Cleaning cages…ugh…
Before you have a room full of chinchillas be warned… it will take you forever to clean! Of course, would be easier if I had slide out pans, but chinchillas are much more comfortable on solid bottoms.
The routine? I have to take out the chinchillas (one section at a time, so I don’t get them confused!) so I can clean each cage. Each pan gets rinsed off and dried, then refilled with the bedding.
This can take several hours to complete.
I wonder how the large ranchers do it. They must break them into sections, so as not to do them all in one day. Plus, I’m sure they have paid help.
I’m currently renovating, so I hope to design a play area they can hang out in while I’m cleaning. Then maybe the children would help me more!
Cleaning cages is certainly the biggest downside of owning a chincilla, or any caged pet. Think about that before you get too many chinchillas! A few are just fine.
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