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Chinchillas => Q & A => Topic started by: squeakie on May 12, 2009, 02:55:40 PM
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Would this be an acceptable "house" for a chin?
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3074862&keepsr=0
Sorry for so many questions today :)
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::silly:: No problem about the questions ... that's what we are here for ... to help you keep your chin safe and healthy. ::nod::
That is very cute and I'm sure your chin would love it ... but ... it would probably be destroyed/eaten within a week or two ... always remember ... chinchillas will chew on anything they can get their little teeth into. ::)
Even the beautiful wood huts are really nice, but last only so long. Please check out: http://luvnchins.com/ChinchillaSupplies.html ::)
I would save your chin money and put it into a special account/place for a chinchilla emergency. I make it a point to find the price of something and see what I can replace the item with that is just as safe (or safer) and costs much less ... the money I save is them deposited into my special chinchilla bank. :::grins::
You are willing to pay $9.99 + shipping for it ... for the same amount of money, you could purchase the wood and wood screws it would take to make at least 2 huts that would probably last your chin about 4 to 6 months or longer. Hm-mm that's saving you a minimum of $20 a month that you could add to your chinchilla emergency bank. :::grins:: Plus, just think of the pride you would take in making something with your own hands for your chinchilla? (What a project to do/share with your kids! - and teach them how to save money at the same time) ;)
::howdythere:: Jo Ann
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You are willing to pay $9.99 + shipping for it ... for the same amount of money, you could purchase the wood and wood screws it would take to make at least 2 huts that would probably last your chin about 4 to 6 months or longer.
And most places will even cut it up for you. ::nod::
So you could buy an 8 foot length of 1x6 pine that's 12 pieces .
And keep an eye out for large tubes, I get mine from same day Currier. They are 4-6-8 inches.
I get small ones from the news print rolls that work great for stuffing hay in. When the hay in gone they play with the tube.
I love going to the second hand stores ya never know what you can find there, and the craft stores.
We need as good imaginations as the chins. ;)
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The thing is I have a petsmart gift card and I'm trying to find a use for it. I only have a Chin as a pet and I WON"T buy the Chin food from there. I'm trying to figure out something safe for my chin that I can spend upto $50 on. It's a tough spot to be in I know rofl
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Well that's different, yes buy some houses.
Mine love some of them that I have gotten with rescues.
Mineral blocks and chews would be good, a spare water bottle or shavings.
It wouldn't be to hard for me to spend that at a pet shop. ;)
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::silly:: Yep, that does make a difference. Debbie came up with some good ones. ::nod:: A spare feeding dish, always comes in handy, a supplement feeding dish, lava stones, dust bath dust, those never go bad. Hay, hay cubes, chew toys like the little log bridge of many colors, a carry cage, a whelping cage that can be used for an isolation cage, should one get sick or injured and need to be more confined than in the big cage. Nutri-Cal and Petromalt for the first aide kit, extra feeding cups. A fish net (used to catch coi fish in an outdoor pond) is great for catching an elusive chin without chasing it. I could spend $500 in just a few minutes in a pet store. (That's why Bill keeps me out of them.) :D
::howdythere:: Jo Ann
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Thanks! I bought a house and a hay chute. I was keeping the rest till I heard back for "the experts"