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Has anyone built their own cage? If so post pictures please

I name mine after their personalities. Sometimes it takes weeks to months to name them.

Ok thanks do yall use hot water?

I was just wondering what type of detergent to use for washing fleece items? Someone recommended me to use dreft for babys. So my question is has anyone else used it? Or does anyone know if its safe for chins?

Have you tryed slowly introducing them?

Ok thank yall for the advice! Susan i think its my ebony male because when i was weighing them the other day he was chasing the poor standard around the cage then when i took the standard out the ebony starting making a noise. It was like a mix between a bark and chattering. He still tried to...

They are actually fighting the ebony will bite the standard and he will chase him all over the cage even when the standard is at the bottom sleeping the ebony will go go find him and chase him. The standard is missing alot of fur on his butt and his ears have a alot of bite marks on them and he...

Yes actually i can and none of them are related the males or female

I have a quick question? i have 4 male chins in the same cage and they started to fight the other day. I do have a female in the same room in a different cage could they possiblely be fighting because of her? I didnt think about it until this morning that she might be in heat? I have read that...

Ok thank y'all for the advice! I really appreciate it. Kansas city chinchillas- I didn't know you could give them oatmeal as a treat? I give my rabbits a pinch of old fashion oatmeal to help when they have problems with digesting there pellets. Godofgods- ok thanks ill keep a better eye on him...

Ive had them about a month and a half now. I didn't start letting them out until about 3 weeks after I brought them home. I have learned chinchillas take a lot of patience just like any afraid animal. Sometimes it seems like he's trying to protect the other 3. When I rub them he starts making a...

Yes the first girl I got it took about 3months for her to get use to me now im the only one who can touch her. I sit in the middle of the room and let all four of them out but he just stays under the cage until the other 3go back inside the cage than he'll go back inside.

I recently bought 4 chinchillas and they are all males and housed together in a double ferret nation. Two of them are about 2 years and the other two are about a year old. The standard, black velvet and the ebony will come to the cage and take treats from my hand and let me touch them. The...

okay i want to rescue chins only and may i ask the big and major differences between a registered and not registered rescue? and how would i found out how many chinchillas i can have in my care legally? I've looked for a long time but i still cant find anything about how many or anything else

How do you start a rescue step by step? What legal papers do you have to file? Everything i should know about starting a rescue? So if anyone could please help me with these questions i have searched for days about these questions:crossfingers::frown2: