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Someone had once given us a very nice folding large dog crate that wasn't being used and it was just sitting in the garage at my mom's. I decided it was much more spacious and sturdy than the wire cage with the plastic bottom and shelves our chins were in when we got them, and since they were...

So despite the tempting price of timothy hay at Trickee Tack, I had a very difficult time motivating myself to make the 50 mile trek there and back just to spend less than 20 bucks for a couple of flakes even if the boys DO love the freshness of it compared to the stuff I can get at the much...

My mother had a relatively short lived project preoccupations for making buckwheat pillows for people that was supposed to be better for neck alignment or something but she ran out of beneficiaries to benefit from them long before she ran out of a rather large sack of buckwheat. I suppose it...

here's the pans we used for it - all about 16" diameter x 4" deep: Plews 75-751 Galvanized Utility Drain Pan http://www.amazon.com/Plews-75-751-Galvanized-Utility-Drain/dp/B000G78P8G/ref=pd_sim_199_3?ie=UTF8&dpID=41FosAozknL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=10A0PPTJFCG5CK44GNHV...

Yeah, we have one on the cage wall as well as the freestanding version. I couldn't find a large enough diameter pan with straight sides to use but although our pan has slightly flared sides (3.5 gallon oil/utility/feed galvanized steel type) the slight tilt of the mounting plate enables us to...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmbAApN0o6M sub out the bowl for the feed pan - stellar results. The skate bearings are closed/shielded from dust, and a couple drops of oil keeps them smooth and silent for years now. Only noise is from their little feet pattering on it!

Comprehensive and excellent video on building a proper chin sized wheel without the noise of the lazy susan mechanism. As per my comments on the youtube page section, I used the same 3-4 gallon feed/oil pans instead of the salad bowl in the video, though my first attempt used a stainless steel...

My guys get an overhaul of the living space every now and again, especially if I notice that there are some areas of the cage that doesn't get as routinely explored as the rest. They always seem to be extra affectionate whenever they notice me making some home improvements for them, even if its...

I had the same alarming thought too when I saw mine stretched out on the tile like a bearskin rug, but just dead to the world, not really dead, thank goodness! Mine like to run balls out on the wheel and get good and pooped out, then stretch out sideways all flat on the cold marble chiller...

Hah! Mine does the doggy-toy thing too, usually while running on the wheel, singing away while he trots at a medium pace. Sounds kinda like "Tra-lalalalala-LAH, TRA-lalalala-LAH!" and is very adorable, then ramps up to turbo mode at full speed and no time for talk then... All three of mine...

My boyfriend pointed out something the other day that was so fitting I can't believe I never thought of it. While he was previously referring to them as "rats" (much to my annoyance - he didn't like them because he was concerned about the dust getting everywhere and he is kind of a freak about...

I read that many people don't hear their pets vocalize much, but I am experiencing the opposite. At first I was concerned that the sound was a complaint of some sort because it sound so much like when a puppy whimpers out of anxiety or similar, but after hearing some recordings of the alarming...

There was a Netflix show I watched about Dogs which included a bit about a study that would indicate it is a genetic trait which makes a suitable pet. To summarize, it starts with the fact that ALL domestic dogs from Chihuahua to Great Dane share common ancestry - one particular species of Gray...

Good to hear this, as I was concerned about the fact that Mom has a tendency to think anything similar is close enough that its all the same. Taking this one step further then, which rabbit foods (brands) are known quality foods vs choices that would be a poor choice for sure and should be...

Will they experience any depression or anxiety from being separated?

Well, either that, or the boys have cloned themselves; we have unexpectedly doubled the number of chins with the mysterious materialization of two 'mini-me' versions of the originals. what should we do? we had no intent to breed our pets!

...that these little critters were so engaging! I didn't realize that they are nocturnal (as am I!) and so intelligent because whenever you see them in pet stores all they do is sit there or sleep in the corner. My mom had told me that she used to have one as a child, but I never really...