this, for $40 bucks?
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ErinsChins
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For the cage? No, I think I have that one, and if I do it was $35 new and it's tiny.
toxxxic.kitten
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I think it's a good deal considering that a big bag of carefresh like that is like $25 alone.
Tagna
Chin lover
I had that cage and hated it. The bars were very flimsy and broke. I threw it out as I didn't even want to use if for a spare cage.
addictedtochins
Socially inept
No, it's to small and flimsy for a good chin cage.
It depends what you want to use the cage for. That cage is 24" high x 12" deep x 14 or 16" wide. It is an All Living Things cage that is fine for a pair of rats, but not big enough for chins. I believe they sell for $49 USD at PetSmart.
ChinnyMom
slave to Rhino and Guss
i'd probably keep it as a spare/emergency/evacuation type cage (since it looks easier to transport than a FN, lol, and i have my heart set on a FN!), or for quarantining a single if i ever have more than one chin that i plan on housing together at some point.
Dusty Foot Prints
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I think the bed is the same one @ Petsmart that's for ferrets and it has a really fuzzy interior. It looked like it would shred fairly easily.
Chin_Up_Sunshine
Chinnie Paparazzi
My boys figured out how to pop those doors open. I recommend some kind of clip to help that. When I got them they were living in one made of similar stuff, and I guess it could have done, but it was a little flimsier that I was comfortable with and I worried about the bottom etc. But as a quarantine or transport cage I'd probably use it.
suzi1780
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you could take the carefresh to petsmart/petco and return it for store credit, I have done that with some items I was given but would not use (kaytee hay and kayee dust) and I used the store credit to get a glass water bottle, lava chews and the super pet wood chinchilla hut (those are about the only items I would get at petsmart/petco and use for chins)
ChinnyMom
slave to Rhino and Guss
petsmarts around here are sticklers about having a receipt for returns, so i don't think i'd be able to do that.
the fleece things could easily be re-sold to a ferret keeper. i have a corner hammock coming from camphor anyway, and if my snuggie doesn't work well enough for making other fleece stuff, my kiddo has a couple of old fleece hoodies that no longer fit that would work, and are anti-pill.
the doors on this cage close the same way as the cage that Gery was in when i was babysitting her. the way they close/latch, i don't see how a chin could get it open. heck, i had a bit of trouble opening Gery's cage until i figured out where to put pressure on the door latch, lol.
the seller won't go for less than $40, and my offered $30 was basically poo pooed. sad, because everything is brand new, never been used. seller was going to get a sugar glider and decided not to after cage and such was bought (i personally think it would be a bad cage for a glider, they'd slink out through the bars!).
oh, well, the search continues!
the fleece things could easily be re-sold to a ferret keeper. i have a corner hammock coming from camphor anyway, and if my snuggie doesn't work well enough for making other fleece stuff, my kiddo has a couple of old fleece hoodies that no longer fit that would work, and are anti-pill.
the doors on this cage close the same way as the cage that Gery was in when i was babysitting her. the way they close/latch, i don't see how a chin could get it open. heck, i had a bit of trouble opening Gery's cage until i figured out where to put pressure on the door latch, lol.
the seller won't go for less than $40, and my offered $30 was basically poo pooed. sad, because everything is brand new, never been used. seller was going to get a sugar glider and decided not to after cage and such was bought (i personally think it would be a bad cage for a glider, they'd slink out through the bars!).
oh, well, the search continues!
