Wooden Corner Platform 22 or 32 cm for rodents

Getzoo Wooden Corner Platform – stable base for sand bath, food bowl, water bowl or exercise wheel

The Getzoo Wooden Corner Platform is a practical wooden platform for rodent enclosures. You use it to place heavy or important items of the setup more stably, such as a sand bath, food bowl, water bowl, or exercise wheel. This prevents these items from sinking into deep bedding or tilting when your animal digs.

At DRD, when it comes to platforms, we focus primarily on stability, placement, size, and function within the enclosure. This corner platform is available in two variants: a compact model of approx. 22 × 22 × 21 cm and a longer left-hand model of approx. 32 × 22 × 21 cm. This allows you to choose which platform best suits your enclosure, the available corner, and the item you wish to place on it.

Advantages of the Getzoo Wooden Corner Shelf

✔ Gives heavy furnishings a stable place in the enclosure
✔ Ideal for sand bath, drinking bowl, food bowl, or exercise wheel
✔ Handy for deep bedding and burrowing enclosures
✔ Two variants: compact or longer left-hand model
✔ Made of natural, untreated birch wood
✔ Nail- and staple-free finish for a calm wooden interior

Why choose a corner shelf?

In a naturally designed enclosure, deep bedding is often used. This is beneficial for digging and natural behavior, but it also means that heavy items can sink in. Think of a sand bath, ceramic house, water bowl, or exercise wheel. A platform provides such an item with a sturdier base.

This is especially practical for hamsters and gerbils. These animals can dig extensively and move bedding, causing loose furnishings to tip over or sag over time. By placing important items on a platform, the setup remains more organized and easier to reach.

A low platform can also be nice for mice, pygmy rats, and rats as extra surface area, a feeding spot, or a waypoint. You create more usable space without making the enclosure look cluttered. The corner model makes clever use of a corner, allowing the platform to blend in nicely with the interior design.

Which variant do you choose?

What do you use the corner shelf for?

The Getzoo Wooden Corner Platform is primarily intended as a stable base. The platform helps keep important elements of the setup in place. This is useful when working with deep bedding, loose digging zones, or animals that like to dig under the setup.

• For a sand bath that should not sink into the ground cover.
• For a running wheel that must keep rotating straight and freely.
• For a food or water bowl that needs to remain clean and accessible.
• As a low route or additional surface in a natural setting.
• As part of hamsterscaping, gerbilscaping, mousescaping, or ratscaping.

Always pay attention to the total height of a running wheel. The wheel must be able to rotate freely and must not bump into anything. Therefore, measure in advance whether the running wheel, including the platform, fits properly in the enclosure.

For which animals is the Getzoo Wooden Corner Tray suitable?

• Mouse: suitable as an extra runway, feeding spot, or stable surface. Mice enjoy using platforms to walk, look around, and create routes through the enclosure.
• Dwarf hamster: suitable as a low, stable base for a sand bath, food bowl, water bowl, or exercise wheel. Especially useful in an enclosure with deep bedding.
• Hamster: suitable for Syrian hamsters/golden hamsters as a stable platform for a sand bath, feeding area, or exercise wheel. For larger hamsters, ensure there is sufficient space around the platform.
• Gerbil: suitable as a sturdy base for a sand bath, feeding area, or exercise wheel. Gerbils dig actively, so a platform helps to keep important furnishings at a better height.
• Dwarf rat: suitable as a low platform, feeding spot, or waypoint. Because dwarf rats can vary in size, carefully check whether the size and placement suit your animals.
• Rat: suitable as a low extra spot, step, or feeding/sniffing platform in a ratscaping setup. Place the platform securely and do not use it as a high, freestanding climbing structure.
• Chinchilla: can be used as a low platform or stable spot when the size and placement are appropriate. For intensive jumping, larger and more securely placed platforms are often more logical.
• Degu: can be used as a low platform or extra waypoint. Degus are active gnawers and jumpers, so check the wood and placement regularly.

This corner platform is not suitable as a practical elevation or platform for guinea pigs and rabbits. It is too small and too narrow for that purpose. For these animals, you would prefer to choose wider tunnels, hiding places, steps, or platforms that better suit their body size and movement patterns.

