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Thanks Amethyst!

We bought a huge batch of alfalfa cubes about a year and a half ago. We have fed them somewhat sparingly, so we still have some from that batch. Is there a point where the alfalfa cubes are so old we shouldn’t be giving them to our chins?

Thank you! I found a small blue-ish spot on one of the boards (I think it was there already), I will probably no put that one back in in case it's mold. Otherwise everything seems dry and clean.

So we have two sets of boards we rotate in our boys cage. I just cleaned a set that we had taken out a while ago (prob should've cleaned it right when I took them out), I plan on swapping them out with the ones in the cage tomorrow. I scrubbed them down with vinegar, let them sit for a bit...

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Thank you! Great to know! Do you think it's ok for the unaffected chin to take a bath with the Tinactin as well?

We recently noticed a bit of fur missing on one of our boys nose, it appears to be fungus. I dabbed some blu kote on it and some Tinactin powder should be arriving this evening. We plan on putting some of this powder in his dust bath, as we've read you can do. Any advice on fungus is...

Thank both of you, this is very helpful. Interesting to hear our boys could take up to 2 years to fully grow, thanks for that info Amethyst. What you're saying makes sense, Ticklechin, and I tend to believe the people who have owned the most amount of chins for the longest- they have the...

Hello, our two chinchillas both turned a year old recently. We've been feeding them timothy hay with Mazuri pellets. We would now and then give them some loose alfalfa hay along with the timothy, and we would put a couple alfalfa cubes in, replacing them once they were all eaten (usually a few a...

Yeah we'll probably try some willow sticks. Thanks Amethyst!

Hello- we've been giving our two chins 3 apple sticks apiece every night since we've had them (6 months). We get them from a great seller on this site, and they've always lost their minds when they see they're about to get them, and sit and chomp away like madchins until they're completely...

That's very good to hear. Thank you!

Hello, When we first got our chinchillas, I didn't do as much research as I should have about how long pellets last, so I stocked up on Mazuri. I got a 25 lb bag when we got the chins in late October, but (because we had other bags of Mazuri) didn't get to it until around mid-December. The...

Thanks, yeah it seems like what you describe probably happened. My only concern with an open window would be a draft effecting their respiratory systems. The cage is in the corner of the room, on the wall opposite from the windows. One of the windows is lined up with it (ie the cage is in the...

I don't think this is necessarily an emergency, because we're in NYC and it's 21 degrees outside and the heater in the bedroom (where the chins are) is off. The AC has been off since around 3 pm and it has stayed a pretty constant 59 degrees. However, I guess I'm concerned if the heat in the apt...

Great info, thank you!

So from what I've read, some people seem to think feeding alfalfa is fine, some think it may lead to too much calcium/stones. Most seem to agree that it's at least ok to feed it to chins under a year old- but I'm not certain exactly how much a young chin should get. Dusty and Spike are 6 and 7...

Great info, thank you!

Thank you! I'll keep an eye on their weight. I guess another concern of mine would be risk of heat stroke. We keep the room between 62-65, so would it be ok to leave the wheel in un-monitored (while checking in sometimes and keeping an eye on the weight), since we probably won't be able to...

Thank you. We've got a house and a chinchiller, maybe I'll move them to the corners. If they do pull it up or get under it, is there any risk to them, other than it just making it look messy?