How do you store your dust?

[Stitch-n-Roo]

I wanted to find a general consensus as to how everyone stores their large quantity of dust. I bought in bulk 15lbs of chinchilla dust for 20.00 with shipping from QMC :dance3: And yesterday I went into petsmart and saw they had those cute 3lb containers of blue cloud (on sale by the way). So do you store it in like a vittle vault or regular airtight food bin. Does it need to be in an air tight container and should I get a container that can fit more than 15lbs of bulk or does the dust compress pretty well?

 

[AZChins]

To tell you the truth, I don't do much to store the dust. It keeps for years and years without anything very special. It doesn't seem to attract bugs or anything. I keep my dust in the paper bags it came in for years. I open a bag and use it up right in the bag...it normally takes me a month or more to use a bag up.

 

[Tagna]

I'm the same Susan. I get a 50lb bag of dust and just have it open and fold over the top of the bag when I am done.

 

[Cuddlebug]

I keep mine in one of those food bins that you can get at Petco and Petsmart. The only reason I use the bin is because I keep it in the garage and I don't want anything getting spilled into it, or it getting spilled.

 

[Stackie]

I'm the same Susan. I get a 50lb bag of dust and just have it open and fold over the top of the bag when I am done.

Yep, same here. When I got it in the mail, I just left it in what it came in. Usually a trash bag inside a box.

 

[Twilight Chinchillas]

I recycle the buckets that you get when you purchase kitty litter. Once empty the dust goes into those. They stack well too if you have a lot of dust to store!

 

[Spoof]

I recycle the buckets that you get when you purchase kitty litter. Once empty the dust goes into those. They stack well too if you have a lot of dust to store!

Great minds think alike! Heh. I don't have cats but get these from a friend. The 20% free/more ones can hold almost two 50lb bags of dust. The regular ones hold a bag.

This prevents it from blowing out the bottom of the bag or getting everywhere when I drag it around.

 

[ticklechin]

I keep it in the bag with a 2 cup scoop in it.

 

[starleomach]

I also use the Kitty litter buckets...To many times my chinchillas have gotten loose and torn open bags of dust...

 

[GorillaJTA]

I keep mine in a 5 gallon bucket with a 1 quart scoop in it with a lid.

 

[AZChins]

I have a quarter cup scoop in mine, but the bag stays right in the same place - I fill up all the dusters right there and take them to the chins. If I moved it around, I would probably put the dust on a little cart.

 

[jags]

I have ten tons of dust in their original bags and on pallets in the garage. It will keep just fine that way until it is used up.

 

[Essentia]

Mine stays in the original bag.

 

[greychins]

I store it right in the bag. I just keep the top folded over when I'm not getting dust out.

 

[Silverrose]

I only have 1 chin, so I only have at most 10-15 lbs of dust at a time. I store it in one of the vittle vaults purely for looks and space saving. If I found a large enough container that was cute, I would probably put it in that lol.

 

[threewingedfury]

I use under the bed storage containers from Dollar General for $7. They fit exactly 50 lbs of dust in them and work perfect for fitting on the shelf of the FN cage

 

[cindyv3737]

I store it in the same bag it came in. There is a two cup pyrex that I leave in there. I kept an old kaytee container. So I refill that and leave it with the rest of the chin stuff in the house. I have a 50 pound bag that I got at a great price. The nice thing is I know I don't have to buy dust for a very long time.

 

[Stitch-n-Roo]

Tiffany you're genius. I will definitely go with this idea.

 

[Bostongirl'sChin75]

I keep mine in a Rubbermaid tub, only because I have cats, dogs and kids who are constantly running through the house, so I do not want it to get spilled. That and it is easier to keep the chin room organized with a few tubs rather than a lot of bags and boxes.

 

[Chintastic!]

I keep mine in a ten gallon our house paint came in. It makes a great stool for sitting and talking to the chins.

In the past I kept it in an old coke cooler, because it was there and looked pretty. Then the chins got moved and I didnt take the cooler downstairs with them.