutions so i was going to compile a list of alternative cages that are significantly larger and also cheaper than the cute but as i was doing so i realized that tori already has an up-to-date video on this subject so i'll just go ahead and link you to that saves me a ton of work thanks tori i will also link below a video playlist of some of my own diy cages that i've built over the years just in case you want a really budget-friendly but completely customizable option i think the biggest problem with this cage and why it sells so well is that the target audience of companies like this are people who don't know any better the under-educated the people who think that hamster gear hasn't changed since the NUMBER_TOKENs the people who think the hamsters are just disposable toys for kids the people who just don't care the sad thing is that a lot of people would do better for their hamsters if they knew that they needed to do better they just don't know and you can't fix something if you're not aware there's a problem there in the first place and so to an extent some of the people who bought this enclosure are also victims of quite a predatory business strategy companies like this use people-focused buzzwords to trick you into thinking that you're buying an amazing product when you're not i mean the first paragraph of their website talks all about how great the cage is for you how easy is for you to clean how wonderful it will be to have in your home because it looks so nice and will blend in with your furniture throughout the entire page talking about the home that your hamster is supposed to spend their entire life living in they don't talk about how it benefits your hamster obviously because they can't because it doesn't the only real benefits to your pet that they talk about are the borrow box which they can't borrow in because you can't put enough bedding in because otherwise the tube won't work i mean it says right there their large deep bedding tray allows your gerbils and hamsters to nest and burrow naturally but it doesn't that's just not true it doesn't work like that it's not functional like that another benefit for your hamster is their really weird claim that their patented special tube will somehow keep your hamster healthy i'm not even really sure how to respond to that that's such a weird claim our plastic tube that moves up and down is great for your hamster's health how your hamster's health relies on two factors one genetics that they're not born with some inherited illness or weakness or disease or anything like that and two luck luck that they don't come into contact with viruses and bacterias that might get them sick and luck that they don't get injured obviously you can help those last two things as the owner by keeping their enclosure clean not over cleaning it there is a big difference and also making sure that it's safely set up but for the most part your house's health relies on genetics and a lot so your tube is not it's not contributing anything to i'm i'm so confused by that statement it through me the first time i read it i wrote that down in my notebook and just underlined
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