Exotic Nutrition Silent Runner Small Animal Exercise Wheel

This wheel was a life saver when I first got it! Very quiet and has been for a long time, but I’ve noticed that every time I clean the wheel it gradually gets squeakier and squeakier. I’m assuming over time the water/cleaner messes with the grease that helps the wheel stay quiet. This makes sense but is unfortunate because I’ve tried re-greasing it myself with no luck in stopping a now high-pitched squeaking, so I’m going to have to buy a new wheel. Bought it a year ago and just now am annoyed enough to feel the need to replace it, so that’s a pretty good amount of time for it to last. Would be nice if the company provided some extra grease for when this happens over time, or instructions for This wheel was a life saver when I first got it! Very quiet and has been for a long time, but I’ve noticed that every time I clean the wheel it gradually gets squeakier and squeakier. I’m assuming over time the water/cleaner messes with the grease that helps the wheel stay quiet. This makes sense but is unfortunate because I’ve tried re-greasing it myself with no luck in stopping a now high-pitched squeaking, so I’m going to have to buy a new wheel. Bought it a year ago and just now am annoyed enough to feel the need to replace it, so that’s a pretty good amount of time for it to last. Would be nice if the company provided some extra grease for when this happens over time, or instructions for cleaner that are safe to use with with grease. … more

This wheel is pretty quiet, I wouldn't call it silent, tho. If you have a need to take it off the stand and thread it through cage bars and attached to the side of the cage, you are going to want to get 2 large washers, at least an inch in diameter, one on each side of the cage bars to help hold the wheel steady. It does come with a locking washer. You are also going to want a small wrench to hold the nut on the inside, unless you have really strong, tough fingers, so you can screw it all together.

I have never purchased a wheel for my rats before and selected this one due to, of course, the silent factor. It’s functionality is wonderful although it keeps coming un screwed because she runs in it and unscrews it. Also, it hits against the wire cage, which is pretty noisy. But ultimately, we are so happy that at least one of the rats enjoy it!! I would take a photo but she jumps out as soon as she sees you trying to photograph her. Vic

I've had this wheel for 4 months and love it! I tried a few different wheels for my Syrian Hamster before trying this one, the others were way too small, loud, and hard to clean. This wheel has Nugget running comfortably and quietly, plus it is super easy to disassemble, clean, and reassemble.

I really like these wheels for my hamsters but I got the orange one for my Syrian hamster; however it came to me unscrewed from the base and when I screwed it back on it’s pretty noisy, and I have him in my room but I’ve had louder wheels so it’s something I’ll just have to get used to.. I will be emailing the company to see if I can get new screws or something to make it less noisy but other than that I love it.

Our Syrian hamster Frankie was to big for any of the other wheels we had bought. She just couldn’t stay on them. I purchased the wide silent runner and she runs for hours. The only noise is when the wheel hits her bin but we can live with that. She is much happier now that she is able to run off all her energy. She used to beg for her ball all the time, now she is content.

If you dont know how to take the front off, or THAT it even comes off, putting the directions on the back of the paper, and putting that paper on the inside, BEHIND the front where you can't get to unless you psychically know that it comes off already, is a really stupid maneuver on the part of the manufacture. I even tried to pull if off in my blind guess work, and its so hard, i thought, "no it must not come off" and instead ripped the paper backing out thru the holes, unknowingly destroying helpful information and trashing it! stupid packaging exotic nutrition! Otherwise, its smooth as he runs on it, relatively quiet and more safe than the old ones back in the 90's. 3 stars for quality If you dont know how to take the front off, or THAT it even comes off, putting the directions on the back of the paper, and putting that paper on the inside, BEHIND the front where you can't get to unless you psychically know that it comes off already, is a really stupid maneuver on the part of the manufacture. I even tried to pull if off in my blind guess work, and its so hard, i thought, "no it must not come off" and instead ripped the paper backing out thru the holes, unknowingly destroying helpful information and trashing it! stupid packaging exotic nutrition! Otherwise, its smooth as he runs on it, relatively quiet and more safe than the old ones back in the 90's. 3 stars for quality, minus 2 stars for finding out in a youtube video all the things after it was too late; very irritating. … more

I bought one of these at least a year ago and it was amazing. I purchased another for my hedgehog because his old one started making too much noise because the bolt on the back was constantly coming loose. The new one does the same exact thing, they’ve changed the backing so I’m not sure if that’s why but it makes so much noise at night that you can hear it on the other side of the house even with the tv on. Highly disappointed

I just got my hamster and I got a larger wheel in case I got a larger hamster, but even though my girl is tiny she seems to be able to use it just fine, and the only noise you hear is the pitter patter of her feet

Our first dwarf hamster , we were confused as to why he wasn’t using his wheel that came with his cage, so we bought another one. He didn’t use it either. So, we purchased this one. It arrived within 1 day of ordering bc Chewy is AHmazing! We set it up in cage ASA IT ARRIVED. Vanilla Bean exploded a bit but then seemed to ignore it. However, night fall came and this baby has been on the wheel now for almost a solid 3 hours. He absolutely LOVES this wheel. He is making up for not having one for two months now!! The wheel is quite, you can’t even hear him on it. It is bigger than I anticipated bc we did order the small one, but fits in the cage just fine! Love this and definitely recommend.