Digging Tower 25 cm for Mice, Hamsters and Gerbils

Trixie Digging Tower 25 cm for small rodents

The Trixie Digging Tower 25 cm is a fun extra digging spot for small rodents who enjoy digging, scurrying, and moving around in a sheltered environment. You fill the tower with diggable bedding, allowing your animal to explore, burrow, and create small burrows or tunnels on its own.

The transparent window allows you to easily observe the digging behavior, while your animal still has a sheltered spot to keep busy. This makes this digging tower not only fun to watch but also valuable as an enrichment addition to a hamster, mouse, or gerbil enclosure.

Pros of the Trixie Digging Tower 25 cm

✔ Extra digging area: ideal for creating a separate zone where your animal can actively dig and explore.
✔ With viewing window: great for better observing tunnels, burrows, and digging behavior.
✔ Wooden version: fits nicely with natural decor, hamsterscaping, and gerbilscaping.
✔ Sheltered shape: provides small rodents with a quiet place to forage and explore.
✔ Handy as a separate digging zone: especially nice when you cannot fill the entire enclosure extra deep.

Why choose an excavation tower?

Many small rodents have a strong need to dig, search, and move around their environment in a sheltered spot. In a well-designed enclosure, you therefore provide not only houses and food, but also places where your animal can be actively engaged. The Trixie Digging Tower makes it easy to add such an extra digging spot.

The tower acts as a separate digging zone within the enclosure. You fill it with suitable bedding and let your animal discover for itself how to use the space. Some animals dig straight down, while others use the opening primarily as a hiding place or sniffing spot. It is precisely this freedom of choice that makes this product interesting.

For owners, the digging tower also has a practical advantage: the window provides a view of what is happening inside. Especially with animals that enjoy making tunnels, it is fun to watch them move the bedding and create their own route.

For which animals is the Trixie Digging Tower suitable?

• Mouse: suitable as an extra play, hiding, and digging spot. Mice are curious and enjoy using sheltered zones with multiple possibilities.
• Dwarf hamster: suitable as an extra digging spot in a hamsterscape. Fill the tower with sturdy bedding so your dwarf hamster can burrow and explore.
• Hamster: may be suitable as extra enrichment, but always check whether the opening of approximately ⌀ 10 cm and the interior space are comfortable for your hamster.
• Gerbil: suitable as a digging and exploration site. Gerbils are active diggers, so place the tower stably and check regularly for gnawing damage.
• Rat and pygmy rat: usually not practical due to the size and the opening. Larger burrows are often more suitable for rats.
• Guinea pig and rabbit: not suitable as a digging tower. These animals need larger hiding and digging opportunities.
• Chinchilla and degu: not the first choice. For these animals, more robust digging or sandpit solutions are usually more practical.

Use for hamsterscaping and gerbilscaping

The Trixie Digging Tower fits well into a natural-style enclosure. You can use it as a separate digging zone alongside deep bedding, a sand bath, tunnels, cork, moss, and wooden houses. This provides your animal with multiple functions within the enclosure: digging, hiding, foraging, washing, walking, and resting.

For hamsterscaping, the tower is particularly interesting when you want to add extra structure. For example, you can place it partially against a high bedding zone so that your animal can move from one zone to the other. For gerbilscaping, the tower can be a fun extra digging challenge, provided it is sturdy and checked regularly.

What ground cover do you use in the digging tower?

Use a bedding material that provides sufficient structure. Bedding that is too loose or too heavy will not stand as well. Often, a combination works best, as different materials together provide more stability.

Suitable options include, for example, Cotton N Cotton ,Cotton N Fibre , wood fiber , hemp , or Carefresh . For animals that really want to make tunnels, a mix of multiple materials is often better than a single loose layer.

How do you use the Trixie Digging Tower?

• Place the digging tower in a stable spot in the enclosure.
• Fill the tower with suitable diggable ground cover.
• Lightly press down the bedding to create more structure.
• Check if the opening is easily accessible to your animal.
• Check regularly whether the tower is still standing firmly and is not tilting.
• Replace soiled or wet bedding in time.

You can optionally combine the tower with extra tunnels, cork, or a small hiding place nearby. This creates a logical route within the enclosure, so the digging tower feels not like a standalone object, but rather as part of the layout.

Is the excavation tower a replacement for deep soil cover?

No, the digging tower is intended as extra enrichment and not as a replacement for a spacious enclosure with sufficient bedding. For animals that like to dig, a good layer of bedding in the enclosure remains important. The digging tower is primarily useful as an additional digging zone or as an extra place where your animal can dig purposefully.

So use the tower as an extra choice spot. This fits well with a setup where your animal has multiple options: a deep digging layer, houses, tunnels, sand, nesting material, and foraging areas.

Dimensions and specifications

• Dimensions 25 cm variant: approximately 25 × 24 × 20 cm
• Opening: approx. ⌀ 10 cm
• Material: wood
• Window: transparent plastic window
• Suitable for: mouse, hamster and gerbil

For larger hamsters, always check that the opening and interior space fit properly. A digging spot must be easily accessible and should not become a narrow passage.

Compound

Composition: wood with transparent plastic window.

Wood is a natural material. As a result, color, structure, and finish may vary slightly from product to product. Check the wood regularly for wear, gnaw marks, and rough edges.

Good to know

The Trixie Digging Tower is intended as enrichment and an extra digging area within a well-furnished enclosure. Offer the product only under supervision and check regularly for wear, loose parts, gnawing damage, and stability. If the tower becomes wet, dirty, sharp, or unstable, remove it from the enclosure. For larger or heavier animals, a more spacious and sturdier digging element is usually more suitable.

Frequently asked questions about the Trixie Digging Tower 25 cm

Is the Trixie Digging Tower suitable for dwarf hamsters?

Yes, the digging tower can be great fun for dwarf hamsters. Fill it with a sturdy, diggable bedding so your dwarf hamster can burrow, dig, and explore.

Can I use this digging tower for a Syrian hamster?

That depends on the size of your hamster. Carefully check if the opening of approximately ⌀ 10 cm is wide enough and if your hamster can comfortably get in and out of the tower.

Is the digging tower suitable for mice?

Yes, for mice, this is a nice extra place to play, hide, and dig. Especially in a naturally designed enclosure, the tower provides extra variety.

Can I use the digging tower for gerbils?

Yes, gerbils can use the tower as a digging and exploration site. Place it securely and check regularly for gnawing damage, as gerbils can actively work on wood.

Which ground cover works best in an excavator tower?

Bedding with some structure works best. Think of Cotton N Cotton, Cotton N Fibre, Carefresh, hemp, or wood fiber, possibly as a combination.

Is the digging tower a complete dwelling?

No, the digging tower is not an enclosure. It is an additional enrichment product within a well-furnished enclosure with sufficient bedding, hiding places, and other basic necessities.

Why does the digging tower have a window?

The transparent window makes it possible to see part of the digging behavior. That is fun for you, while your animal still has its own sheltered digging spot.

Should I check the digging tower?

Yes, regularly check if the tower is still standing firmly, if the wood is in good condition, and if there are no rough edges, loose parts, or gnawing damage.

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