Photo. Habitat for Spiny Mice

[Die Fledermaus]

That is two Habitrails and add ons set up for a bunch of Spiny Mice - about 10.

These Habitrails seem to be less popular these days based upon what I hear in pet stores. They always seemed to me a bit small for Syrians. Dwarfs? Great size, but they pee and poop alot in the tubes and it is hard to clean. Gerbils will gnaw too much. Some fancy mice could squeeze out between the bars and they produce a lot of waste. But it is a great size for Spiny Mice, and they produce little waste making the difficult cleanup uncommon.

All three of my Habitrails have Spiny Mice in them. Only a Habitrail Mini has something else - fancy mice (it is designed for them).


BTW, I keep the addons all covered normally with something dark to make the Spiny's feel secure in them.

[Hamsters82]

Nice home they have there.

[Andrea]

Great set up.
I could see watching them in there to be very entertaining.

[Die Fledermaus]

It is very entertaining. In fact the behavior of each type of critter fascinates me, those little differences.

Of course Spiny Mice should have more vertical space being excellent climbers, but things are not ideal and I do what I can.