Recent content by JennaGordon

I feel like I should give some background information. The female was born to me, I own her parents and (hopefully) plan to neuter the father to re-introduce the pair because I don't want any more kits. The male I've had since February. They've been in adjacent cages for most of that time and...

I've got two six month old chinchillas - a female and a male (neutered). I've been reading up on introduction techniques for a long time but I would like to get all the information I can. The male was neutered 6 weeks ago now so I was planning on introducing them tonight or tomorrow. Any...

Yeah the shipping is more than the wheel in most cases :/ Can anyone tell me if this is a good wheel? I've never seen one quite like it before. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/chinchilla-exercise-running-wheel-/161262207594?pt=UK_Pet_Supplies_Small_Animals&hash=item258bfa026a

I live in the UK and I'm trying to find a flying saucer/exercise wheel for my chinchillas. Does anybody know where I can find one? Or if anybody has a second hand one for sale I'd be very interested. Thanks!

After months of searching for a female companion for my 4 month old girl I've had no luck. I thought I'd found the perfect one but after going to visit today I saw that it was actually a boy. I did really fall for this boy, so I'm now looking into the possibility of getting him neutered as I...

She's so lovely! What a pretty face.

Oh, and I'm happy to say the female has stopped the stretching now. Taking the shelves out seem to have confused her though so she's jumping around a bit, but she should calm down soon hopefully.

Thanks Dreamlite. I've now separated the male and female and there are no shelves in with the kit and female.

Hi everyone. A few months ago I purchased a breeding pair of chinchillas. This morning I came downstairs to see that my girl had given birth to a gorgeous little mosaic kit! This is not her first litter, but it is my first experience of a baby, so I have a few questions. It's been about two...

My chinchilla had watery eyes just like that. I tried lots of things, I rinsed her eyes, got rid of the sawdust from her cage, I got eye drops from the vets, but nothing made any difference. It crossed my mind that it might be Malo (Something her sister suffered from) so I took her to the vets...

I had another look at her foot quickly - it seemed to be a little red and shiny, and had a very small amount of dried blood. It seems that they're in the healing process. I'll keep an eye on her over the next few weeks and see how it goes. Thank you everybody for your input!

I can't really get a good picture of her feet without picking her up, which I'm trying to avoid at the moment. They don't seem dry, just a little red. I do have a hammock in the cage that they both use, although not very often. After looking at those bumblefoot pictures I don't think that's...

Just gonna chime in with my experience here. A few months ago I noticed one of my girls was pawing at her mouth and dribbling. I took her to my local vets who looked in her mouth with a scope and saw some spurs on her teeth. They put her under and filed them down. After that she seemed to be...

Wow, okay, thank you very much for the information! :)

Have you had a look at John Hopewell's cages? He's got a massive variety, so you might be able to find something you like there.