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ChinnyMom
slave to Rhino and Guss
Hay - you want this in an open container. a cardboard box with no lid and holes cut in the side works well. the hay needs to 'breathe', so you don't want to close it up.
Feed - pellets are best stored in an airtight container. don't buy a whole bunch of pellets at one time because you don't want them sitting around for very long. a 3 to 4 month supply is about all you want to store.
Dust - a big tupperware container would work just fine. i keep my dust in it's original jar because one jar from petsmart lasts my one chin a long time.
Extra wood - i keep Rhino's extra wood pieces loose in a desk drawer.
Bedding - pine shavings i just leave in their original bag.
Fleece items - folded and stacked on top of my closet shelf.
Feed - pellets are best stored in an airtight container. don't buy a whole bunch of pellets at one time because you don't want them sitting around for very long. a 3 to 4 month supply is about all you want to store.
Dust - a big tupperware container would work just fine. i keep my dust in it's original jar because one jar from petsmart lasts my one chin a long time.
Extra wood - i keep Rhino's extra wood pieces loose in a desk drawer.
Bedding - pine shavings i just leave in their original bag.
Fleece items - folded and stacked on top of my closet shelf.
ok, so it's really only the pellets that need to be airtight right? thanks. I think I'm gonna go out and buy some containers for dust/feed/toys/bedding. I'm kinda a neat freak and I HATE when the bedding falls out of the opening in the original bag
ChinnyMom
slave to Rhino and Guss
i see a number of chin owners using this type of thing for supply storage: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-3-Drawer-Medium-Cart-Set-of-2-Magenta-Fire/11014779
been thinking of getting one myself, the desk drawer that has been designated for Rhino's stuff is starting to get a bit full, lol.
been thinking of getting one myself, the desk drawer that has been designated for Rhino's stuff is starting to get a bit full, lol.
cindyv3737
<---House beaver.
I use Tupperware that has a locking lid for my pellets. Target, wallmart or a grocery store will sell them. Hay I keep in a box with holes cut into it. All of my fleece is in a dresser drawer. Sticks I have in storage containers from target. I'm a neat freak too. Nothing is left out in the open aside from my carrier. Never know when the next quake is going to hit. My carrier and e-kit are under the cage.
cindyv3737
<---House beaver.
Mine has two weeks worth of food and hay, extra chews, a gallon of water and meds (bag balm, blue kote, gas drops and syringes). I also always have a dozen water bottles in the freezer.
Marie5656
Chinchilla slave
I keep the pellets in an air tight container in the fridge. Dust in it's original container. Bedding, I have a 30 gal trash bin, with a lid..I keep it in there. I keep a big scoop in there, and it works out well for me. I keep it in Trixie's playroom..and she loves to hide behind it.
greychins
NWI Chinchillas
We buy hay by the bale... so ours is lifted a few inches off the ground by some cut planks of wood.
Our feed... we have one of those storage containers used for pet food that holds about 50-70 pounds of chin chow (not sure you need to store that much, but we do). It's something like this - http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3088200 - but ours, thank heavens, is on wheels.
We keep the dust in it's original bag. Always seems ok.
Most of the rest of our supplies are kept in plastic storage drawers. See black ones on left and small white ones on the table - http://www.freewebs.com/nwichins/supply_area.JPG - despite the way they look... there's plenty of airflow and we've never had wood mold or anything like that...the taller white one is where we have the majority of our spare wood and spare chew toys...
Bedding... we just have bags of the shavings from tractor supply stacked on top of one another in one of the corners.
Fleece items we have in plastic totes... we sell hammocks and cuddle buddies and stuff, so we have a ton - and they're all just in plastic totes (organized by color) so that they can be easily picked out when someone wants one.
Our feed... we have one of those storage containers used for pet food that holds about 50-70 pounds of chin chow (not sure you need to store that much, but we do). It's something like this - http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3088200 - but ours, thank heavens, is on wheels.
We keep the dust in it's original bag. Always seems ok.
Most of the rest of our supplies are kept in plastic storage drawers. See black ones on left and small white ones on the table - http://www.freewebs.com/nwichins/supply_area.JPG - despite the way they look... there's plenty of airflow and we've never had wood mold or anything like that...the taller white one is where we have the majority of our spare wood and spare chew toys...
Bedding... we just have bags of the shavings from tractor supply stacked on top of one another in one of the corners.
Fleece items we have in plastic totes... we sell hammocks and cuddle buddies and stuff, so we have a ton - and they're all just in plastic totes (organized by color) so that they can be easily picked out when someone wants one.
ChinnyMom
slave to Rhino and Guss
Marie, i would just keep your pellets in an air tight container in a cool and dry location, and not in the fridge. refrigerating or freezing pellets can cause condensation on them when they come out of the cold, and that results in moisture that can mold the pellets.