Use in hamsterscaping

In a hamsterscaping enclosure, a corner platform is almost indispensable when working with deep bedding. The platform provides a stable place for items that must not sink in. Think of a sand bath, water bowl, food bowl, or exercise wheel.

The compact 22 cm variant is convenient when you want to create one distinct corner. The 32 cm left-hand variant is more practical when you need more space or want to build a longer structure along the left side of the enclosure. This allows you to create a quiet route past the multi-chamber house, sand bath, or running wheel.

Conceal the plateau neatly with ground cover, cork, moss, or light natural decoration. Make sure the top remains accessible and that the item stands stably on the plateau.

Use for gerbils

Gerbils dig frequently and actively move bedding. As a result, sand baths, food bowls, or exercise wheels without a sturdy base can tilt more easily. A wooden corner platform helps to position such items more stably.

Use the platform, for example, under a sand bath or exercise wheel. Regularly check that the legs are still stable and that not too much has been dug out from under the platform. For gerbils, it is wise to place the platform low and securely, possibly partially embedded in the bedding.

Use for dwarf rats and rats

For dwarf rats and rats, you can use the corner platform as a low extra spot, feeding station, step, or waypoint. Rats enjoy using different levels and routes, but the platform must be stable and fit logically with the rest of the decor.

When using this platform for rats, it is preferable not to use it high and loose, but rather as a low, stable addition. Combine it with tunnels, digging boxes, foraging areas, and other sturdy elements. Regularly check that the wood remains in good condition and that the legs remain stable.

Installation and assembly

The legs are placed in the platform. If desired, you can secure them with animal-friendly wood glue to make the whole assembly sturdier. Always place the platform on a flat, stable surface and check that it does not wobble after setting it up.

• Measure in advance whether the shelf fits in the chosen corner.
• Choose the 22 cm variant for a compact placement.
• Choose the 32 cm left-hand variant for more headroom on the left side.
• Always place heavy fixtures as stably as possible on the platform.
• Ensure that a running wheel can rotate freely and does not come into contact with the roof, walls, or floor covering.
• Regularly check that the legs remain standing firmly.

Cleaning & maintenance

The corner shelf is made of wood. Therefore, clean it thoroughly with a dry or slightly damp cloth and allow the wood to dry completely before replacing it. Do not use too much water and do not submerge the shelf.

Regularly check the platform for wear, loose parts, gnaw marks, and stability. Gerbils, dwarf rats, rats, chinchillas, and degus, in particular, may make more intensive use of wooden furnishings. As long as the platform remains sturdy and tidy, it can simply remain part of the enclosure.

Material & specifications

• Material: untreated birch wood.
• Variant 1: approx. 22 × 22 × 21 cm.
• Variant 2: approx. 32 × 22 × 21 cm left.
• Use: corner platform, stable surface, feeding spot, drinking spot, sand bathing platform, running wheel platform or low route.
• Finish: nail- and staple-free.
• Suitable for: mice, dwarf hamsters, hamsters, gerbils, dwarf rats, and rats.
• Also suitable for: chinchillas and degus as a low platform, provided the size and placement are appropriate.
• Not suitable for: guinea pigs and rabbits.

Good to know

This corner platform is primarily intended to make the enclosure setup more stable and practical. It does not replace a spacious enclosure, deep bedding, hiding places, or species-specific setup, but rather helps to build that setup better.

Choose the variant based on the available space and the purpose. If you want to raise a single feeding area or small sand bath, the 22 cm variant is often sufficient. If you want to install a running wheel, a larger sand bath, or a longer route, the 32 cm left-side variant is more practical.

Regularly check whether the platform is still level. Especially with animals that dig or gnaw frequently, the surface can change, requiring the platform to be stabilized again.

Useful shopping links

• Platforms & ladders for rodents
• Natural rodent setup
• Hamsterscaping setup
• Gerbilscaping setup
• Ratscaping interior
• Running wheels for rodents
• Sandboxes for rodents
• Getzoo assortment

Frequently asked questions about the Getzoo Wooden Corner Tray

With the Getzoo Wooden Corner Platform, you give important furnishings a stable, natural base. A smart choice for owners who want to neatly place a sand bath, feeding area, drinking area, or exercise wheel in an enclosure with deep bedding.