Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I just bought two of these cages, on for my female rats and another for my males. I read through most of the reviews before purchasing and learned I might have an issue with my smaller or younger ratties fitting thru the bars. I'm still giving this cage 5 stars for a couple of reasons. One, the cage is indeed intended for slightly larger animals then my rats, so for what it is meant for it's a fantastic cage! It was easy and quick to assemble and it looks really nice which is a plus! The second reason is that even tho the bars are a little wide set to house rats, I have no worries about all of my ratties staying in the cage. Truth is even adult rats can squeez themselves into really small spaces, which one of my adult rats depmostrated as I let them climb around the outside of the cage lol! But because they absolutely love their new cages I doubt they will go through the struggle to squeez them self out. If your housing males, don't worry at all, there is no way they would fit, mine is 4 months old and he is already far to big to even try! Only suggestion I have for someone wanting this cage for rats that may be on the smaller side or just young, is to cover the left and right sides of the cage with really anything. I just leaned old fish tank lids against it and my young rat hasn't tried to get through since. You really only need to make sure the bottom level is blocked because most likely your rat isn't going to try and squeez them self out just to fall to the floor.