Decent starter cage if you can look past its problems (Ferplast Jenny Rat Cage With Accessories)

Member Name: Cherry24

Product:	Ferplast Jenny Rat Cage With Accessories
Date:	31/08/09 (92 review reads)
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Advantages: Spacious, Durable accessories

Disadvantages: Rusts very quickly, inaccessible, small doors

The Jenny cage is a very satisfactory starter cage at a not too extortionate price. It is fairly large (can comfortably house 5 pet rats at the most) and comes with some good quality accessories. The shelves are very durable and easy to move around as are the tubes which are a must for any rodent cage.
The food dishes are very decent, chrome bowls with holders which fit easily onto the bars. I do feel that the water bottle provided is too large for rats but may be suitable for rabbits or ferrets. I never used my water bottles on either of my Jenny cages, I just bought my own smaller ones and dotted them around the cage.
The problems with this cage become apparent rather quickly. The bars on the cage become rusty very quickly and if you are wishing to buy this cage, I recommend that you coat the bars before use with japlac or similar so that the rusting process is slowed down.
The main problem with this cage is that it is very inaccessible and a nightmare to clean. The doors are all very small which makes it very difficult to perform spot cleaning on the shelves and also means that it could take you quite a while to be able to coax out any nervous ratties as you are very limited in terms of how far you can reach in to the cage. However, I am aware that you can now purchase larger doors separately which from what I have heard, work very well.
Overall, the Jenny is a good starter cage and is reasonably good value but can be quite problematic to the point where it can get very frustrating. I wouldn't personally recommend this cage in its current form.

Summary: Despite the affordable price tag, not recommended by myself due to its glaring faults