Recent content by chin8710

Wow! I love your cages! That must have been quite a chunk of change but well worth it! I love spoiling my chins. I'm in the process of redoing my chins cage (FNs), I figured after 2 years of the same design it's time for a change. I just bought all new fleece, hammocks, and tube coverings from...

I have the stressed one (Koda) freaked out and tried to attack through the cage, my finger was in the way and blood was drawn.

We have 2 dogs (rat terriers) and 3 cats. No other animal is allowed in my room. The bedroom door is always shut. My chins like it because it's their territory and they know it. My cat on the other doesn't because she can't sleep with me (even though she's never slept with me before). Now that...

I have two female chins. Both are three years old. At the moment, they are separated but I'm interested in introducing them and opening up the FN. My concern is one of the girls gets stressed easily. She'll stop eating if something stresses her out and then I have to take her to the vet for...

For me, the best way for me to catch my chins is to put out the dust bath. They jump in it every time.

I just fed her again and she ate about 8ml this time. I know that's not enough but I fed her several times today. She did a lot better too but she's learning my tricks on getting her to come to the door. Any suggestions on how to get her out of the cage?

I feed her Purina Rabbit Chow Show which I bought from Camphor Chins so it's fresh; it hasn't been sitting around. Her hay is Oxbow. I know she's not peeing because she always uses her litter box (pine shavings) and her cage is fleece lined. I've been smelling her liner too just to make sure...

I noticed yesterday morning that my chin is barely eating and barely drinking. She is eating hay though, she'll chew the apple sticks I give her too. I started feeding her critical care which is difficult because she spits it back out. Her poops are are getting small and round and she's not...

My one chin doesn't move her liner but the second loves to burrow in her fleece liner. I gave up trying to keep it down, she managed to move everything that I used to weigh it down. I straighten it every night and vacuum up the poop that gets underneath. She has fun playing and burrowing. I've...

It is adorable when she does it. It makes cute pictures! I just thought it was odd because 2 1/2 years old and she's never done it. Stackie - I will check out those items you mentioned. I've been wanting to "redecorate" their homes I guess this is the perfect excuse :-)

My chin has gotten into the habit recently of tunneling under her fleece liner. I don't have my liners pinned down at because they never bothered with them before. Now my one chin, Koda, is burrowing/tunneling under her liner and sometimes she'll just sit there and sleep and sometimes she'll fun...

By liners also have terry cloth in the middle. I just bought cheap towels that I found on clearance. I washed everything then cut them a little bigger and they fit perfectly. My one chin never pees in the litter box so I have to was often but my other one only pees in the litter box so it...

All my friends knew about chinchillas before I bought mine because I would discuss all the research I learned with them, it was just so intriguing I had to share! They were all accepting and some were wary about the smell they might cause but to me there really isn't a smell just that "pet" kind...

For some chins it is normal to sleep on their side. Both of mine sleep on their side when they are in a deep sleep one even "talks" in her sleep and kicks her feet. I suppose she's dreaming I just hope they're good dreams. Your chins sound like a lot of fun!

For all you book lovers out there, have you ever heard of the website paperbackswap.com? It's a wonderful site where you post your post books and whenever a member requests one from you you get a credit. You then use that credit to request a book of your own. The only thing you pay for is the...