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    Chin won't eat hay

    I'm far from an expert, but from my experience, they can go through phases on what they like to eat. Some weeks, Amp will eat nothing but pellets, and won't need a hay bowl refill for days. Some weeks its the opposite, she'll barely touch the pellets and will empty her hay bowl in under an hour...
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    Chew items

    Ooh the hanging toys. Amp absolutely loves them, and we have the same issue, within a day of giving them to her, all the good bits are gone and she'll just ignore the one piece of whatever didn't entice her left on it. We figured out a way to keep her entertained and chewing without...
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    Chin Buddy :)

    We got a chin buddy for Amp a few months back and she totally goes through stages with it. For a couple days, if we put it on the shelf with her house and such, she throws it to the bottom and ignores it for a while. A few days later, she picks it up by the scruff of its (nonexistant) neck and...
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    warning calls when asleep. SO CUTE!

    Usually when amp sleep barks I'm awake and go give her scritches to wake her up/calm her down, but occasionally if I'm in bed or have my hands full she'll keep it up and do the same thing. Barks herself awake, then pops up on her back paws and does a quick inspection of the room and her cage to...
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    Chinchillas are supposed to like hammocks... right?

    We made Amp one of the folded fleece do it yourself hammocks when we built her new cage, and she had absolutely no interest in it (aside from using it as a springboard and getting mildly frightening heights) until we bought a different style online. We got her one of the corner types thats...
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    warning calls when asleep. SO CUTE!

    amp barks in her sleep quite a bit, and it took a while for me to make the connection that she sounds *exactly* like the dog toys with the squeaker in them. I don't know what she dreams about, but the way her ears twitch and her nose goes a mile a minute makes me think it must be pretty intense...
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    Dry feet and ears

    We just started noticing Amp's front paws are covered in dry skin too, we are trying to bag balm her but she hates the smell so much that as soon as its on she runs to her dust rock and digs at it, wiping the balm off. Any ideas on tips or tricks to make her accept it a bit easier?
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    I think Sniffles is mad at me?

    Amp grumps pretty hard when she feels like its time for playtime, but we don't agree. We usually bring her out every night, sometimes every other, and on the off nights when I vacuum her cage she'll try her hardest to bring herself out for playtime, gets thwarted, then goes to the top shelf and...
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    Princess castle play time ~pic heavy~

    those are spectacular! and so much cute xD I'm envious of your skills.
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    An average playtime for Amp

    "I bet i could chew the crap out of this before they catch me" "We don't eat blankets Amp." "you never let me chew anything fun"
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    Taking pictures of your chins?

    I just spent a good hour trying to get a picture of amp, I think i got maybe 5 all in all. I ended up trashing about 60 of just her tail as she bolted. The good ones i got were mostly pure luck. I suppose it didn't help that it was playtime, and shes nearly unstoppable during playtime. The best...
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    Anyone else find hay EVERYWHERE?

    hah, oh my god the hay. I've watched her do it too. I clean up the cage, vacuum it and all around it, refill the food, pretty the place up all nice... And the first thing she does is root around the hay bowl, pick up piece after piece after piece and throw it. Everywhere. Like shes looking for...
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    Do chins know their names?

    Amp definitely knows her name, if theres treats or new toys she'll come running, if shes chewing on things she should not be chewing on she'll look at us when we say her name. Sometimes she listens to "no" and sometimes she doesnt, be she always responds to Amp or Ampasaur xD
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    My very very not shy girl :)

    Same, if its nearly play time and I need to get into her cage, Amp will just fly out and sit on my shoulder. As long as I don't move too much, she sits still and watches the computer moniter while I fill the food or hay or sweep poo or whatever. But if I take too long or walk at all, she's tried...
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    Do chins smile?

    xD that picture is too much cute. That is very much the same face Amp makes after chin scritches, I love it.
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    Sleeping spots changed, normal?

    Our does this occasionally, she's got a hammock, a hidey house, a fleece "tent" and a fleece pocket to sleep in. 9 times out of 10 she sleeps on the top shelf. Sometimes she just flops down with her head in her food bowl. A couple times lately we've spotted her nodding off on a perch that just...
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    Dust bath question

    We do bath time after play time too, she seems to get way more into it then than she does any other times. But she does the same thing, flips and rolls like a crazy thing for a minute or two then bounces off and could not care less about it. I've read a few times to leave it in for a while, so...
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    Chinchilla eating hair

    Starry this gave me quite a giggle, Amp does the same thing, especially if I'm fresh out of the shower and still smell like conditioner. If you come up with a magical solution to getting Orville to stop, I'd love to know what it is, it seems the more I pull my hair away from her the more fun she...
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    Whos Chin has playtime Pooping Party's in Special Spots?

    Amp goes all over her cage, but when shes out she does the same thing, theres a spot next to the mattress we use to block the door that she can barely squeeze herself into that is thoroughly filled when runtime is over. Its pretty rare that we find poo's anywhere else. Shes pretty spectacular...
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    Chinchillas actually enjoying/watching television?

    We catch Amp watching intently when we have anime on, nothing else seems to hold her attention like One Piece. I think its the bright colors ^^;
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