Recent content by Screechy

I know overheating is deadly for chins, but do they know if they're warm/overheating? I ask because my Squid LOVES crawling up in my hoodies or shirts to sleep while I'm watching TV or cuddle up right by the vent when the heat is on. I assumed he would know if he was too warm and move. Though...

Good to know! I might get an upwards facing lamp then. I live downtown and my room window has a fantastic view of a brick wall. So the natural lighting is rather poor to begin with. I'm often gone during the day in classes or at work and I'm sure a lamp will be much more energy efficient than...

Hey guys! I know chin's should have 12 hours light 12 hours dark, and living in Canada I'm soon getting into the season where we only have ~7-8 hours of light a day. How should I provide the remaining light? Does a lamp work? Squid's cage is in my room so leaving my room light on all day while...

The vet had instructed I do epsom salt soaks followed by a chlorhexidine soak, followed by antibacterial cream application. The cage is fine, all fleece and apple wood. The vet said shavings aggravate bumbelfoot and should not be in a cage whatsoever in this scenario. He even said all wood...

Hi all, My little Squid has some pretty bad bumblefoot from poor husbandry on the past owners part :banghead: So, the vet has directed me to give him an epsom salt soak once every 12 hours, followed by an antibacterial application and then cream (along with his antibiotics and...

Sorry that's my bad with the image! So I ended up taking Squid to the vet because I was horribly worried about him. The vet said he was in fact underweight and had "pododermatitis likely secondary" :( He cleaned the wounds with an antiseptic and prescribed both Meloxicam( Metacam?) which is...

Ive just adopted this chinchilla from someone who didn't really seem to care for him. Although he had a large cage it was empty other than a shelf, water bottle and food dish. The base of his cage had blue fluff (some sort of absorbent material) sprinkled sparingly throughout. You could still...