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One of our boys distrusted us for weeks when we first got him - if our hands got near the cage, he'd start barking like a clown car alarm lol. Your kiddo will be fine, just try to limit putting your hand in the cage for a while & sit by the cage talking to her for a while each night. When she...

We always keep it between 69-70 in the apartment, but the chins stay in the coldest room where it typically hovers at 67. We had a power outtage last summer where it got up to 78 and we had to cover frozen water bottles in towels, but that was the only time I've seen them get uncomfortably hot...

on a FN, they're called casters. not sure if that's technically applicable to that model cage though Source: https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#safe=off&q=casters

Congrats on the new chin! When I got my first chin, I was in way over my head - I simply listened to the pet store employee advice like yourself, and little Gizmo had plenty of plastic, ramps & unsafe items until I found this site. This forum has a wealth of information, and you'll be amazed how...

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Hey all, so we just picked up our 3rd chin (9 week old kit) and we're hoping to eventually pair him with our 1 year old chin. I've read up plenty on intro methods & procedures, but couldn't find any advice based on age; at what age would it be appropriate to start attempting an intro? I know the...

Mojo sleeps in strange positions all the time - sometimes like a penguin, as you described it

Our younger chin Mojo has behaved this way since he was about 3 months old; he's a wild man, always full of energy and despite having quite a pampered cage he always wants to be out getting into trouble! He'll run circuits around his cage, bite & tug on the cage bars (some of the finish on my FN...

Hey all, I apologize for the long post but I'm a bit nervous after our recent vet visit today & hoping to gain a little insight from you! We moved from Louisville to Tallahassee 3 weeks ago, and both of our boys handled it exceptionally well; no behavioral problems, watched their diet/poos...

I have two boys (a 1 y.o. & a 2 y.o.) and they both do something similar...Gizmo will start biting at this hammock & tugging very hard at times, and Mojo will bite & tug on any accessories that aren't bolted down. I thought it was a reaction to stress at first, but we've had them over a year &...

I think it'd be a good idea, especially for the new owners...I unfortunately had not read up on this particular grooming habit until well after we came home one day and caught Gizmo in the act...it was a very confusing moment for everyone involved lol.

So after several different attempts, I'm giving up on the local store-bought water bottles: our first set would simply stop working (seemingly at random), our second set leaks fairly often & making a mess, and our third set seems to do a combination of both. Does anyone have any good...

For those suggesting Ryersons: the pics don't enlarge very well, is there enough room to attach a water bottle to the outside & mini mounted food dish? Normally I wouldn't worry too much about it & would assume they'd sleep the bulk of the way, however we're likely going to be on the road...

Shortly after posting this I found this: http://qualitycage.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=41_69_70&products_id=846 which I'm now thinking will work best. Thoughts?

Hey everyone, so my girlfriend just got a big promotion at work & it requires us to move to Tallahassee; we've lived in Louisville the entire time we've had the chins, & never needed a travel cage until now. The plan so far is to take a U-Haul full of our junk & an additional car for the...

I bought our boys a corner hammock to test it out (my cage is also super cramped - no room for the full size hammocks lol) and they showed precisely 0 interest in them for months. They eventually started sitting in them, and now the hammocks get daily use. Tubes are still by far the favorite...

Our younger chin Mojo is a little maniac, and he does this all the time too. Don't get me wrong, he's affectionate as can be & isn't the least bit aggressive, but he's very mouthy. He chews on ANYTHING, and he hardly ever sits still. No matter the time of day, if you walk up to the cage & open...

Gizmo does the exact same thing; he'll run about for 45 minutes, jump back in for a quick drink & power nap, then comes out for a 10-15 minute encore before jumping back in to snooze for an hour lol. But then we have Mojo, will always beg to be let out, even if it's only to sit on my shoulder...

I couldn't have said it better. Our boys have a heap of toys and several playgrounds outside the cage, and yet 2/3 of their playtime is spent misbehaving & trying to escape. Mojo even hops away popcorning his little butt off after I nudge him away from chewing things he shouldn't be. Some days I...

We use the fleece liner/litterbox combo & had a similar experience with our boys... They both had started in small individual petstore cages w/ aspen shavings, but when we got a FN182 we switched them over to fleece liners. We found out quickly that without a litter pan, those suckers got pretty...