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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...

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...

This is kind of a random question. But, okay, so I'm only 18. I'm attending University of Oregon in the fall. I'm not planning on adopting a dog until I've either completed my bachelor's degree or maybe even until I've completed my masters degree and am living in a home of my own. So basically...

I'm so mad. I cannot believe what I found online yesterday evening. So I was browsing through the chinchilla tag on Tumblr last night like I usually do, when I stumbled across a photo set of a chinchilla "smoking" (basically holding and chewing on) a joint. I'm actually not sure that it's just...

I've heard over the years that chinchillas enjoy watching television, that owners who have TV's mounted on the wall will turn on the television and the chinchilla will stop what it's doing and just watch. This may be, and probably is a stupid question, but do they actually enjoy TV, or are they...

I've decided that at least trying to move Nietzsche (1.5 y.o) and Bleach (about 8 y.o) in together would be a good idea. I've made one really weak attempt at introducing them before during play time but Nietzsche was really aggressive towards Bleach, so I separated them and have not tried it...

At night after an hour of playtime, my male chin always lets off a musky odor right before I go to bed while I'm giving him his nightly scritches. I would have looked this up but didn't know how to properly phrase it really...(?) When he releases the odor he makes a very distinct cooing sound...

I've just about finished up the process of giving my chin the medication Panacur for Giardia. I've been cleaning up thoroughly every day since I received the medication, but what other methods can be used? How do I sanitize my carpets? What disinfectant should I use when cleaning out his metal...

I'm sure you guys have heard about cats viewing their owners as their servants, while dogs view their owners as their companions or friends. This is probably a stupid question but does anybody have any insight as to how chins view their owners?

I know this topic has probably been posted dozens of times on here, so I apologize for the repetition, but I'm concerned about my chin. Today at 8 PM I let Nietzche out to play for an hour like I always do, and after an hour he climbed back into his cage, I closed it, and I went to drop my...

Did things go smoothly? Roughly? How are your chins in terms of living as a pair today? Post stories below!

I know that fleas are incapable of living within a chin's dense fur because they would suffocate to death, but are fleas able to? I ask this because I just found a tick on my dog. My dog and my chin don't play together but I leave my room door open when I'm gone, so obviously it's possible that...

But is it possible to house a hedgehog in a FN 142? I have one chin who owns both levels right now. But do you think dividing the cage (obviously) and keeping the hedgehog on top and chin on bottom would be alright? Or do you need to keep hedgehogs in a tank? I know that they have different...