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[Summer]

  That is the funny funny stuff! 

[Jo Ann]

Jeff needs a bravery trophy ... I've seen that loft ... and I would not climb it!

 
Jo Ann

[Joyce]

  Well, they did it again last night!  We ran out to do a few errands and when we returned I went to check on the chins.  The 2 latches on Mia & the kit's cage door were undone!  BUT...this time they could not escape because we had put two safety latches on the cage door.  I was so relieved that I had done that or they would have gotten out again and may not have been so lucky this time.
  If any of you have a Quality Cage you may want to put an extra latch or 2 on the door.  This is the cage Mia & her kits are in, it's the Townhome.  But the style would not matter the doors are all alike I think. The latches seem like they would be difficult to open for a chin,  My chins can undo the latches and if they can any chin can! 

[chinclub]

I agree!!!  Those dog leash type latches are the only way to go.  If a chinchilla is determined enough it will find a way to open anything else!!!  Its amazing how smart they are!

[Jo Ann]

We have one chin that is very defiant and I have to make sure I lock her extra locks on her cage door everytime it is opened for anything. 
      Bill & I were feeding and watering the chins one day and a cage door popped open and out comes Jamie!  We put her back in and closed the door ... less than a minute later we hear the latch on the cage as it hit against the wire, turned around and the door was open again.  I closed it again and told her she was a bad girl.  Bill and I stood and watched her as she very quickly grabbed the latch with her teeth, pulled back and popped it open again ... then looked at us, apparently very satisfied with herself, like "Can't keep me in, can ya?!?!"   
     We just looked at each other and laughed.    Bill quickly hunted down some extra "dogie" latches, then she got so mad, she just grabbed the door with all fours and rattled the whole cage. It scared some of the other chins ... warning sounds came from every direction!      We took her out and put her in the "time-out" carry cage for about 10 minutes, then put her back and told her if she was good, she could get out to play after we finished.
     She did get to get out and play ... about 30 minutes later.   
     I'll put the picture of her in my album.

 
Jo Ann

[Debbie.nl.ca]

Too funny Jo Ann,
Great pic.
I had one last night that got so mad when I did not let him out he recked his cage.
I filled up his dishes and gave him his treat, and he proceeded to flick the treats all over the place. Then he dragged his hay all over his cage, and emptied his food dish onto the floor.He would claw at the glass door then go do more damage. A real tempertantrum he threw, it was hilarious.

[FluffBall]

those are such funny stories my chins are pretty mad at me cause since we moved I haven't had time to play with them as much they still love me and greet me and stuff I am still getting around to putting everything in it's place and find new homes for my junk and throwing more out when hubby is away cause he is a pack rat

my chinnies haven't figured that trick out yet but I am waiting for it but before they do  I am going to get a lock on both my doors so they don't cause we have lots of cords everywhere and that wowuldn't be good

[Summer]

I think accidental didn't latch the door to one or the cage's, and My Husband woke up with a chin on his head. My white ebony. I don't know how she didn't end up on the ground, since the cage was on the dresser and the door open's to nothing.Our bed is off to right of the dresser. 

[Joyce]

  They never stop amazing us do they!!!!!   

[Summer]

Nope It is always some thing new.

[Debbie.nl.ca]

I tell you it's a real rush when they brake out around here, they head right for the store.
We call it chinchilla heaven.
800 square feet of wood furniture, mostly antiques, so funny to hear Hubby gasp.
He made a half a door, so their little room could have good air flow, and still keep them in there. Just in case I for got or they get smarter, and they do.

[Jo Ann]

Be careful, Debbie, that 1/2 door may not keep them in ... some can really get some height to their jumps!

Yesterday,We Lady, our Great Dane, finally found the two chins, again, that were loose for 5 days, and this time Bill was able to catch them.   She found them 4 or 5 times in the first 3 days, but they would suddenly vanish before we could catch them.  (This is a pair of breeders and they are not use to being played with on a daily basis).  I think am sure they must have been laughing their little heads off at us while pearing out from some nice little cubby hole while we searched for them franticly, during the whole 5 days.   I had water and food set out for them (in a trap cage), but the little Einsteins avoided it.  The other chins kept them supplied with pellets and hay they would pitch to them from their cages when we were not there.  A bottle of water (that I did not see) had been turned over on the shelf gave them enough water, since they avoided the water bottle in the trap cage.  The dust bath dust was clearly being used ... as a matter of fact, they were not the least bit harmed by their adventure ... one even gained weight!!! 

Never a dull moment around chinchillas!

 
Jo Ann

[Debbie.nl.ca]

That's helarious Jo Ann,
The little darlings.

[Jo Ann]

     Little Houdini s everywhere!  Night before last, Lady, would not get in bed with us to sleep like she usually did and insisted on sleeping on the floor next to the bed.  She was two years old in June and this was a first for her.
Yesterday, several times she would set outside the computer room door grumbling words at me ...   I do wish I was as smart as she and could under stand her as she does us. 
Well, to make a long story shore, as you have probably guessed by now ... another chin was loose!  This time up stairs and ... you guessed it ... under our bed where Lady was keeping an eye on her all night instead of sleeping in the nice soft bed.   All I can say (and proudly) is "That's my Lady!"
She helped us coax the little one out ... this time it was Jewel, our tri-pod chin. 
Hopefully this will be the last evasive chin for a little while!   

 
Jo Ann

[hope]

Those escape stories are hilarious
One of my chins got out once & jumped straight on top of my pekingese...The startled dog bolted down the passage at high speed with the chin riding on his back & me in hot pursuit.
All ended well and I think it is funny now but at the time I was horrifed