Super Pet Dwarf Hamster Mini Run-About 5-Inch Exercise Ball, Clear
- Encourage healthy exercise in a secure and safe way
- Makes a great temporary holding area to keep your furry friend while you clean their home
- For dwarf hamsters, mice, or other small animals
- 5-inch diameter
- Provides interactive fun for the pet and the pet owner
Product Description
Specially designed to make exercise easy for dwarf hamsters and mice, these perfectly sized run-about balls allow tiny pets to maneuver with greater ease. Our clear mini run-about balls provide pets and pet owners with interactive fun during playtime. Mini run-about balls also make a great temporary area to keep your little critter while you are cleaning their cage. For added safety, use your mini run-about ball on super pet’s hamtrac raceway and provide your pet with a controlled exercise environment.
Super Pet Dwarf Hamster Mini Run-About 5-Inch Exercise Ball, Clear
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No animal should ever be put in an exercise ball. They are dangerous and stressful for all animals. You may think your animal is happily rolling around. It’s much more likely that they are running in fear, trying to get away from the ball that is containing them. Or, sometimes the animal will just sit there in misery, not moving at all, waiting to be freed.
Most rodents/small animals have poor eyesight. In a ball their vision is even more limited. What always happens when they are in the ball?? They run into furniture and walls, which they don’t see coming. It’s like a car crash for them. They back up to try and get away and crash into something else. It’s extremely stressful. There is also the risk that they could roll down stairs or become a “toy” for a larger family pet, such as a cat or dog. It only takes a second for an unfortunate accident to happen.
Crashing into things is not the only hazard…
Paws and legs can be pinched/broken in the air slits.
Animals can easily become overheated — especially chinchillas.
If the animal goes to the bathroom in the ball, s/he has to run in their own waste.
Exercise balls are not safe for any animal, but they are exceptionally dangerous for guinea pigs, rabbits and chinchillas. A guinea pig’s rigid spine does not allow for him/her to move safely in a ball. They can be seriously injured. The way rabbits and chinchillas move (hop) makes exercise balls extremely dangerous for them too.
There are alternatives…
A large Rubbermaid tote/bin makes an excellent playpen for hamsters, gerbils, mice and other little guys. Put in a layer of bedding, add some toys, tunnels, boxes, cubbies, and an exercise wheel with a solid running surface and watch them have a blast.
The “Grrreat Wall” makes an excellent playpen for rats and guinea pigs. Lay down a sheet, set up The Wall, add some toys and have some fun. When you are done, the Grrreat Wall rolls right up. You can also use a fence type playpen for guinea pigs. (Rats will climb out.) You can purchase a fence playpen, or you can easily make one with Creative Cubes and cable/zip ties.
An exercise pen can make an excellent play area for ferrets and rabbits. Even better, connect two or more exercise pens together. (You may need a top for ferrets.) Ferrets and rabbits can be litter trained, so it’s possible (and ideal) to let them have supervised free run of a whole animal-proofed room.
Chinchillas need a lot of room to exercise. Most playpens are too small, and chinchillas can usually jump right out of them. Chin-proof a room so they can safely run around.
We enjoy freedom of movement and so do our animal companions. They want to explore, touch, sniff, climb, hop, play…
Use your imagination! It’s easy to create a safe and fun play environment for your animal friends…….and trash the ball!
Rating: 1 / 5
Super Pet Dwarf Hamster Mini Run-About 5-Inch Exercise Ball, Clear
No animal should ever be put in an exercise ball. They are dangerous and stressful for all animals. You may think your animal is happily rolling around. It’s much more likely that they are running in fear, trying to get away from the ball that is containing them. Or, sometimes the animal will just sit there in misery, not moving at all, waiting to be freed.
Most rodents/small animals have poor eyesight. In a ball their vision is even more limited. What always happens when they are in the ball?? They run into furniture and walls, which they don’t see coming. It’s like a car crash for them. They back up to try and get away and crash into something else. It’s extremely stressful. There is also the risk that they could roll down stairs or become a “toy” for a larger family pet, such as a cat or dog. It only takes a second for an unfortunate accident to happen.
Crashing into things is not the only hazard…
Paws and legs can be pinched/broken in the air slits.
Animals can easily become overheated — especially chinchillas.
If the animal goes to the bathroom in the ball, s/he has to run in their own waste.
Exercise balls are not safe for any animal, but they are exceptionally dangerous for guinea pigs, rabbits and chinchillas. A guinea pig’s rigid spine does not allow for him/her to move safely in a ball. They can be seriously injured. The way rabbits and chinchillas move (hop) makes exercise balls extremely dangerous for them too.
There are alternatives…
A large Rubbermaid tote/bin makes an excellent playpen for hamsters, gerbils, mice and other little guys. Put in a layer of bedding, add some toys, tunnels, boxes, cubbies, and an exercise wheel with a solid running surface and watch them have a blast.
The “Grrreat Wall” makes an excellent playpen for rats and guinea pigs. Lay down a sheet, set up The Wall, add some toys and have some fun. When you are done, the Grrreat Wall rolls right up. You can also use a fence type playpen for guinea pigs. (Rats will climb out.) You can purchase a fence playpen, or you can easily make one with Creative Cubes and cable/zip ties.
