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[Summer]

Hi My husband want to build a new cage, can any one give some tips. it would be very helpfull.

[chinchillagrl06]

http://chinchillacymru.co.uk/buildcage.htm

Here's one that I have looked through.  I wish I could find the chinbin cages. I can't seem to get the page to work though. Good luck. Building cages is hard work.

[Summer]

 ;)Thank you for your help.

[FluffBall]

 ;)first you want to decide how big and what shape you want your cage my brother and I built mine
and I wanted a hex shape and wanted it to be very different
don't forget to draw it up on paper before you build it!!!!
you want to get measurements for the size you want and make sure that it will fit through your doors
you can get the screen at lowes or home depot
I was going to post a pic of mine for you but first I have to reload all the pics in my computer
I was having a problem with my puter and got a friend of mine who works with them for a job and he put windows xp pro on  my puter and now it works great

[Chins To Love]

Hi Summer,
David says to make sure you use galvanized wire, and keep the openings 1" 1/2"
Julianne

[Summer]

  Hi Julianne Thank you I Will be sure to use that now that my chins are growing.

[chinclub]

Are you a chinchilla club member?  If so login to the members area and and under the cages category we list a bunch of different cage designs and link right to the step by step directions.  There are some really neat designs.

[Stacy]

I am going to make a new cage when my 2 start getting along and can be caged together. My dad has all kind of junk around his house and I found this big entertainment center type thing. I am thinking of trying to line it with thin pine plywood and make a cage out of it. I have no idea what kind of wood it is made of so I don't want them to be able to chew it. It is about 6 or 7' tall. Should I put 2 floors in it or would 1 with a lot of shelves work better. I really want this to be the last cage I build so I want to do it where it will last. What does everyone think?

[chinchillagrl06]

You may want to make the inside melmine. It's so easy to wipe off and keep clean. There is a breeder selling out around here I am actually going to go have a look at her chins and take home 1 or 2 melmine cages if I can. 

I am going to make a new cage when my 2 start getting along and can be caged together. My dad has all kind of junk around his house and I found this big entertainment center type thing. I am thinking of trying to line it with thin pine plywood and make a cage out of it. I have no idea what kind of wood it is made of so I don't want them to be able to chew it. It is about 6 or 7' tall. Should I put 2 floors in it or would 1 with a lot of shelves work better. I really want this to be the last cage I build so I want to do it where it will last. What does everyone think?

[FLINTSTONESKID]

i have a bit of experience in building things of this nature, if i can ever be of any help, please dont hesitate to contact me at any time at BAMBAML19@AOL.COM good luck with your build, dont forget to take pics along the build and postem when your finished. The one piece of advice that i have is to research the wood you use, that is very important since they will eat any exposed wood they can and alot of woods are toxic to chins, i use aspen in some of my small projects, not a cheap wood but a safe one. Do your homework and good luck.

Josh

[Summer]

Thanks for the tips. I will post as we build.

[FluffBall]

I am actually thinking of building a new cage and maybe selling my other one that I built not sure yet but I thought of one that has 4 cages in one 2 long one that sit on top of each other and then sliding middle to let open when I want to breed when I get a famale for my guyz

[Summer]

  I would love to see a Pic.

[FluffBall]

her is a pic I was able to get I am in the process of having my puter fixed my windows that I origionally had wasn't working right and I called my sister's ex-bo and he has been coming over to fix it and for now it is working at 1/2 or something like that but anyway here is the pic I think it was either right before I cleaned the cage or after and I can't remember if I had taken the wheel out yet or not but if it is in there I took it out cause it was causing black spots on snowball he is a ponk white georgous pink white
and then there is buddy l  ooooh they are soooo bad they insist taking the roof off their hut and throwing down to the bottom they must think that it is funny and they stand at the door after they throw it down and wait for me to pick it back up and then a little while later they do it again as a team I had to glue the bottom on cause buddy would disassemble the whole thing I think they like poking their head out of the hut and chewing on the top well anyway here are a couple of pics

[Chins To Love]

Beautiful cage