Chinchilla As Pet

i know chinchillas are very sensitive to noise so I’m gonna move him downstairs. I know that they are very sensitive to change also so can anyone help me move him downstairs without him being stressed.

Chinchillas are not quite that delicate of a flower. If you want to move your cage, go ahead and move it. If he was going to be surrounded by yowling cats or barking dogs, that would be one thing, but I move cages around all day long and the chins could care less.

My chins also don’t care one bit about noise. I play a radio for them all the time just so they are used to having noise. I shop vac, play the TV, the radio, the kids whoop and holler while playing video games. If you want your chin not to be sensitive to everything, and not to freak out every time something happens, then don’t try and keep him in a noise free cacoon. If it bothers him, don’t keep him in a high noise/high traffic area, but don’t feel that you have to keep him a cone of silence either.

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i know chinchillas are very sensitive to noise so I’m gonna move him downstairs. I know that they are very sensitive to change also so can anyone help me move him downstairs without him being stressed.

chinchillas are not quite that delicate of a flower. If you want to move your cage, go ahead and move it. If he was going to be surrounded by yowling cats or barking dogs, that would be one thing, but I move cages around all day long and the chins could care less.

My chins also don’t care one bit about noise. I play a radio for them all the time just so they are used to having noise. I shop vac, play the TV, the radio, the kids whoop and holler while playing video games. If you want your chin not to be sensitive to everything, and not to freak out every time something happens, then don’t try and keep him in a noise free cacoon. If it bothers him, don’t keep him in a high noise/high traffic area, but don’t feel that you have to keep him a cone of silence either.

If you have more questions you would like to ask of experienced chinchilla owners/breedes, please join http://www.chins-n-hedgies.com. You must be 14 to register, but you can read all the subforums regardless of whether you are registered or not. If you are under 14 and have a question you can’t find the answer to, please feel free to email me and I’ll do my best to answer it.

So heres the deal i want a cool pet like a chinchilla my parents are divorced and im only with my dad on thurusdays thru sundays all the other days im with my mom do you have any ideas or tips for me

If your mom isn’t willing to care for your pet while you are gone, then don’t get a pet until you are old enough to move out on your own. I can’t think of a single pet, exotic or not, that doesn’t need care every single day. Dogs, cats, chinchillas, rats, degu, hedgehogs, etc., all need care every day. They certainly cannot go for four days with no attention.

About the only thing I can think of you "might" be able to do that with would be a snake. Some of them only need very infrequent feedings. Again, that’s a "might" because I am not a herp person and do not know a lot about snakes and their day to day care. I’m just thinking of the feeding aspect of the larger snakes.

You cannot leave a chinchilla without care for 4 days. Their water bottle could leak and leave them dry. Their food could tip and fall out. They could develop an illness and you would miss it. They don’t need run time outside of their cage every day. They won’t die without it. If you have a nice sized cage for them, and even put a wheel in it, they are perfectly happy and entertained in that cage. Run time is a great opportunity for them to exercise, and for you to bond, but they don’t have to have it every day. Leaving them unattended for 4 days, however, is not an option.

So heres the deal i want a cool pet like a chinchilla my parents are divorced and im only with my dad on thurusdays thru sundays all the other days im with my mom do you have any ideas or tips for me

If your mom isn’t willing to care for your pet while you are gone, then don’t get a pet until you are old enough to move out on your own. I can’t think of a single pet, exotic or not, that doesn’t need care every single day. Dogs, cats, chinchillas, rats, degu, hedgehogs, etc., all need care every day. They certainly cannot go for four days with no attention.

About the only thing I can think of you "might" be able to do that with would be a snake. Some of them only need very infrequent feedings. Again, that’s a "might" because I am not a herp person and do not know a lot about snakes and their day to day care. I’m just thinking of the feeding aspect of the larger snakes.

You cannot leave a chinchilla without care for 4 days. Their water bottle could leak and leave them dry. Their food could tip and fall out. They could develop an illness and you would miss it. They don’t need run time outside of their cage every day. They won’t die without it. If you have a nice sized cage for them, and even put a wheel in it, they are perfectly happy and entertained in that cage. Run time is a great opportunity for them to exercise, and for you to bond, but they don’t have to have it every day. Leaving them unattended for 4 days, however, is not an option.

I would like to know how to build a chinchilla cage out of an old dresser? I would like it to be pretty easy.
thanks in advance!

I would say you need to take the doors off and you chicken wire over the front so they can see out of the cage, you will also need to make some sort of access for you to be able to clean.

You will also need to add shelves and things you could hang toys and hammocks on.

Also put some of tray which can slide under a layer of chicken wire on the bottom so the litter is seperated from the chins.

We had to buy a second cage make a hole in it and attach it to the original cage so they had more room as they quickily outgrew it, we also have a blockade for the door between the 2 cages to seperate Carl and Lenny as they occasionally fall out, especially now they are getting older