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My youngest chin likes them. My older two ignore it. James thinks they're a treat.

We originally had Jacoby and then got James from a small local breeder. James bullies the older and calmer Jacoby. We later rescued a female chinchilla. Everyone is in the same room, in different cages. The boys have their own section of a fn and we just got our female a new cage. The one our...

I normally use Home Depot. I love the free samples though!

We switched to Purina Rabbit Chow Show Formula after our pet store was consistently out of oxbow. We have used it since early summer and my three are doing great. Our youngest gets an upset tummy easily and he is doing great on it.

All three of our chins are different. Our very first one, which came from a pet store doesn't know he is a chin (thinks he is a lap dog). James is the youngest at not quite a year and he came from a small breeder locally. He took some time to work with being young. He was just so scared of...

We have a 4 month old that prefers the hay to his pellets. After having him for a month he has gradually gotten better and he is eating them so stick with it. For some reason both of my boys tend to prefer the hay to the pellets, but then at least once a week they will clear the pellets out of...

Totally got the same look lol. Then the shipment of hay arrived.... Now he's used to it all.

I don't know of any in NJ, but have personally worked with and have adopted 3 ferrets from Barb at Rockies ferret shelter here in MD. I know we're not that far from you. I have never seen a woman dedicate her lives to an animal like Barb: http://www.rockysferrets.com/

Go slow and give them time to get used to you. I would often go in the room Jacoby's in (my son's bedroom) and just lie down and read a book near him. He could come near me and in the cage and sniff and run off if he felt scared. It took weeks of that. I allowed it to happen on his time. We've...

We have one and Jacoby loves it. He sleeps in it every night. He has also eaten part of the top of it :) We just bought a new one for him tonight.

I just tried the cubes with Jacoby for the first time in the past few weeks. He went gang busters for them at first and now he doesn't eat them as much. Meaning I still see them in the bowl. He is still eats both the fresh hay and the cube.

Thanks Stackie, I thought I remembered reading of that happening to one of you. I just couldn't find it again. I don't think the risk is worth it. I would be devastated. With other safer options out there we will stick to those.

Jacoby goes through stages. One day he is all over us on the floor and the next day he is so busy with his plans for playtime he can't be bothered. I agree with the advice above. We sit with him during play time and wait for him to come to us. Some nights he is all about us other nights he is...

I've gone back and researched the threads where you have talked about this in the past and frankly I'm more confused then when I started. Some are very pro and others very anti goji berries. Most of the threads dated from 2012 and back. I just wanted to see what your thoughts were of them right...

I have never attempted this myself. I have read many topics by wonderful people on here who have done it and know a lot on the subject. Try searching for introducing chinchillas in the search bar above us. You will find a lot of great information to help you.