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General Chat / Re: Chinchilla Wheel Broke please help
« on: June 07, 2015, 06:27:53 PM »Sorry there does not appear to be any attachments. Is it a Ferret Nation/ Critter Nation cage?
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Sorry there does not appear to be any attachments. Is it a Ferret Nation/ Critter Nation cage?
Pet chinchillas are treated quite a bit differently than chinchillas on fur ranches. Those chinchillas do very well without getting let out of their cage to exercise and they are raised by the thousands and most do not have exercise wheels. I'm not saying that's right or wrong I'm just that it's proven that chinchillas can do well confined to a cage. I do agree that once a month is not enough unless you are handling your pet regularly outside of its cage. I would say three times a week is minimal for a pet that you want to stay tame.Would you still suggest to let him out more than once a month even if he has taller cage?
Regardless of that if you are going to let a chinchilla roam in places that have not been made safe for them you will soon have a dead chinchilla.
Buy a small dog carrier from a pet store. Or buy one from tjschinchillasupplies.com. These are excellent carriers!How should She put him inside the carrier? He's very energetic and can be kind of agressive. Does she need to pick him up or put the carrier in front of the chinchilla cage entrance door? How can She close it safely without him jumping out of the carrier? We are afraid he might escape from the carrier when he's in it or when She try to close the lid.