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We got this chinchilla in and she was underweight when the previous owner got her and on top of it she went through two pregnancies back to back (and I suspect she had pregnancies before that as well). She's incredibly skinny and has a hunch back. What can I give her to make her gain weight...

Has anyone ever ordered from these guys: http://www.coconutking.com/home.html ? They have a lot of cheap stuff that you can buy in bulk, and I've been looking for vine balls and things like that for cheap because with the rescues I've got a shredding squad that goes though toys in a couple days...

I have one male chinchilla, and had two separately caged females previously. I tried introducing the female chinchillas when they were here, and they wouldn't have any of it. I'm wondering though what you guys think: is it necessary to have more than one chinchilla living together? In your...

We've started doing small scale fosters, taking in unwanted pets or those that owners can no longer care for. We got three rabbits from a woman the other night who was unable to care for them. Her car had broken down and she'd overdrafter by 150 dollars her bank account. The day before she'd...

I was wondering if it's safe to use child-safe rustoleum on chinchilla cages. It's commonly used to finish galvanized cages for rats and it's safe for them (provided that you let the paint cure for two weeks after it's applied), and I was wondering whether anyone had used it for a chinchilla...

I'm ordering a new cage for Chinchy this week, and I've settled on a quality cage townhome. I'd love to see pictures of your decked out quality cages, since it seems like so many members have ferret nations and I've rarely seen pictures of quality cages on here. Thanks!

This woman on craigslist who claims to have 15 years of chin rescuing experience refuses to separate a male and female bonded pair because they seem to be depressed when they're apart, and as she says, no one wants to see a sad chin. They've already had one kit together, and the woman seems to...

I've had Chalupa and Persephone a little over a month, and I intend to try and introduce them into the same cage once I get wooden shelves for them in a week or so. Persephone is really gentle, a 5 year old female, and they are going to be moving into her cage. I'm going to clean everything out...

I was getting together a chinchilla first aid kit, so I can have their basic needs taken care of in the event that they get sick, stop eating, etc, rather than having to run around and get things for them as they happen. I was going to get some anti-fungal dust to and put a bit of it in their...

My new girl Persephone likes to pee on the shelvees in her cage rather than the floor, right now she has plastic shelves that I've covered in fleece, but soon I'm going to get her pine ledges and on the off chance that she continues to pee on the shelves, how do you spot clean them? From what...

I noticed today that Chinchy seems to be chewing on his back inside toes from time to time, the same toe on each foot. I saw him sort of nibble at it, and the skin doesn't look broken, just a little pink and irritated. I wonder what I can do to make him stop doing that and also whether there's...

My new chin Persephone came with Sunseed Sunnaturals Chinchilla Food, almost an entire bag of the stuff. It's mostly pellet based, but it also has hay mixed in...and dried raisins and papaya. I mixed it with Oxbow to start to switch her over, and am making sure to avoid feeding her the papaya...

We adopted a new chinchilla this weekend named Persephone, who has literally been through Hades a few times in her life (we didn't name her that, ironic). She's around 5 years old, and apparently has been in five different homes in her lifetime, one of which was a barn, where she spent three...

I have a very "spirited" male chinchilla who is fairly aggressive towards anything that moves. Even so, he's still a really sweet boy, in spite of his nagging desires. I'm in the process of taking in a female chinchilla and I was wondering if anyone has experienced behavior changes due to an...

I'm trying to get quality hay for my chinchilla. He likes Kaytee (which I know many people don't like but I don't know why). I was wondering what users here dislike about kaytee hay. It seems to be softer than the oxbow hay that I bought, which has stalks hard enough to puncture my skin, and he...

Recently Chinchy has been more "aggressive". When we got a cat he seemed to take an interest in her and was part curious and part aggressive and nippy towards her. We've since made sure to keep them separate, since we don't want either to hurt eachother, but sometimes Verde will curl in my lap...

I came across this litter the other day when looking for stuff for my rats: http://www.oxbowanimalhealth.com/products/animal/detail;jsessionid=70CCC8D2ACB3C611A98DFB2726C5C734.vipa-07b?object=1616 , I was wondering if anyone has used it and how it's worked, or whether anyone thinks it's a good...

Does anyone on here know where I can get grape vine or willow (preferably unpeeled) wreaths that are 5 in. or more in diameter? I wanted to try and make dream catcher toys for my chinchilla this summer, and I know forchinate chins has them, but I was wondering if any seller on here did...

I've spent the last couple weeks preparing crab apple and apple wood for the first time for my chinchilla. He loves it just the way it is, but I was wondering if baking it with rosehips/hibiscus and/or other safe herbs for chinchillas would infuse it with the flavor of the herbs. They wouldn't...

I've had Chinchy for a few months and I'm ****-bent on spoiling him. He's probably a year and a half old, and I was wondering if he'd know how to use a wheel if I got him one. I've heard from a few sites that if a chinchilla isn't introduced to them early on that they won't know what to do with...