Chinchilla 'hamster' ball

[Chinbutt]

Absolutely not!!!!! Chinchillas will overheat in those balls and die!!! The whole point for play time with chinchillas is to let them out to play in a room that has been safe for a chinchillas to play. It hurts to know people put chins in those balls. They are definitely not made for chins. :tantrum:

And yes, I do believe it is very cruel!

This is pretty much how I feel about it as well. My two chins get play time in my girlfriend's office every day. We use computer/electrical tubing to secure any wires/cables in the room. Everything else is up out of reach and they enjoy running around & sleeping on a large pillow tucked away under a table. The poop is probably the easiest to clean up of any animal I've ever owned - it's dry, small, and can easily be vacuumed. I wish more people would let their chins play like this, it's not a hassle at all and they're really happy with the time out of the cage.