The hole was cut like that, they looked more chinchilla like when I first got them. Someone made them for me, but they looked similar to this https://exoticanimalsupplies.com/wp...08/chinchilla-cut-out-wood-hay-feeder-box.jpgOk goodnight! I'll finish typing out what I'm writing but dont worry about responding. I'm just gonna say...the hole they chewed looks exactly like the front of a chin!
I'm in Canada so I'm not sure I can help with where to get it cheaper, I normally buy my hay at either PetSmart or the local feed store. It's kind of interesting on the chinchilla Facebook group I'm in the Small Pets Select is the more recommended, and post picks of nice looking hay, on here people say it sucks,
so I don't know. I've never tried it because the price they charge for it in Canada is horrible. The only dealer of it in Canada is Amazon and it looks like $75 for 10lb box plus shipping. Yep, they poop about 200+ times a day and they can't control it.If I come across someone who has owned or know someone who has owned a chinchilla before and I asked them about him/her, they always only talk about how soft they are!and about their POOP
and how they poop all the time.
Some people buy and have had no issues and their chins like it, but it comes down to the best hay is whatever your chin will eat, some like the high quality brands others for whatever reason seem to like the lower quality brands like Kaytee. Hay is hay so brand doesn't matter as much like it does for pellets, you can even switch between brands without issue if needed.
Hay makes up about 70-75% of a chin's diet, they should ideally be eating a pile of hay the size of a chinchilla per day.My parents actually weren't sure that they actually needed unlimited hay. I tried to tell them but they just said it was probably just extra stuff that pet stores want to make money off of. So I turned on a vet show (my favorite thing to watch so they weren't suspicious) and turned on an episode about a chinchilla with severe dental disease (the chin nearly died from it!) and the vet explained that the reason was that they weren't giving enough timothy hay and that made them realize how important it was!
Not a lot from pet stores is safe unfortunately, or has unsafe parts. Things that look ok are... If they don't list what it's made of I just avoid them. Also you can get things for a lot cheaper from online chinchilla stores then from the pet stores.
That assortment looks good
Those look good too.
Thank you!You are asking way too many questions for a quick response,
The hole was cut like that, they looked more chinchilla like when I first got them. Someone made them for me, but they looked similar to this https://exoticanimalsupplies.com/wp...08/chinchilla-cut-out-wood-hay-feeder-box.jpg
I'm in Canada so I'm not sure I can help with where to get it cheaper, I normally buy my hay at either PetSmart or the local feed store. It's kind of interesting on the chinchilla Facebook group I'm in the Small Pets Select is the more recommended, and post picks of nice looking hay, on here people say it sucks,
Yep, they poop about 200+ times a day and they can't control it.
Some people buy and have had no issues and their chins like it, but it comes down to the best hay is whatever your chin will eat, some like the high quality brands others for whatever reason seem to like the lower quality brands like Kaytee. Hay is hay so brand doesn't matter as much like it does for pellets, you can even switch between brands without issue if needed.
Hay makes up about 70-75% of a chin's diet, they should ideally be eating a pile of hay the size of a chinchilla per day.
Not a lot from pet stores is safe unfortunately, or has unsafe parts. Things that look ok are... If they don't list what it's made of I just avoid them. Also you can get things for a lot cheaper from online chinchilla stores then from the pet stores.
Oxbow Timothy Hay Hide & Seek Small Mat
Oxbow Enriched Life Apple Stick hay Feeder
All Living Things® Rainbow Log Chews
All Living Things® Pumice Chew Block (minus the rope, blocks, and glue)
All Living Things® Timothy Hay Bundle Small Pet Treat
All Living Things® All-Natural Timothy Hay Small Pet Rope
Oxbow Timothy Hay Barrel
All Living Things® Small Animal Pumice Ledge
All Living Things® Rainbow Stick Chews
Oxbow Timothy Hay Square
All Living Things® Chilling Stone
That assortment looks good
Those look good too.
They only thing you can do would be to cover any plastic in fleece, but that obviously wont work for a litter pan. You can get metal corner pans, but they are expensive, like this one Stainless Steel Scatterless Corner Litter Box Pan for Small | Etsy
That's funny. I'll have to get one
Umm, I'm confused. Do you mean stone as in tile? If so I would go with ceramic tile not stone, stone needs to be properly sealed which takes time to set. I'm not sure how long I think like 24 hours maybe, and during that time the chin can't be in the cage. It would also need to be redone every few years. To tile the cage you will need some sort of platform for the tiles to sit on, you can't use the plastic pans since they aren't flat they have a lip. I've seen a lot of people use coragated plastic then lay the tiles on that. If you want to put fleece over that I'm not sure what the point of tiling it would be.
Yes, sorry..that's what I meant... that's true...I may just do that...
I got covid back in December and still can't smell very well but of course will still change regularly. The smell won't affect me very much buto maybe our guests and my family...
Do u still need to put a litter box in there if I have fleece? I can wash them daily but don't really have the time or knowledge to litter train.
