Omlet asked me to preview and test their new small animal house, the "Qute".
So far I'm really impressed! :)
Its like a contemporary piece of furniture that doubles as a functioning small animal house!
It seems well built and robust like the Classic and Cube are, really chunky piece of furniture, well thought out and the gerbils seem to like it! Nowhere for them to gnaw at edges like some cages either so it should last ages – even the tube has a metal rim so they can’t chew it!
Its easy to keep the pets in the top or bottom with the “Lift ‘n’ Twist” tube to be able to clean out the bottom drawer, or to fill up food and water. I added a couple of tubes into the bottom draw so they were running though those and making tunnels.
One thing with it being solid on top is how dark it is inside the top ... good with nocturnal animals!
The drawer comes out to empty it to clean ... or use as a "Mobile Play Pen" and take it around the house, as the advert says.
Looks good next to ma bed and perfect height to use as a bedside table to put ma alarm clock on! :P
Only bad things are – its really heavy!
I struggled to carry it upstairs so a child would have no chance moving it. They can easily use it to take small furries out and to clean out though. You do need a big deep sink to put it under the tap like photos show with the massive double sink! Its easy to take the top apart and give it all a wipe down too, just 2 clips at the top and it slides out.
Top opens down to clean it out...
And the tray comes out to give it all a proper clean...
I think it could do with being a bit taller as they like to climb which they can’t really do so if the top section was taller you could put in shelves, hang in hammocks and wooden ladders – could be used for degu then! The draw is also a really good idea but could be a bit bigger to fit a hamster ball or bigger bag of food in.
As great as it is, I do think its a steep price tag. Have seen a few people comment to say similar, I paid around £50 for my Gerbilarium which is similar and thought that was expensive.
So, I’d definitely get one, would look great, be easy to use and the gerbils would love it ... just not on ma Student budget! :)
