Buying Chinchilla Cages

Video Transcript

"The question is about buying chinchilla cages, and places or pet stores that deal or sell chinchillas should be able to advise you on that. And the reason is because it is kind of unique. The chinchilla is a rodent, but they're very agile. They like to jump, move, and run quite a bit. And so you actually use a quite tall cage that's also quite wide. And the reason for that is, again, so they can move around quite a bit. You want that cage to be multi-leveled. Chinchilla cages that you purchase commercially have levels already built within it, ramps that go up to two to three levels, typically, and generally different places for that chinchilla to rest. And so they are...like I said, they do need a large cage and you have to have a large enough space to put that cage. They also require that cage to be tall so they can jump and move around quite a bit. Chinchillas also require dust baths, which is the type of volcanic ash two or three times a week. So cages don't usually come with that, so you have to provide that for them several times a week, like I said. And so that's an additional thing that you have to get along with the cage. The cage also will need a water bottle and food bowls as well so they can eat and substrate on the bottom, which is typically shavings or something like that that chinchillas can lie in."