Small enslosed playpens?

[Godofgods]

Anyone have ideas for a very small enclosed playpen? I dont actually want it for them to play in. There whole room is built to let them run around. But i wanted to try giving them there dust baths outside of the cage now to avoid the mass dust mess inside. But, naturally, when they came out tonight they were rly only concerned in exploring. (granted it was there first time out in this new room.) But still, id like to have a small enclosure that i could let them into. Where theirs rly only room for them to focus on a dust bath.

And suggestions?

 

[Amethyst]

It's not a playpen, but I use a small critter cage for their dust house in the room they play in. I can't seem to post attachments right now for some reason (I keep getting an error saying I already posted the pic on another thread, even though that is impossible since I just took the photo...) so I can't show you mine, but

it looks similar to that and one of those plastic house shaped dust houses fills up about 1/3 of the cage to give you a size idea. I just open the door to the cage during playtime when I want to let them in, and the bonus is I can close them inside and throw a sheet over top so the dust doesn't go everywhere if I want to. Or I can put them in if I want to give them a bath but not playtime, like when I clean their cage and I can't watch them completely.

 

[BooBoo*TheKiddo*]

I use the same cage Amethyst with almost the same method. I throw a piece of fleece over the cage instead of a sheet because I have chewers. It helps at keeping the dust from getting all over everything and saves the a/c a bit.

 

[Godofgods]

Could work if it had to, but id like to find something enclosed that i can let the chins walk out of there cage into. Most of mine hate being picked up. One is deathly afraid of it, and another has a pathological fear of it. (something might have happened in his past i think) So im trying to avoid anything that would involve me picking them up.

 

[lightningturtle]

My girl just has one of those clear bath houses. All I have to do is tap on it and she assumes the position by the designated door. As soon as the door opens she all but throws herself into the bath house for blissful flopping.

When she's done she goes home and I put it away. We haven't had any problems with her peeing in it, but then again she doesn't have it on hand all the time.

 

[BooBoo*TheKiddo*]

Will they jump into the dust bath and then you transport them to the bath cage?

 

[Godofgods]

Will they jump into the dust bath and then you transport them to the bath cage?

No. These chins are far to smart for that. They love there dust bath. But they can tell if something isnt quite right.

And when i had them out of the cage, in there chin safe room, they were far more interested in being out then going to the sand baths. So i need to enclose the space a bit. I also usually am not in the room when they take there sand bath due to an extreme case of non allergic rhinitis. So i wanted a little enclosure i could set up (no more then a square yard~) that i could let them out into, secure shut, put there sand baths in for them, and leave the room. Then i usually come back in 15 min or so when they are done and move along to the next set of chins or clean up if im done.

 

[BooBoo*TheKiddo*]

What about one of these?

http://www.petsupplies.com/item/mar...-8319-E211-96D6-BC305BEDEAD8&mr:referralID=NA

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EF2YBN6?psc=1

http://www.amazon.com/Octagon-Puppy...qid=1361408785&sr=1-87&keywords=Puppy+Playpen

 

[Godofgods]

What about one of these?

http://www.petsupplies.com/item/mar...-8319-E211-96D6-BC305BEDEAD8&mr:referralID=NA

Those were i types i originally had in mind actually. I like that first one. This is the smaller 8 panel version of that same one. It should just barley fit in the area (if shaped as a circle.) Maybe they can go together with fewer panels. Of course i will have to get the top cover for it. Im sure the rest would catch on, but i have one chin who can jump that distance to the top and balance himself on a cage bar that thin. - Houdini always lives up to the hype'

I would also add just as an fyi, the irony of it yet again. I have my chins in two Ferret Nation cages. If they got this they would have a Ferret playpen. All the while my actual ferrets are sitting in a dinky plastic cage across the room from them :hmm: (They just cant handle large cages. And ones mostly blind now so it wouldn't be good to change his cage on him anyway)

 

[BooBoo*TheKiddo*]

I think if you were to use fewer panels than actually intended the the top cover might not fit it properly.

 

[Godofgods]

I think if you were to use fewer panels than actually intended the the top cover might not fit it properly.

Yea i figured that too. If im able to make it smaller (if i need to), then i should be able to come up with something else for the roof.