An exercise pen can make an excellent play area for ferrets and rabbits. Even better, connect two or more exercise pens together. (You may need a top for ferrets.) Ferrets and rabbits can be litter trained, so it’s possible (and ideal) to let them have supervised free run of a whole animal-proofed room.
Chinchillas need a lot of room to exercise. Most playpens are too small, and chinchillas can usually jump right out of them. Chin-proof a room so they can safely run around.
We enjoy freedom of movement and so do our animal companions. They want to explore, touch, sniff, climb, hop, play…
Use your imagination! It’s easy to create a safe and fun play environment for your animal friends…….and trash the ball!
Rating: 1 / 5
Super Pet Dwarf Hamster Mini Run-About 5-Inch Exercise Ball, Clear
No animal should ever be put in an exercise ball. They are dangerous and stressful for all animals. You may think your animal is happily rolling around. It’s much more likely that they are running in fear, trying to get away from the ball that is containing them. Or, sometimes the animal will just sit there in misery, not moving at all, waiting to be freed.
Most rodents/small animals have poor eyesight. In a ball their vision is even more limited. What always happens when they are in the ball?? They run into furniture and walls, which they don’t see coming. It’s like a car crash for them. They back up to try and get away and crash into something else. It’s extremely stressful. There is also the risk that they could roll down stairs or become a “toy” for a larger family pet, such as a cat or dog. It only takes a second for an unfortunate accident to happen.
Crashing into things is not the only hazard…
Paws and legs can be pinched/broken in the air slits.
Animals can easily become overheated — especially chinchillas.
If the animal goes to the bathroom in the ball, s/he has to run in their own waste.
Exercise balls are not safe for any animal, but they are exceptionally dangerous for guinea pigs, rabbits and chinchillas. A guinea pig’s rigid spine does not allow for him/her to move safely in a ball. They can be seriously injured. The way rabbits and chinchillas move (hop) makes exercise balls extremely dangerous for them too.
There are alternatives…
A large Rubbermaid tote/bin makes an excellent playpen for hamsters, gerbils, mice and other little guys. Put in a layer of bedding, add some toys, tunnels, boxes, cubbies, and an exercise wheel with a solid running surface and watch them have a blast.
The “Grrreat Wall” makes an excellent playpen for rats and guinea pigs. Lay down a sheet, set up The Wall, add some toys and have some fun. When you are done, the Grrreat Wall rolls right up. You can also use a fence type playpen for guinea pigs. (Rats will climb out.) You can purchase a fence playpen, or you can easily make one with Creative Cubes and cable/zip ties.
An exercise pen can make an excellent play area for ferrets and rabbits. Even better, connect two or more exercise pens together. (You may need a top for ferrets.) Ferrets and rabbits can be litter trained, so it’s possible (and ideal) to let them have supervised free run of a whole animal-proofed room.
Chinchillas need a lot of room to exercise. Most playpens are too small, and chinchillas can usually jump right out of them. Chin-proof a room so they can safely run around.
We enjoy freedom of movement and so do our animal companions. They want to explore, touch, sniff, climb, hop, play…
Use your imagination! It’s easy to create a safe and fun play environment for your animal friends…….and trash the ball!
Rating: 1 / 5
Super Pet Dwarf Hamster Mini Run-About 5-Inch Exercise Ball, Clear
I’m afraid I don’t agree with the previous reviewer. I completely believe a ball might be bad for larger animals, but for some of my mice it seems to work very well. We have mice who want to run before we can even get the lid on. When we put the ball back in their space with the lid off, they’ll step outside and then crawl back in, trying to make it move while I’m holding it still. Other mice never get used to this, and can sit there miserably until we let them out. Give each mouse two or three tries before you decide if this works for them. We would never consider using these if we had other pets or children who might think it’s fun to kick the ball with the mouse in it! And I don’t think the potential for injury is any greater than with an exercise wheel.
This tiny size works well for my pet mice before they are fully grown, but once grown they do better with the 7″ size. In this small size a full-grown mouse will have her nose in the air and can’t see where she’s going. While it’s true they have poor eyesight, especially older mice, they seem to see well enough to aim for certain targets and investigate.
Rating: 5 / 5
Super Pet Dwarf Hamster Mini Run-About 5-Inch Exercise Ball, Clear
My hamster loves to roam around and sniff things while running in her hamster ball.
When she hits a wall or a bump, she sniffs at it, and sometimes moves on or sometimes tries to chew at it through the air slits(sometimes succeeding if a sock or towel) lol!
She absolutely loves it, and a lot of times doesn’t want to return to her cage.
The only bad thing about most hamster balls is that they can pop open, especially if your hamster is like mine and chews on the inside of the plastic tabs that keep the hamster lid on.
To counteract this, I use a little duct tape on the lid or any loose fittings so I can let her run around without watching her like hawk.
Rating: 5 / 5
Super Pet Dwarf Hamster Mini Run-About 5-Inch Exercise Ball, Clear