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Hey there! I'm considering lining my Ferret Nation with hardware cloth - not because of chin babies (I just have a single male), but because MY babies like to shove things through the cage bars. I nearly had a heart attack a few weeks back when I found a chewed baby spoon in his cage, probably...

Hi there - I just moved to Maryland recently, and my apartment complex is apparently going to be without power on Monday for 8 hours while they do some work. Can anyone recommend somewhere I could board my chin for up to 8 hours on Monday while we're without power? We don't know anyone in the...

Hello there - When I checked on my chinchilla this morning, I noticed he had one eye that appeared to be stuck shut. I took a damp cloth and was able to help him open it some; it looks like his fur is stuck together directly over his eye. There's not really any other discharge (wet or dried)...

Hey there, My chin managed to get some plastic recently and chewed on some of it. He didn't appear to have ingested much (if any) - just chewed - but I want to be certain that he's okay. As far as I know, the main concern is blockage, for which I'd need to monitor his poops (which have been...

Hello there - I recently moved and managed to misplace half of my bolts & drop pins for my FN 142; I can still put the bottom together, but I'm missing the parts for the top. I've only been able to find one site that sells the drop pins ($20 for 4 of them!), and I haven't been able to find the...

Hello there! My name is Melanie, and I've been a chin-mom for about a year and a half now. (man, sounds like the start of an AA meeting!) This is my baby boy (not so baby anymore): I've been a forum-lurker for a few weeks now, so I figured it was about time I posted and said hi to everyone!

Hi all! I'm fairly new here (been lurking for a few weeks now). I've tried searching both on the forums and just using Google, but I can't seem to find anything on whether or not a chinchilla can contract strep. The closest I've found to a definitive yes or no was in this thread where the last...