done your chin do this??

[sheltiefan]

I have a hammock for my chin and it clips to the side of the cage using binder rings like this one

http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/937633/Office-Depot-Loose-Leaf-Rings-3/

Well for about 2 months or so every other night, chi chi will sit in her hammock and mess with it over and over until the ring pops open making her drop the the self below. its not a far drop bout a foot down. If i don't get it right away she will play with the clip. If i do get it i put it back and she will do it again. the next day she may leave it alone for a day or two but then will do it again.

Also on one of the corners she chewed the gromet until it came loose. I had to do another one. I know the first one was probally my fault because it was my first home made hammock and first time doing the gromet so it may have not been on tight. But come on cant she just leave stuff alone!! But she still chews on them from time to time.

Why does she do this and what can i do to make her leave it alone

 

[greychins]

My chins do that as well. I refuse to use those rings like you linked to - for that exact reason - they can open too easily. I use split rings, which... if a chinchilla figured out how to get one of those open... evolution would be moving too fast.

And yeah, they may chew the hammocks/grommets. Mine, I have simply learned that most of them do not want anything more than a fleece hammock (maybe) in their cage, and they even chew that.

 

[GorillaJTA]

Chins will mess with something and ruin it just because they can. I have a food dish that clips to the cage, and they will pull it off and bang it around the cage, even though it dumps all the food out.

 

[Rob Walker]

Yup, it's definitely a "because I can" thing.