I have one chinchilla, she's young so she's not quite full sized yet, but I'm wondering whether her cage is too small for her or not. It's 26in tall, 25in wide, and 14in thick. It has a base floor and two ledges above that. Will it be too small when she is full sized?
(think: a toddler should be able to drift to sleep easily in this soothing environment). A great way to test for acoustics and best volume is to stand next to your chinchilla cage and set different volumes until you find yourself being lulled into a happy dream state – just kidding, ...
A Room of One's Own:Chinchillas should be kept in a large cage, the bigger the better, at least 80 cm × 50 cm × 80 cm per animal. If there is any possibility of a pregnancy, cage bar spacing should not exceed (1/2" × 1"), as small chinchillas are good climbers and can ea...
so you'll need to purchase a cage that allows them to do so andhas ledges for themto sit on. It's going to have to be a big cage too, since they're very active. They are extremely clean animals, but it's worth mentioning that they poop a lot (up to 200 times a day!) so ...
I have found that 4 of them use the hacks to sleep in and run though as they are jumping around their cage. I also use the ledges both wood and lava to give all my chinchillas more jumping spaces. I also give them the round cat toys with the slits in their cagez and at night ...