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We ran out of chinchilla sand and I have been to two pet shops today but strangely both were sold out, and my chins really needed a sand bath. My boyfriend had the idea of going to a reptile shop across the road... he's bought a bag of greyish coloured reptile sand, it looks to be a similar...

Thanks for the replies. He wasn't given an x ray or any pain meds so I'm thinking the vet mustn't have thought it was so bad? (Although it didn't look as bad at that point because he hadn't chewed it) We decided to bathe it in saline solution today and it is actually looking better now, the...

About 4 days ago my partner accidentally stood on the back leg of our chinchilla Gus while he was out for play time. He took Gus down to the vet, and the leg isn't broken, but the vet was worried it may become infected (although there was no open cut at that point) so he's given us some Medical...

(sorry, just posted that twice, and I don't know how to delete a message only how to edit!)

Oh my, I'm not letting my parents see this thread - they'll never look after my boys for our next summer holiday if I do!!!

I have a chin who I think is going through puberty at the minute. He's recently started biting me when I put my hand into the cage. He was never the friendliest chin (generally prefers doing his own thing than being held) but now I am getting scared to pick him up because whenever I do he gets...

I'm not an expert on the subject, but I wouldn't have thought putting them in a pet carrier together would be a good idea. I know people do it and have said that it works, but personally I think it is a bit cruel. I haven't had chins for long, but I do have two chins that I bonded myself. I...

I don't think it is play, but it's not very aggressive either. It's sort of like they're telling each other off really. I've never seen Jerry actually bite or go for Gus (or vice versa), but they will kack at each other and like I said Gus has lost some fur - however he is generally a pretty...

I have two male chins that have been living together for around 4 months. They're both pretty young (less than a year), and it all seemed to be going great until a couple of weeks ago. It seems like Jerry has started bullying Gus - for example if I put a new gnaw block in the cage and Gus...

I'm not sure - I always feel they would enjoy it but am too scared of them eating something they shouldn't so I haven't tried it!

I thought of the colouring thing - he does have some red coloured wood in his cage but I dismissed it because his eye was a bit swollen, so I assumed it was something that had come from his eye. (I meant saline solution when I said salt water by the way, I'd forgotten what it was called and...

I have a male chin who is about 6/7 months old. When I got home today I noticed that he had a pinky-red mark on the fur on his face, and his eye was a little red around the outside. I couldn't see any cuts or anything, and since he is white I think the blood would have stained a lot more if he...

lol, mine seem to enjoy watching tv too! Anyhoo I'm really annoyed now... the new food he recommended came today and from reading the back of the packet I've realised that their definition of "muesli-based" food is a mix... so my vet thought that Oxbow was "muesli-based" i.e. full of treats...

I had one chin at first and he seemed happy on his own, but I decided to get him a cagemate anyway. I only really have time to spend about an hour a day playing with my pets so I felt he would like the company. So I got another male and bonded them, they're now the best of friends and it's...

Thanks to all for the advice and comments so far. I'm going to keep them in the living room despite his advice because there are no visible signs of stress from the tv noise, and it is actually the quitest room in our house anyway. I was a bit taken aback when he told me that Oxbow was not a...

I took my 2 chins to the vet today as they have both been having a bit of diarrhoea recently. This is what he said to me: - Do not keep them in the living room because the noise is too stressful for them (even though we're only in there about 2 hours a day and the tv is not loud). The stress...

Alli - I know how hot it will be, that's the problem! Unfortunately it is necessary that they go, not just a check-up. We've left the car in the garage overnight so it won't have been out in the sun before we go. I'll use the chinchiller idea as well, didn't think of that =) and I will put...

I don't usually have to worry about my chins overheating, as most of the time it's pretty cool where I live (Northern UK). But recently the weather has been really hot and humid for round here, and while it's cool enough in the house it's absolutely baking outside. I have to take my 2 chins to...

I understand your problem, it can be really hard to get them back in the cage! I usually use a couple of techniques... I will either wait until one of them jumps onto my lap and quickly scoop them up before they know what's happening, tempt them over to me with a treat and pick them up whilst...

I let mine out for up to an hour, usually once every 2 days but sometimes they'll get out on consecutive nights if I'm not busy. I think it depends on the chin how much of your time they need. Mine are a little jumpy and wary of people. They seem to prefer to do their own thing than to have...