I have a 5 year old Chinchilla that I no longer have a space for in my house. I have a large cage for him along with all of the other items you would need. I would just like him to go to a good home. PM me if you are interested.

3/24/2009 7:39:22 PM

PM sent, man. My wife and I are definitely interested.

3/24/2009 9:08:12 PM

3/24/2009 9:43:34 PM

Haha... my wife thinks thats the cutest thing ever to exist. To be honest, we're both in a situation right now where we would love to have a pet. We have a lot of time at home and would love to have a pet to care for.

3/24/2009 9:50:06 PM

3/24/2009 10:19:59 PM

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"I have a 5 year old Chinchilla that I no longer have a space for in my house. "

so you don't have the space in your house for something the size of a beer can ?

What do you think he will taste like??

Is it something that i might have to cure for a couple months before consuming???

3/25/2009 1:00:00 AM

good luck on finding the little one a home..

wish I could help you out, but I'm overloaded in chinnies at the moment since I have 4 females expecting and I really don't have room for pet chinnies anymore without pedigrees and a show history..

http://threewingedfury.webs.com

3/25/2009 1:09:48 AM

Stupid adorable fucking mice-rabbits.

3/25/2009 1:44:10 AM

could you post some bigger pictures next time?

3/25/2009 9:39:31 AM

I'm think we're going to end up taking it. Now I'm just trying to figure out where to put him... and thinking I might want to build a vertical cage to save space.

[Edited on March 25, 2009 at 10:21 AM. Reason : ]

3/25/2009 10:18:19 AM

Do you have 35 more of these?

Need them to make another coat. Those things are so comfortable.

3/25/2009 1:08:24 PM

that must be a tiny coat then - it takes on avg 250 chins to make a coat depending on their pelt size

3/25/2009 4:34:01 PM

open season then. have to go get some varmits.

3/25/2009 4:55:10 PM

And yes, vertical cages are best. Your best bet is a sturdy wooden frame with chicken wire (smallest holes Lowe's sells) sides for ventilation. They shouldn't be in a draft, but need good air flow so it doesn't get too hot and stuffy for them. The smaller hole chicken wire is good for allowing air flow, while still holding in the majority of poos.

3/25/2009 6:35:31 PM

actually.. chicken wire isn't what you need - hardware cloth or rat wire is the best

if you're going to use wood.. make sure you build it out of safe woods such as kiln dried pine
melamine is also great to use because wood will have to be tossed after a while

I have a few cages that I could sell... I personally have switched to runs and ferret nations for my breeders

if you're going to make the cage taller than 3 ft, you need to have some sort of way for them to jump around without getting hurt - put tons of ledges or hammocks in so that they wont have a high chance of breaking a leg from a fall

[Edited on March 25, 2009 at 8:20 PM. Reason : ]

3/25/2009 8:19:02 PM

Yeah, I was thinking you'd need a solid wire to support the shelving and hammock stuff. Part of the desire to make a cage was the actual experience of making the cage, though it would probably turn out to be more of a pain in the ass than I'd expect up front.

What's this melamine you people speak of... can you buy it in the store and use it like wood? I assume its safe? Or is it something I need to worry about them digesting? Thanks for the info!

3/25/2009 8:47:11 PM

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"could you post some bigger pictures next time?"

Prolly.

3/25/2009 10:31:46 PM

You'll learn the best information from breeders and hobbyists off of the forum:

http://www.chins-n-hedgies.com/forums/

You can buy melamine at Lowes for $10-12 a sheet I believe. Urine wipes right off of it. You don't want the chins to eat it though, but you can prevent it as long as you pay attention to how you built it. Thats what chews and ledges are for. These are some examples of cages that other chin owners have built:

http://www.chins-n-hedgies.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1031&highlight=melamine
http://www.chins-n-hedgies.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3361&highlight=melamine

I like the ferret nation cage. It's easy to work with and easy to decorate. I purchased pans from Bass Equipment to keep the poos in and I make my own fleece decorations.



If you have any more questions about chins, you're more than welcome to contact me. I'm not an expert, but I've been researching chins for over 6 years and breeding for 4 now.

3/26/2009 2:35:50 AM

I keep my chinchillas in "mansions" from quality cage company.
The cages aren't exactly cheap but chinchillas can live 12-20 years.
My favorite feature about these cages are the shelf guards that keep the feces in. Chinchillas are pretty messy and the guards make a huge difference.
Do NOT keep the chinchilla on a cage with a wire bottom. They can get their foot/leg caught in it and injured/amputed. Plus it will result in sore hocks. My cages have pine shelves.

My husband is in the middle of building custom cages for ours.

http://qualitycage.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=129_142_153
^ also sells wheels and flying saucers

3/26/2009 11:03:18 AM

do you have any dead ones? i want to make a glove....sweet ear muffs. maybe a baller iphone case.?

3/27/2009 12:09:55 AM