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[Fluff N Roll]

Well i have wheel in my hamsters cage and it squeaks like crazy :tired: It drives me insane!! What can i use on it to stop the squeak? I dont want to use any thing with chemicals because it might harm my hammie.. :scratchchin: So if any one knows of any thing to use please oh please let me know!!!!! thas so much
-Dakota

[Chaos]

What kind of wheel is it? The metal ones with the rungs for their feet isn't safe. They can break legs that way.Plastic wheels are safe, and the majority of plastic wheels make no noise at all.

If it is plastic, use vegetable oil. Its harmless if they lick it.

[Fluff N Roll]

veggi oil. cool i have that in my kitchen. i dont have to go out and buy anyt thing .lol but ya i just have the wheel that came with the cage.. It's a crittertrail 3, so it's a plastic wheel, I've had it for 3 almost 4 years (My hamster before:crybucket) So its safe. She likes now, meaning she comes down and runs. she didn't like to come down for some reason. I started getting her out. I hammie proofed my office in my bedroom, so she can run free she loves it. It brought a whole new side out of her. So tha for the veggi oil news, i'll try it

[Zouave]

I use olive oil, actually. Clean off the hub now and then.

[riegfinnid]

Those wheels are silent....i use it for my mice and hamster

i've had them for over a year and yet to replace them. both silent!



wheel 2 (http://petco.com/product_info.asp?sku=4512561384&dept_id=%2D2)



http://petco.com/product_info.asp?sku=7944100502&dept_id=%2D2

[Fluff N Roll]

Clean off the hub now and then.

Whats a hub? just wondered? ;)

And where exactly is the wheel squeaking, do you know? Because i dont know, and i've tried figuring out were but i have no clue.. :scratchch

[Fluff N Roll]

those aren't the wheels that i have.. :cool:

[riegfinnid]

you should try them. They're cheap and both safe for hamsters.
What do you have?

[Fluff N Roll]

well i'd show you a picture but i dont know how to post a link. eer! It's the one that came with my cage (it's a crittertrail 3)

If i ever switched to a different one it would have to be able to lock onto her cage

[riegfinnid]

i dont like crittertrail cages

is this the wheel you're talking about?
if yes then i hear you! those wheels are so noisy.....here's what i used to do until i got sick of the cage and got a new one: i would put scotch tape around the thingy on which the wheel spins...just one layer of scotch tape, so it can still spin.....it will make the wheel silent for about a week, then the tape gets ripped up and you need to replace it to be silent again.

http://petco.com/product_info.asp?sku=3017252011&dept_id=%2D2

[Fluff N Roll]

No i'm sorry that's not my wheel either. lol i'm still trying to post a link. hehehe! eer I know whyyyy? I dont want to have a reply after a reply with links that dont work...

[riegfinnid]

well all crittertrail wheels are about the same....you can still try the scotch tape trick

[Fluff N Roll]

I'm not trying to be difficult. lol But OMG how do you put a link on this Page i'm going to crumble if i dont. errrrrrr!! I mean this...

[riegfinnid]

go to post reply, not quick reply.....and in the window you'll see a bunch of icons above where you type text...click on the one that looks like earth and post the link in there

[Fluff N Roll]

I'm so sorry but my stupid computer just dosn't want to help me tonight. I tryed what you told me to do and it didn't work some other page came up. i'll ask some one in my house, but tha, i'll post the pictures laters..

[Fluff N Roll]

Ok omg but i got her cage on. I'm so darned happy. Cant you tell i'm talking so funny. lol But ya that's her wheel. can you see it thats the only picture i can get. So ya that's her cage with some more tubes that i put in. And some add ins.

http://www.petsmart.com/global/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=84552444177 8957&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302026365&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=2534374302023695&bmUID=1114836751969

[luckynkentucky]

I have a wheel that squeaks also. I have learned to live with the squeak for now until I get a newer one. (I cant find the ones that are totally plastic yet.) I just turn the radio on and it slowly fades out. I know my hammie goes 90 mph in that wheel and I just dont have the heart to take it out and give her the metal one.

[riegfinnid]

that cage looks big enough to just put a good wheel inside of it on the bottom.....why dont you do that?

[Fluff N Roll]

well i'm going to try the veggie oil and if that doesn't help then i dont know, it loks big but after you put the levels in and the tubes, and one ther thing, there isn't much room for any thing els. so i dont know. That wheel is just big enough for her. I have only seen one other wheel that is ok but it's wire and i dont like that!!

[Fluff N Roll]

This was the other wheel that i was talking about... It's the bigger one that i would have to get but i dont like how it has the little boxxes for the running area, so i dont know, i'll se how the veggie oil does.. What do you guy think about the wheell for a hamster, i actually think her legs will get caught in one of the wholes and brake. (Don't want that :hamster3: )

http://www.petsmart.com/global/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=84552444178 0556&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302026368&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=2534374302023695&bmUID=1114895432838

[riegfinnid]

no that metal wheel will start making noise after a week or two

use one of the ones i showed you....one is completely solid and the other, even though has plastic bars, the spaces are too little for the legs to fall through...

[Fluff N Roll]

those looked alittle smaller than the one she has and just fits in her wheel fonffy, you know "she's not that big! lol" but i used the olive oil and it doesn't seem to be squeeking, but i got her out and i saw something on her back and i was like oh crap... i took her out to my sis and she reminded me that i had put the oil on the wheel lol. so i guess it's ok for know. she loves that wheel and it looks so radd in her cage.
-Dakota