Super Pet 7-Inch Run-About Ball, Clear

7" too small for rats, but 11" is Wonderful fun! Cheaply made
We were warned not to put rats in a rat ball because it could hurt their spine, after research we found that this is only a problem if the ball is not large enough.Our sweet rat "Princess" is full of energy and likes to run, and we feared losing her. She comes when called, however, if she climbs up inside the couch, we cannot reach her, and she will gorge herself on the crumbs that the vacuum cannot reach. She will not come while eating the crumbs and we feared eating this junk food would make her sick or worse.

We got a large rat ball (size "Giant" about 11 inches in diameter). Princess is full grown but on the small side and this ball almost seemed too large for her, but turns out to be the perfect size.

Princess LOVES her rat ball; she will beg to go into it! We keep it next to her cage, and when we pick her up, she tries to wiggle toward her ball. She is a smart rat and she has learned her way around our house. She rarely crashes, but she will slowly bump...
Hamster Toys
No Hamster alive doesnt want to roll around in this ball....it gives hours of excercise (not all at once though!) and its fun to watch the kids delight in his travels...
Cheap and fun
This seven-inch clear plastic ball is cheap entertainment for the pet owners, and useful running exercise for the animal. We introduced ours to gerbils who were still fairly young, and after some tentative padding around, they got the hang of really scooting these balls across the floor. In the beginning, they'd (WHAM!) slam into walls or furniture, but they soon learned to pace themselves and, with the help of their (limited) vision learned to put on the brakes (SKID! SKID! SKID!) with their front paws, right at the last minute, like a Warner Bros. cartoon character braking with his heels. (I must emphasize that the animals never seemed to be dizzy, just surprised.) You really need a hard-surface floor for this, composition or hardwood or such; wall-to-wall carpet offers too much friction. A useful side attribute of these run-about balls is that you can pop your critters into them temporarily while you clean their cage or tank. Just make sure that in all situations, you lock...
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