In another article we discussed the need to allow your chinchilla to bathe. However, we didn't mention specifics on dust bath options which we'll do here.
Super Pet Chinchilla Bath House
The first bath house that we purchased was from Super Pet (see image below). It functions as specified by the manufacturer except we never felt comfortable with the hook mechanism for attaching it to a cage. Instead, we just placed it at the bottom of our cage. Our chinchillas seemed to like it and being plastic it was easy to clean.
If we could, we would get the manufacturer to make a non-colored version of this product. We'd also get them to make the plastic smooth so we'd have a better view of our chinchillas rolling around in the dust.
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October 8th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
A fish bowl is fine. You can use any container really. Clear class is good because you can see through it and won't get as scratched as plastic.
October 8th, 2007 at 11:06 am
Is it ok if i used a fish bowl?its big enough for my 2 chins now…but is there any difference aside from it being glass and clear?
July 20th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Kelsey,
Chinchillas aren't usually afraid of confined spaces. Quite the opposite really as they like to crawl in to boxes and tubes. Are you staying around when you put the bath house out? If so, try leaving your chinchilla alone to explore on its own schedule. Another idea is to try putting some dust on a flat surface to introduce it to your chinchillas. Then use a container.
Good luck!
July 20th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Hi there,
I just got my chinchilla on monday!!! She is such a cutie pie but i think that she is afraid of using the bath house. I don't know if it is because she is still new here or if she just doesn't like the confined space of the bath house. Do you have any suggestions? Thank-you
April 15th, 2007 at 11:59 am
Jayme,
Your new chinchilla will probably be stressed just because of the change in surroundings. To ease the transition, leave your new chinchilla alone at the beginning rather than trying to force it to play with you.
As for cage size, the bigger the better. Breeders keep their chinchillas in fairly small cages and hobbyists like us construct cages that are 2' x 4' x 4'. If you do decide to get one, be sure you have a place where you can let it run around outside of the cage.