okay so today we're gonna talk about another Habitrail a habitat for hamsters
or mice and this is the Habitrail home blue edition this also comes in the pink
edition depending on what your favorites are here's the box that it comes in as
Habitrail habitats go this one's going to be very easy to put together and I'm
gonna walk you through it unlike the other sis has an exterior exercise wheel
and that wheel is seven and a half inches in diameter so it's pretty good
size this will be a great addition to your other Habitrail habitats and I
recommend that you don't use it as a standalone as it is only going to be a
130 2.73 square inches of area and again here's the picture on the box showing
the inspiration for the habitat design which is a natural habitat of hamsters
we keep Robo hamsters and this is going to be part of our ultimate collection
everything comes plastic wrapped and these are all the components again
very simple to put together the instructions come with it they are
image-based there's not much text here here's the water bottle that we see on
the entire ovo lineup not my favorite but it works okay and we'll go over that
later too there's an interesting little exercise
cube here everything in this habitat is transparent so you can look through and
see your hamster there are no opaque hiding areas this is the food dish so
this is the exercise wheel that goes on the end your hamsters not going to be
able to hide except in the bedding that you put in there so we'll see how that
goes and there's the connection ring that you see on all the other Habitrail
habitats so I'm going to show how to work that again a connection point right
there is how it's held on to the unit here's the wheel and I took it apart
because remember we want to lubricate this axle with olive oil and there's a
little little tab there that you have to push in to release the wheel so you can
pull it off and here's the connection ring notice this is make sure they're in
the open position when you put them together and then when we turn it and
line up those notches then you know it's in the clamped or closed position this
is a very good connection system and remember that connection ring is all
that's holding on that to exercise wheels you want to make sure
to do that right here's a quick overview the instructions the side clips
already come installed in the base so that's a bonus and all we have to do is
fit on the retractable cover here and this is showing you the locking
mechanism on either side and it's pretty simple good to go there you bring down
the front here's the locking mechanism on the front and the back so that again
you can open it and access your pets from the front or the back if you notice
designs basically the same as all the other Habitrail ovo round pods so the
only difference is if this one's transparent the others have opaque white
bottoms and this one has a transparent blue and again like it said before it's
available in pink you want to make sure and lock these securely if you want it
to be escape-proof like it says on the box it's only as good as the people that
are taking care of the pets and they're gonna need to remember to lock these
things up so there it is and then of course we have the connection holes on
either side you can connect other habitats to this and I recommend that
you do this in my opinion is inadequate as a standalone but it's a great start
and it's great add-on to something else that you might get from Habitrail here's
the water bottle holder again it has a solid white bottom it comes in two
pieces has the locking ring on it if you want to get the water ball out you just
give it a twist some people I've noticed try to pull these straight out to get
them off and a little frustrated but just give it a twist it comes right out
easily you're gonna remove that stainless steel cover there fill it with
water give it some shakes to get the drips out
and then put it right back on this holder so that your pets will have fresh
water change water every day leave some airspace in there so that it
will have a vacuum and it will not leak out into that little tee that it goes on
we're gonna remove the top here for a second just so we can put the other
parts in it showing in space look at the grooves on the back there this is the
exact same form factor that's found another Habitrail
whether it's the dwarf hamster habitat or whether it's the other Habitrail pod
shaped pieces they're all the same so they're parts all integrate and
interchange easily so there it is couldn't be simpler of course you're gonna put
bedding in here and it does hold the bedding pretty deep it's nice the edges
are all rounded none of our hamsters chew these so I don't know if it has to
do with the Habitrail design but our hamsters are content do the things
you're supposed to chew and they are making zero progress in trying to get
out of these again you want to make sure that this connection wing is turned
securely because it is the only thing that's holding on this exercise wheel
that white component there does not rest on the ground so what that stare for is
to catch debris if it swings out of the exercise wheel while your hamster or
your mouse is exercising in it we put the water bottle on turn the connection
ring lock it up and guess what the whole thing is finished all together
that is all there is to it so it's very simple as far as Habitrail setups go it
has no you know arch and stuff but again all of these connections are
interchangeable you can hook this up to your system if you have the habitrail
cristal if you have other components by Habitrail they will all
interchange connect equally so it's a pretty nice unit and I hope this
tutorial helps you out and seeing what it's made of how it looks and how the
parts go together keep it locked up if you want to keep your hamsters in there
this is how it is in our Habitrail village right now and if you notice it
looks the same as the other pods that come from have a trail in the ovo series
thanks for watching as always