Could this be used?

[Mookie]

I'm not saying I want to or need to use this, but I was just wondering, could a dog crate be used as a temporary chinchilla cage?

 

[caiti]

Depends on the dog crate. It's have to be one with small enough spacing, sturdy enough to hold shelves if it isn't a "sick" cage for animals that need their movement restricted, and have preferably no plastic to chew. It doesn't really matter what it's labeled as, as long as it is safe for whomever is using it. Just use the same standards you would in judging whether to use any cage.

 

[addictedtochins]

I had a small one like 12"x6" I used to take the year old boys to town in one time. I could not believe it when Jack jumped on my leg while I was driving. I thought the door wasn't hinged right. I pull over, put him back in and watched him climb out of a 1-1/2 inch bar space. Another time my boy was kept in a quarantine cage (a normal plastic and wire airline carrier) I wake up to find he chewed through the plastic wall and escaped.

 

[Mookie]

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2753745&lmdn=Pet+Size&ab=pt_crates_medium
I'm pretty sure this is the one I have, of course if I did need it ever I would add things and what not.

 

[ChinnyMom]

i asked the same question not too long ago and many people here said the bar spacing on most dog crates was too wide for chins.

your crate (if it is the same as the link) has the larger spaces along the bottom, and i'd be very concerned a chin might try to squeeze through there and get stuck.

 

[Mookie]

Hm I guess if I used it,I would have to cover it in ire mesh or some other material. Well thanks everyone, thats good to know

 

[Cuddlebug]

I have one of those here. It was left buy a customer who came from Arizona to buy a couple of chins from me. The chins were 6 months old and got out of that cage within 30 seconds. I cage him my old travel cage so that he didn't have chins running around his truck on the way home.

 

[greychins]

It would depend on the dog crate. I just had one brought over with a rescue chin, and she used it perfectly fine for the chin's home. That said, it's a smaller dog crate - maybe meant for a dog that was TOPS 20-25 pounds. On the other hand, my dog crate (meant to fit my almost-50-pound-dog), considerably larger as well, has bar spacing that is too big.. but this one has 1" bar spacing.

 

[LovinTheSmallAndFurry]

It would depend on the dog crate. I just had one brought over with a rescue chin, and she used it perfectly fine for the chin's home. That said, it's a smaller dog crate - maybe meant for a dog that was TOPS 20-25 pounds. On the other hand, my dog crate (meant to fit my almost-50-pound-dog), considerably larger as well, has bar spacing that is too big.. but this one has 1" bar spacing.

Ooh, this is info I'll be needing in the future, thanks for the pic, that helped a lot!!

 

[mistywaterwoman]

I initially had one like that for use as an evacuation cage (we live in New Orleans, have to be ready for hurricanes) and thankfully I never had to use it. My biggest complaint was that it took up so much space just to store it for emergencies.
As soon as Quality Cage came out with their collapsible cages, I bought those for my evac cages, and they fold flat and fit under the Ferret Nations.