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On the chart: I sadly don't live with them and my girl friend doesn't weigh them that i know of. That's why it varies throughout the day. That's also why the dates are so infrequent. It does give enough information to know whether they're losing significant weight. One day they'll have their own...

She's back up the the weight she was when I started weighing her. The Breeder that we got them from had them on rabbit food if I recall, and when we got them we started them on timothy hay pellets from petco. Around 7/22 we began to feed them oxbow pellets. I doubt the petco stuff is really...

Hey, thanks guys! And I am using a canon 300d, probably one of the cheapest dslr's you can find, as it's from '03. really, you'd be hard pressed to find a camera that has lower specs, though when you scale down to this size it doesn't matter anyway. The lens is a 50mm 1.8stm, which has a...

I was giving the chins a dust bath a few weeks ago and I noticed kiwi decided to pile it all up into a corner and decided to sit in it. It then occurred to me that even though we use the recommended amount of dust it says on the jar, I had no idea what size bath house that amount would be good...

My girlfriend created some plans for her chin cage and I helped her assemble it. It is 54" x 36" x 54" That isn't going to be the final roof, but it'll hold them for now. The back wall is Particle board that has been wrapped with three layers. The innermost layer is fleece, followed by 1/4"...

Ah, fair point. We have two tiny dishes that we use some times. I put the old stuff in one and oxbow in the other. The oxbow is always totally empty so i just filled the big dish with oxbow. They didnt touch the old stuff. Kiwi's now making small poops, so im wondering if her pellet:hay ratio...

Question: Is it ok to abruptly change pellet brands if the chinchillas are indifferent/ prefer the new stuff? My judgement says no, because it's their stomach, not their tastebuds we need to worry about. I wouldnt ask if i knew for sure. We recently bought a bag of oxbow pellets since it seems...

Ours is permantly secured together by hinges. That one probably is too.

We have one here. The bars make a grid of holes ~2"x5" and a chinchilla can figure out how to squeeze through. It isn't a fast process for our 625g/650g girls, and you can predict when they're about to do it. As long as you keep close supervision still you'll be ok. Here is the behavior I've...

I can't give a complete guide but I'll get the ball rolling. First things first: there is no alternative to supervision. The the closer the better. Is the play pen one of those ones that's a bunch of cage pieces on hinges that you can set up? Like this...

Yeah I recognized Nibbler, what a perfect name for a chin. Just noticed you have a scruffy too. Perfect I'm not that handy either, but I can draft the plans. As long as we cut at the right angles, its not too complex of a design. I'll be happy when its finally done. I'm going to have to write...

Sorry I'm late. I guess I'm going to have to represent guys that like little hoppy balls of fur.

Ah, it was a reclining couch. See? I wasnt there and didnt know all the details. In that case it probably isn't a bad idea to try and get her outta that situation. I would have closed the door and blocked any other tight holes. By this time the room wouldnt be chin proof, but if they stop to...

I'm glad you found your baby safe and sound. I gotta say, that I wouldn't recommend moving the couch to grab Chili. I would say it is best to keep a constant watch on her location, and coax her out with a bath or limit her exit to one side so you can know where she'll come out. I, however...

Thats really amazing to hear. I look at craigs list and half the owners are off to university, so im glad you got to keep your Winston.

Thats ok, you know more about chinchillas than i ever will. Dslr's are a type of camera. A macro lens is what is used to take super closeup shots. And a flash difuser is a piece of plastic that goes over the flash to make the light go in random directions. It makes the light softer and a...

Whoo, I'm out of the post approval cycle. To celebrate, here are some more chinchilla pictures I took yesterday: I placed a fleece pillow into the cage. they hated the last one, I think it was too firm, and chinchillas don't seem to want to lay on top of soft things, they want to lay partially...

Hmm, I cant seem to figure out how to edit posts if possible. Sorry for posting two in a row, but I forgot to add, with the size of wads on your Chili, I would try and take it slow and remove small sections at a time if possible.

Kiwi had a wad like that, much smaller mind you, but we managed to comb it out. We used a fine grooming comb to work it out. It took quite a bit of passes and some considerable force to get out. By considerable I mean it would probably hurt like **** if you were brushing a knot out of your hair...

As i said before, what beautiful cages for beautiful chinchillas. After looking at this its no wonder the farret nations are so popular. And the signs are really cute, especially Astro's shooting star. Im drafting plans for my chins. Our cage is octagonal with 18x18 inch cage pannels. Its 3...