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Hi everyone. Last night while giving my chinchilla hay, i noticed he was grinding his teeth a little bit (i wasnt alarmed when i saw this because he grinds his teeth sometimes just to fall asleep, and just normal things like that) but what i was kind of wondering about was his tongue. He...

i know its important that my chinny has fresh loose hay daily, (i give him oxbow timothy hay) but 1) i noticed at the pet store they sell hay blocks/cubes. are these safe? and is there anything in them that is junky and shouldnt be given to him? and 2) i noticed that oxbow offers different...

i was just wondering if these - http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2750449 - are ok to give my chinchilla once and a while if he isnt chewing on it/eating it constantly? just for something for him to chew on.

hello! my chinchilla has been eating oxbow pellets for quite a while now, as well as timothy hay of course. (oxbow brand). he had no pellets left, so i needed to get some from the pet store..who was sold out of oxbow food! i purchased the living world chinchilla pellets (not a mixed food, just...

How many and how often to give as a treat? :)

Hey. So everything with my chin has been completely normal..but for almost 2 weeks his poo has been soft. Not very soft.. But you could squish it.it is shiny - because it is wet (not very much though. It's not runny) it has a very light odor that you can only smell if you bring it to ur nose to...

so lately.. when i go to sit by my chinnies cage and play with him.. he does this weird jumping thing. its hard to describe in words.. but he jumps like.. he goes to the other shelves in his cage and is on all 4 legs.. but suddenly jumps like (it looks like he has springs under his feet ) its...

lol.. i think it's kind of funny..but at the same time it makes me very curious as to what hes doing!! at night.. right before i go in my bed and while im sitting at my chinnnies cage, my chinchilla is going NUTS! i mean, bouncing off shelves.. eating, chewing, making little squeak noises...

So very early this morning I had to wake up and clean our my chinchillas cage. He broke open this product and was eating it!!!! He ate about 1/3 of the rocks. Do u think he will be okay!!!? This is the product...

So my chinchilla has been chewing his cage a lot tonight.. He is REALLY hyper for some reason. I think he wants out bc he's trying to squeeze his head through the bars which makes me REALLY nervous! Anyway, is him chewing the cage for his teeth? He has TONS of things to chew on.. Yet all I hear...

sometimes.. (happens mostly during playtime or when my chinchilla gets excited..) the veins in his ears turn red and are visible. i learned that this is a sign of over heat.. but when i touch his ears, they feel cold/cool and not hot at all.. and the temperature on my thermometer is fine. does...

so when i went to buy supplies at the pet store, there was a chinchilla breeder there. she recommended these as treats because they help to clear out the system of the chinnie, causing them to poo....they are just little pieces of dried papaya.. is this okay? my chinnie LOVES them and i only...

So currently it's 12:19am and my chnni is staying still just standing there in his cage.. Is this something I should worry about or should I just get a nights sleep? I'm not sure if he's just adjusting to his new cage location-I moved him last night from the basement to my room. Do u have...

Hello! If you haven't already, read the cage location thread. I moved him to my room last night.. And I realized the temperature in my room is much warmer than the basement. The thing is, once summer is over, my room will be much easier to keep cool. Do you think I should move him back? Wait a...

i have had several names for my chinchilla.. for some reason, they never stuck. I always end up calling him chinni or chinchi lol. if anybody has a cute name that you think i will stick with, feel free to post it! i think chewy is a cute name.. because he chews everything haha or curious chin...

heres a few pics of my chin sleeping... i was just playing with him (its 10 at night..) and about 20 mins ago.. he kept going to the same spot in his cage and laying down like this. however, i dont think anything is wrong because when i moved or got up or made a sound.. he stood up and hopped...

i know that the pet stores sell pumice stones that chinnies can chew on to maintain healthy teeth and satisfy their natural desire to bite... does anyone know if a store bought pumice stone would be safe? one like this...

hello ! i am in need of more chinchilla food and currently my chinnie eats oxbow. im thinking of switching to mmazuri, because as i can see on the petsmart website.. it is a lot cheaper in price. is this a bad idea since hes been on oxbow for a while? also.. can you reccomend any treats or...

Does your chinchilla ever have grumpy days? today.. mine has been sleeping all day and when i go to the cage, or stick my hand in (as i usually do--he sniffs me and comes to say hello) .. hes been making that kacking sound that i think means get lost. is this normal? or do you think there's...

Does anybodys chins grind their teeth sometimes? Mine doesn't do it excessively.. And he has tons of things to chew on/bite in his cage. But sometimes I'll hear him grind his teeth before he falls asleep or just randomly but for a very short amount of time.