Chinchilla-Proofing Your Home

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Your chinchilla will be happiest if let out of its cage every evening and allowed to run around in a room. However, because they like to chew on things like furniture and wires, you need to cover these things to protect them and your chinchillas. Baseboards and Furnishings Baseboards and other wooden furnishings are prime [...]

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Chinchilla Planet:

Tyler,

Chinchillas will chew on just about anything. Tape will not stop them and could actually be harmful. The best thing to do is cover the wires with something durable like wood. However, even the tiniest exposed wire will be found and chewed on. We've learned this from experience.

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Tyler:

I have a t.v. and an xbox 360 in my room. both combined are like 1000 dollars. i am getting a chin and i want to know if i could cover the wires in like tape or something to stop the chin from chewing on them

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Brian:

Dameian,
The chinchilla probably wouldn't slip out if the gaps between the cage wires is at least 1-inch wide. I would say that would be the bare minimum in case he might hurt himself sticking his head out. Otherwise, 3-4cm to 1/2 would be ideal.

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dameian:

okay im getting a chinchilla and i have been none to be "careless" and i do not want to lose my chinchilla no matter what and i no i should buy a cage with out plastic wiring buy what if the chinchilla will slip out of it or something and i cant find him / her what should i do???

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Chinchilla Planet:

Zetina,

You can certainly cover everything with wood. Just make sure nothing can fall or slip on your chinchilla. No matter how closely you watch, eventually your chinchilla will chew on something if not protected. They love chewing!

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zetina:

I'm going to get a chinchilla soon so I want to be ready. Can I cover all of my walls and stuff with wooden pieces? I would, of course, watch it the whole time and have other chewing things there to keep it busy so it wouldn't chew the wooden walls.

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