Kaytee Chinchilla Hut
$12.97
Price: $12.97
(as of Oct 31, 2025 18:07:57 UTC – Details)
Chin hut is the perfect little pine house for your pet. This all natural house features a simple slide-together assembly design meaning there’s no glue or screws that could harm your pet. Critters can sleep, hide, chew, and frolic in this neat little house. Chin hut’s universal design fits any pet’s home, plus it even fits perfectly onto Kaytee Comfort Shelves. It’s the perfect cabin for your chinchilla, pet rat or other critter.
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
Product Dimensions : 7.87 x 7.87 x 6.25 inches; 1.43 Pounds
Item model number : 100079175
Department : unisex-adult
Date First Available : October 1, 2004
Manufacturer : Central Garden & Pet
ASIN : B0002AS5MI
Best Sellers Rank: #26,231 in Pet Supplies (See Top 100 in Pet Supplies) #42 in Small Animal Beds
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Made with natural pine wood that is safe for animals to chew
Encourages natural chewing and nesting instincts
For chinchillas, pet rats, or other small animals
Provides an area to hide and rest
If your pet’s hideout becomes significantly gnawed and chewed, we suggest replacing it with a new one
Customers say
Customers find the chinchilla hut to be of good quality, particularly noting that guinea pigs love it. However, the durability receives negative feedback, with multiple customers reporting pieces breaking off during assembly. Assembly experiences are mixed – while some find it easy to put together, others say it’s difficult. The size also gets mixed reviews, with some finding it perfect while others say it’s too small to fit more than one chinchilla.
Stephanie Schmitz –
Good for the price
Got this to use as a nest for my parakeets. I like the fact that it’s easy to take apart to clean or put away when not needed. Also like that I can make my own base for it and that is has a large opening. It was easy to put together. Comes with clear picture instructions but is easy to figure out without them. Seems well made and doesn’t smell strongly. Doesn’t seem to have many splinters but I’ll probably still sand it down to be safe. Would buy again if it’s on sale for $10 like it is now. Most parrot nests are $20 or more and are a pain to clean out. I added a picture of the only real flaw I found which was a corner that looked chipped but it doesn’t affect anything it’s just cosmetic. Size wise I’d say it’s too small for anything bigger than a single guinea pig if even that. Tall enough for a chinchilla but not really wide enough for anything other than a single chinchilla to sleep in. Perfect for a Syrian hamster, rats, gerbils. I’ll try to update the post if/when my parakeets start using it.
Maggie –
Not sturdy like it used to be
I bought this same item earlier this year, it was very sturdy especially when putting it together. I needed to buy a new one for my chinchilla since she chewed it to pieces. So I ordered the exact same thing – except this time the wood snapped in half when putting it together, the top wouldnât fit no matter what, looks like the two wood beams on it were glued in the wrong spot.Very unfortunate and I ended up having to spend more money on a different house since this was was extremely cheap/easily broken this time around.
Pagan Rae –
Decent!
These are decently priced for what you receive. I much prefer these wooden huts, as I have rats and they constantly chew. I would much rather they chew wood instead of bits of plastic from igloos or sputniks. My only complaints with this and similar products is that wood absorbs urine and will become stained and smelly after long term use. This product does not have a floor, which is an excellent design choice to avoid excessive urine build up on the interior, which could be very detrimental to animals with sensitive respiratory tracts such as rats. They do enjoy lounging on the tops however, so the tops do have this absorption issue and get nasty quick.These huts will also fall apart fairly easily after the rats have chewed the corners where it connects. Once this happens, I simply spread the pieces out and rearrange them when I clean cages. They still utilize the pieces as chew toys, even if its no longer a hut.
Mbowman –
Love the item
I love the item some people have told me it’s not sturdy I haven’t had issues with that some people have told me it’s easy to distory haven’t had that issue either but I will say you gotta be careful putting it together if you do it wrong it will break the first one I got broke but it was still useable I used it until she chewed it all up this one I have had it for awhile now and again with no issues
R. Froelich –
Great as a hay box for guinea pigs!
I had been looking at various hay boxes for my guinea pigs, but everything I found was handmade and going to cost $35 or more plus high shipping costs. Then I came across this and it looked perfect!I recused two young female guinea pigs (only 2 months old and from the same litter) abd they BOTH turned out to be pregnant. That was quite a surprise! So now I have 6 babies who are growing fast and eating A LOT. I was filling their hay sack 4+ times a day so I needed something to hold a good amount of hay to get them through the day. This is the perfect solution!The pieces slid together fairly easily. The top was a bit snug and took some finagling to get on, but I am glad because it has a good tight fit which is perfect since I am using the hut upside down.It is making a great hay box for my guinea pigs and was much more cost effective than other items designed for the purpose. The hay stays neatly inside the box for the most part, it holds a lot, and it’s easy to fill! One of the mommas even likes to stretch up and get her hay from the top. The opening is large which is great for a few piggies to be eating at the same time. The only downside to that is that the babies can crawl inside with the hay which I don’t love because they poop in there. But once they’re bigger it shouldn’t be such an issue.P.S. For anyone wondering, no, I am not planning to keep all 6 babies. Just waiting for them to be old enough to separate from their mothers and then they will go to new families in pairs. And yes, I am taking them to the vet to be sexed so this doesn’t happen again.
Nicole Baker –
Easy and quick to assemble. Very sturdy and plenty of places for them to chew, chew, chew!
Whitney –
Lovely wood, smooth edges, easy to assemble
L –
There is no bottom, which may be a pro or con depending on your cage. Also my chinchillas chewed the whole thing apart so it is no longer a hut. I wish the basic shape was glued together so he wouldn’t be able to take it apart.
Vera Clinckers –
Ãén ervan was al stuk aangekomen. De andere is stuk gegaan bij het in elkaar zetten.Heb het dan in elkaar gezet met lijm maar is het door de geur????? dat ze er niet in willen?Zelfs knabbele’ doen ze er niet aan???
Fauveau Elodie –
Tres belle petite cabane ! Convient pour deux jeunes rats. Un peu petit pour un chinchilla. Belle finition. Arrive en kit a monter. Tres facile a monter mais attention fragile.