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This is Mips! He's 8 years old this year, and starting to grow distinguished white whiskers. He likes scritches on the top of his head and along the back of his neck, but never on his butt!

Thank you so much for the info! I'll check out that page :)

Hi, I'm looking to commission a fleece cover for a single-story FN. I'd like the fleece to go over the top, the two sides, and the back, with possibly some allowance for tucking in the back. I'm hoping this will reduce Mips' spray radius for poop and hay (he really likes to let go when he's...

I know that this is a super late response to an old thread, but thanks for all the additional advice--we just moved into the new condo and although we will have our own washer and dryer, I'm still really invested in keeping them as nice as they are now! I will probably go with a combination of...

Hello! We are looking to relocate from a ground-story house to an apartment-styled condominium unit at the end of the summer. Mips has fleece covers in his Ferret Nation, and I've been shaking them out once a week in our backyard--but being that we'll be on the top story of a building, I'm...

I recently bought a sizeable box of cottonwood chew chunks and Mips has been more or less uninterested in anything over the size of a super teensy twig :( He's still working on the last of his apple chunks (which is from the same vendor and he looooves his applewood), is there a chance that he...

Hi! I've read about people's chins enjoying the Ware Deluxe Pop-up playpen (http://www.amazon.com/Ware-Manufacturing-Deluxe-Playpen-Large/dp/B001ATBR5C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392661940&sr=8-1&keywords=ware+pop+up+playpen) I'm considering buying one and I have two questions for those of you who...

Thanks for the response, Basket and akane! I gave him a few strands of it just now and he gobbled it right up, haha! It sounds like a handful or two over the course of a week is the way to go :)

While at Petsmart for timothy hay and pellets, I thought I'd try one of the other Oxbow hays that were available, since I recall reading about some owners switching it up for their chins. Thought I was grabbing Orchard hay, it turned out to be "Botanical Hay," which turned out to be a mix of...

Thanks for the responses! It's good to know that he's not the only moody chin out there!

So Mips seems to go through phases where he's just not interested in playtime--a couple days a week, he'll only hop out, run around the room a couple of times, sometimes popcorn, and go right back into his cage. Sometimes he doesn't come out at all, but there are also days where he seems super...

The treats in the "less healthy" feeds tend to be pretty sugary and junky, so I would advise against that. Like akane and ninjaturtletayy said, "old-fashioned" oats (not the instant stuff! That will expand in their stomach and potentially cause problems) and sugar free cereal are popular and...

I'm so glad that he's safely in his new digs! :) I'm looking forward to hearing about his antics on here! Thanks again for giving him a loving home.

:D I'm pretty pleased that he's not humpy, as long as it's not some sign of hormonal imbalance or anything, haha! He's definitely got boyparts that weren't as apparent when he was a baby, so I know he's at least developed secondary sex traits. He's kind of small for an adult chin (compared to...

I have a male chin who's just turned one in august, and from the posts that crop up from time to time here, I've been steeling myself for when he turns into a hump monster. However, while there are days where he's been bratty and teenage-y, he's never tried to hump my hand or his snuggle whale...

I'm glad to hear that! Thank you for the information, everyone!

He definitely is eating it. Just to clarify, this is chin-safe loofah that I order from a vendor in the forums.

Mips loves loofah and will come running at the sound of me ripping off little bits--it's been really nice as a training aid--if he hops onto my lap, he gets a little chunk as a treat. I've been careful not to give him too much--he gets in aggregate what would be about a square inch of loofah...

I'm sorry if this is wrong, but I think I read somewhere on this forum that because distilled water has had all minerals removed from it, it's not a great water for pets. I may be mistaken though...can anyone confirm this?

It sounds to me like option 1 is the best out of all of these. As long as your boss/landlord is on board with the idea (and agrees to some chin rules) and your office isn't loud or has lots of people coming in and out, I really don't see the downside to this one. We moved our chin to the...