Our Chinnie Condos
Attaching the Wheel to the Cage
How to Make Your Own Shelves
| Our Chinnie Mansions | |||
 Basic Elements Front View |
 Basic Elements Side View |
 Zeus & Odin's Furnished Mansion |
 Earl & Edwyn's Furnished Mansion |
| These are our chin mansions from Quality Cage Company. I designed these cages myself and had them custom built. Apparently Quality Cage thought they were a very good idea because they now build several different models to sell on their web site. :) I highly recommend their cages... they are chew-proof, escape-proof, and they are collapsible for easy moving. Trust me, they are worth every penny. (I've bought five in three different sizes so far!) The cages above are the original 48" tall model with the Polytray. After owning these cages for a few months, I wrote to QC and suggested they make a slide out tray instead. They took my suggestion and now have a newer improved model with the powdercoated steel slide out tray. I also told QC they really needed to sell the 48" tall model with five shelves instead of four (including a double wide "middle floor" shelf), but they did not take my suggestion on that. They do, however, offer replacement shelves you can purchase on the web site separately, or it's really easy to make your own shelves. Two replacement shelves (besides the four that come with the cage) will make a middle floor. If you purchase a 48" tall cage, please buy or make a middle floor - it is MUCH safer for the chinchillas. My furballs were trying to leap across the cage from side to side and were missing the shelves way too often. Falling from top to bottom can be very dangerous for the chins as they can break limbs or cause internal damage. I also highly recommend the rolling stand. Not only is it easier to move them to clean up the area around their cage, it lifts them off the floor a bit so they are away from drafts, dust and dirt. My chins sleep and play in the top of the cage, but the wheel is at the bottom and they often go down there to pee too. It makes me feel so much better knowing they are not right at floor level. | |||
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Our Chinnie Condos Pics of Hopi's condo and Wilbur's condo are coming soon...
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| Attaching the Wheel to the Cage The pictures below show how I attached our Leo Braun wheels to the cages. When we first got the wheels we discovered the combined weight of chinnie and wheel made quite a racket banging the sides of the cage. Try sleeping in a small apartment with that going on! My solution cost less than $20 and was very easy to do by myself...
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| How to Make Your Own Shelves | |||
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