This is great for what it is, so it earned 5 stars. That being said, in our experience it is good for a chinchilla but not great. Pros: cant fit through the bars (and boy has he tried), it comes already constructed and is super easy to set up and break down, and for us it is spacious enough for our one chinchilla and two adults to comfortably sit in with him.
Cons: after about a month our chinchilla has learned how to jump out. If there is anything on the floor he will use it as a launching platform to jump out. He also is able to jump over it with no support, by jumping onto the edge and hoisting over. Our makeshift solution is to duct tape cardboard to the top of the panels (see photo) to increase the height, though this isnt a long term solution. Also, as most chinchillas he wall surfs and we were concerned about him getting his legs stuck in the bars so we also used cardboard for that. Lastly, he loves to bite the bars and drag the fence around, probably because he thinks he can get out that way, but its pretty obnoxious.
If I could magically make a solution for this I think the simplest thing would be to add metal panels (or some non-chewable material, across the whole fence ideally, since seeing the outside world I think makes him more curious and antsy) and so chinchillas can safely bounce off the wall. And of course another foot in height would probably help keep him in.
But this is one of the best ones I have found that has enough area and small bars and it still works with the above modifications.
Ok for chinchilla
This is great for what it is, so it earned 5 stars. That being said, in our experience it is good for a chinchilla but not great. Pros: cant fit through the bars (and boy has he tried), it comes already constructed and is super easy to set up and break down, and for us it is spacious enough for our one chinchilla and two adults to comfortably sit in with him. Cons: after about a month our chinchilla has learned how to jump out. If there is anything on the floor he will use it as a launching platform to jump out. He also is able to jump over it with no support, by jumping onto the edge and hoisting over. Our makeshift solution is to duct tape cardboard to the top of the panels (see photo) to increase the height, though this isnt a long term solution. Also, as most chinchillas he wall surfs and we were concerned about him getting his legs stuck in the bars so we also used cardboard for that. Lastly, he loves to bite the bars and drag the fence around, probably because he thinks he can get out that way, but its pretty obnoxious. If I could magically make a solution for this I think the simplest thing would be to add metal panels (or some non-chewable material, across the whole fence ideally, since seeing the outside world I think makes him more curious and antsy) and so chinchillas can safely bounce off the wall. And of course another foot in height would probably help keep him in. But this is one of the best ones I have found that has enough area and small bars and it still works with the above modifications.