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So on March 1st I finished treating my two lil guys with Metronidazole twice a day after a week. Poops were regular by the time the treatment was finished. Have cleaned the cage once every three days since the treatment was completed. I'm scheduled to repeat the treatment starting March 22nd...

Hey ya'll. So, a few days ago I noticed soft/runny/irregular stools littered across the boys' cage shelves. I brought them into the vet the next day and it turns out that the youngest tested positive for Giardia. Both of my boys started their oral medication last night (they live with one...

I'm familiar with the max temperatures that chins should be kept in, but what about the coldest? I ask because I'm realizing that the new rental I've just moved into has very poor insulation. It's freezing in here and it's not even winter yet. What would ya'll say is the minimum safe...

So excited to show off the new setup! After one very long month of fighting and living in separate cages, Dex and Nietzsche finally get along after 3 days of the small-cage-within-a-larger-cage introduction method. So to celebrate, I rearranged their cage and sewed them a new set of liners as...

None in particular, just any really. Photos would be great!

Crossing my fingers hoping somebody is looking to sell their Flying Saucer for a discounted price. I don't care that it's been used. I've just about had it with my chin spin. I know that a lot of the noise has to do with the cage (I have an FN 142, but I think it's been revamped because it's...

I'm in the process of introducing my two boys. I'm excited to try this method because so many people have had such good luck with it. But I'm wondering if a 2-hole Ryerson carrier (looks like this: ) will suffice if I put the dominant chin in just one of the slots and let my more passive boy...

So, I recently got a 2 month old male beige chin and am brushing back up on socializing techniques/methods. I just read on some site (not chins-n-hedgies) that one method that helps mold a chin into being really sociable/friendly is if you take it out of the cage and walk around the house...

THE HANDHELD DIRT DEVIL. you can buy one at target for $15. i've been using one since june of last year and it's still working great. literally cuts the time it takes clean cages and floors after playtime in half. i wish i'd bought one when i first got my chin a few years ago. so much quicker...

Does anybody have any experience flying with their chinchilla on a plane and how it works? I have a Ryerson carrier, so it's small. Also, does anybody know if passengers can hold the carrier on their lap in-flight, or do they just take them away from you shove them underneath or something...

Hi all-- I'm going to be moving from Southern California up to Southern Oregon this summer. It's my first year out of the dorms and I've got a lease that allows me to bring my chinchilla. That being said, I'm going to be driving all of my stuff up there with assistance from my parents. It's...

Nietzsche does the same thing. He has one of those superpet bendable wooden huts bent into a half circle on the lower level of his cage near his chin spin, and whenever I don't let him out he pulls the superpet hut over so that it is touching the chinspin, and then he begins sprinting on the...

yeah a baby gate is a really good idea. thank you for the pointer.