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My chinchilla is now probably a year now, he is a male beige chinchilla and I've been quite worried. I came downstairs for my usual routine and noticed that his butt is wet. I quickly investigated and came to the conclusion that its probably not blood (due to the fact that there is no sign of...

What does overgrown teeth look like? Cause I dont know whats average size. How would I know if his teeth are overgrown?

My chinchilla who is now 10 months has been having really dry and red feet. I was just wondering about the best way to apply the ointment. Should I put it on an object and let them walk on it? Because he is pretty new so he doesnt like to be touched. Also, can I use vaseline instead of bag balm...

Ive had my chinchilla for a little over a month and in that span of time I got a small mosaic chinchilla. The chinchilla came from a certified breeder, but my older chinchilla came from sketchy people on kijiji. I noticed that my older chinchilla has wierd behaviours compared to my new mosaic...

Ive had my chinchilla for a little over a month now, I realized that he has some kind of dirt on his paws. At first I thought it was a scabbed cut, but then the next day is was gone but now moved around on his paw. Im not sure where the dirt is coming from because his cage is fairly clean. Or...

I found out that his eyes were watery but it went away a few days later. Now i noticed that his eyes are beginning to bald a bit. What should I do about his balding eyes?

My chinchilla ive had for a week or so had been worrying me because he has these eye boogers on one of his eyes. The eye boogers look like the ones you get in the morning just whiter. Its not very close to a liquid and its very hard and crusty. Its been like this for a few days and has not built...

I got my chinchilla 4 or 5 days ago and he came home with some uneven rough spots on his fur (the previous owners said his fur was messed up because he had a fight with other chinchillas). I didnt think much of it until now because he is still shedding. Their is sometimes just small clumps of...

So I got my chinchilla 4 or 5 days ago and we brought him home in a carboard box. I put him and his cardboard box and in the cage and decided to use the cardboard box as a hideout and started to realize that he was eating it. I quickly took it out and now his cage is cardboard free. Now im just...

Hes eating his hay just fine and chewing his toys and acting normal. His food howhever is still being crumbled. Im just worried because the first few days he was eating fine and then he randomly began crumbling his food.

I've had my chinchilla for 4 or 5 days now, and I realized that he had been crumbling his food. The first 3 days he wasn't crumbling it but now he is, and I'm very worried. He isn't showing signs of sickness such as discharge from eyes and nose (I'm not sure for other symptoms cause I don't...

I'm a new chinchilla owner and I'm wondering if my chinchilla is ok. I've had him for about 4-5 days and the first 2 days he was eating his pellets just fine, then I just noticed yesterday that his pellets were being crumbled. He isn't discharging from his eyes or nose and is acting quite usual...