Chinchilla play pen?

[Becca]

So, I'm moving rooms (good news for me, but bad news for my chins). In my current room, I let them run around the whole room, on the bed, under my desk, where ever they want, and I won't care if they "damage" anything, because everything has been a victim to my chin's teeth anyway.

However, because I'm moving into a new room (and have spent a lot of money on it, £30 for a roll of wallpaper? And I need 5 of them?!) I cannot let my chinnies ruin anything in that room. The original idea was to keep them in my current room while I move into the new bedroom, but, my brother has lost his job and has to move back home, therefore, my current room will be made his room (you all still with me here?)

Anyway, my chinchillas cannot stay in the room with my brother, so they have to move into the new bedroom which I will be investing a lot of money into it, I physically cannot chinproof everything.. the bed, the walls, the wires.. they will chew EVERYTHING. So I was basically wondering if anyone uses a chinchilla play pen, their current cage is 5ft tall 2ft wide, with a lot of shelves, toys, hide-aways, so they are never bored. In fact, they hardly want to spend any time out of their cage. As for the play pen, I would custom build it so it uses the same material as the cage, it would be attached to the cage so they can have access to their cage and I would then detach it and put the play pen away when it's not in use. I would obviously put toys in the play pen area and make it fairly large.

Just wondering what people think of chinchilla play pens?

 

[Amethyst]

A lot of people use playpens, it's the next best thing to a chin proofed room, and in some cases the only option if a room can't be made chin proof. Just keep in mind that chins can jump 4-5 feet, so the pen needs to be high or have a top to prevent escapes, and of course watch them when in the pen, the fencing I use is only 2 feet high but my boys haven't figured out they can jump it yet. I attached a old pic of how I had a pen set up a couple years ago.

 

[Becca]

Can't seem to see your attached image, I would be building my own play pen so I would make it with a top thank you for your reply!


Also, scented candles in the chins room, is it safe? Never tried it because I have little knowledge on how much "scent" they can handle, it's also the main reason I have never used any perfumes or hairspray in the same room as them.

 

[dice]

It's not ruining, it's Chillaizing things. just have lots of alternate choices to chew and shoo them away for undesirable. I let my pair full access to my room on my days off. Always make sure and leave chewies in all their hiding places. Heck I have cats and chins, so one expects certain treasures to be received at the most inopportune times. lmao. Ode to joy, or something like that.

 

[BooBoo*TheKiddo*]

I've heard scented candles in the same room chins is a no-no.