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After losing Rum and Jack both in less than a week, I am feeling pretty stung. Jack was started on antibiotics before even presenting symptoms. I am wondering how common URIs are in chinchillas? What is the survival rate? I've seen multiple threads on here with the chin passing, it's a little...

Are there any safe herbs and plants for chinchillas? I read on here before that dandelions were safe, so I dehydrated a whole bunch. We'll be getting our plants for our spring garden soon, and I always try to plant things for the animals. I'd like to do an herb garden this year. Does anyone...

I've been posting all over the forum about Jack's health problems and his brother's passing, so I thought I'd share some of the good stuff, too. This is Captain Jack Sparrow. He is the friendliest little guy I've ever met. He loves to get pets, and loves to have his ears rubbed. He...

I can't find any sort of guide to double check dosing for medications in chinchillas. Is there one? My vet is awesome, but I'm also neurotic and really prefer to double check everything. In my experience, she is good at under dosing, and since that can make antibiotic resistances, I really want...

I see that a lot of people use pine bedding. I come from the rat world where pine and cedar are both considered harmful (Phenols causing respiratory distress.). Is it not the same with chinchillas? I have been buying aspen, but I can access pine more easily and I don't really use bedding with my...

As my other thread stated, my boy Captain Jack lost his brother Rum yesterday. I have been showering him with affection, to which he's been happy about. Today I bought lots more wood to make perches and shelves and threw out the old, sanded down the new and got them strung up. He's a pleased boy...

Is the an approximate amount that a full grown male chin should be eating per month? I'd like to order some pellets from a seller on here, but I want to make sure I get enough to last, but not enough that it'll last TOO long.

I'm going to copy and paste my problem from another forum, so hopefully this isn't too choppy to understand. This was all posted around 6pm this afternoon, and it is now midnight. Rum came down with a respiratory infection out of nowhere starting this morning. He is now on Baytril, I just got...