Custom Built Chinchilla Cages

Hey everyone! Just wanted to reach out and see which of you have built your own cages for your babies - either from an armoire, wood, or other shelving unit that has been converted. My boyfriend and I have painstakingly built one last year and have been making more modifications on it lately.

I've found that having a custom-built wood-based cage makes it easy to make modifications at any point, new shelves and designs only take new pieces of kiln-dried pine and a few screws (and a few patient chinnies)!

You can find our custom cages here! They're constantly a work in progress, but we're very happy with what we've accomplished most recently. http://lychinchillas.com/2014/12/17/custom-chinchilla-cages/

Mine

http://www.chins-n-hedgies.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14872&highlight=finally+done!

ticklechin said:

Mine

http://www.chins-n-hedgies.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14872&highlight=finally+done!

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Dawn, those are super nice! Love the compartments at the bottom, smartly designed. Were these built from scratch (wood) or was it modified from some type of existing design? How are all the platforms holding up; have you had to replace any yet?

I told my husband what I wanted and he designed them, nothing has been changed in the cage since they were built, the platforms are all tiled so the wear in non-existant and so easy to keep clean.

So lovely!

Hey everyone! A quick addition to this thread - I just wrote a lengthy post on exactly how to build your own custom chinchilla cage! Hope you are all enjoying your holidays! <3 http://lychinchillas.com/2014/12/24/how-to-build-a-custom-chinchilla-cage/