Recent content by Kialana

The material should be Blizzard or Anti-Pill fleece only. You can find it at fabric shops. Any other can be dangerous if it frays (the strings could cause impaction if swallowed). The stuffing should also be the same kind of fleece just in case she chews a hole in it. Different chins like...

I know that there are countless forums here on Chins and Hedgies on chinchilla introductions, but I'd appreciate any help that anyone could provide. First, I've had the new older one, Sigfried since the 22nd of January when his owner basically dumped him off on me without much notice. After his...

I got really lucky with adopting my chin. He has never peed on his shelves and when I switching from using KD pine for his bedding to fleece with a Pyrex dish litter box of his shavings he learned really fast with minimal accidents. Now if only we can work on his skittishness and fur chewing...

I started with KD pine shavings which was messy but worked well as far as absorption and odor. Then once I got my Critter Nation I switched to fleece which a Pyrex dish filled with KD pine shavings. My chin took no time to learn to use his litter box and has had very minimal accidents on the...

I chin proof two different ways. One is if he is only in his playpen, I sit in it with him with a sheet over the top so he can't escape. He climbs all over me attempting to find a way out, but has yet to succeed. Because I'm in it with him, I tell him 'no' if he tries to chew at the sheet. This...

Wow, I have to agree with "something being in the air" last week. I know of at least 6 people who had weeks from heck ranging from work being so bad one of my friends nearly quit to emergency room visits late at night both which will resulted in surgery. Throw in the middle car issues, close...

The site linked here did work for me. Unfortunately a lot of the sounds are mislabeled. My chin Zidane however did bounce around looking for the "phantom chinchillas." It was cute. He even talked back to the one mislabeled angry. Found another site. It's limited but there are a few. You just...

It seems the longer I have my chin, the more crazy nicknames I give him. Sometimes I even sing them to him. First it was Chin-chin-cherie (a parody of the chimney sweepers' song from Mary Poppins), then Chinny-Chinny Bang-Bang (parody of of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) now it's Chinnichanga (parody...

I did a good amount of research as I was communicating with my chin's foster mom before i got him. During that time (she was hard to reach because she was out of town and the people taking care of him never contacted me so it took months before I got to see him) I had gotten raisins and a...

Hmmm, Some other horror movie villain names: Jack Torrance (The Shining), Norman Bates of course (Psycho), Patrick Bateman (American Psycho), Captain Spalding (House of 1000 Corpses), Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs), Damien Thorne (The Omen), Pazuzu (The Exorcist), Pennywise (It), Creeper...

I am SO happy! I get to finally join the Ferret Nation Club! Well, mine is technically a Critter Nation 161, but I can always get an add on to make it a double. :) This is a huge deal for me because last year I came so close to getting a FN142 from Craigslist. Unfortunately it wasn't secured in...

My boy started sleeping like that after two weeks when I first got him. It freaked me out the first time, but at this point I'm used to it because he does it practically everyday. I just saw him actually in the process of lying down which made me laugh because he went from being on all fours to...

The camera on my phone is bad but the pose was so adorable I couldn't resist taking a picture! Happy Valentine's Day!

Mine chews on his bars for attention. I put a hanging toy in his usual chewing place. It dissuaded him for a bit (he was very annoyed with me) then he decided it would be more fun to pull it all the way back then make it crash into the bars which makes an even louder noise. If I ignore him...

Will do! So far, he's been eating it out of my hand just fine so that's the first step. I'll let you know how he is in the next few weeks. :thumbsup: