Recent content by Crabe

Ok I adopted a new chin (Harry) at 9 months. It's been just a little over a year. . . So I got Harry a flying saucer wheel. He loves it and runs constantly, but at night he literally pounces on it to start running and then he screams out 3 or 4 times. He never stops running while making the god...

My newest little chin does the same thing. He also pounces on his wheel to run and makes that same screech/ scream. It's only at night. I thought his feet might be injured, or something else, but he's perfectly fine. Just vocal guy I guess. Side note my older chin is now super quiet at night.

Goldenview vets in golden , co. I've boarded my chin there before. They took wonderful care of Chinny.

I was thinking of boarding him for a few days. I am going to put his cage outside while they spray to keep from getting to contaminated and of course clean it thoroughly before I bring him back in. I can't imagine having a colony under my mattress! It's so annoying because I am a clean freak...

I don't know if anyone has dealt with this, but if you have I need your help. I've just moved into a new apartment and I think it has bedbugs. Now using my common sense I believe I would have to board Chinny while the apt is being treated. So how long would I have to board him? What if anything...

About a year ago I bought chinny a wheel off eBay. It's been fine, but really loud. It wasn't much of a problem because lived in the middle nowhere. Having recently moved to an apartment I didn't want to drive my neighbors crazy so I decided to get chinny a flying saucer. His previous owner had...

I had a revelation about my chinchilla the other day. He hates Sarah Jessica Parker. I was watching SATC ( like a marathon). Everytime the musci plays and she talks he squaks. I thought something was wrong with him at first. There was no loud noise to upset him. He wasn't sleeping, so it wasn't...

My mom has never met Chinny, but every phone conversation she always brings up that I should get rid of him. She thinks he's dirty and diseased. No matter what I say to contradict her. Some people will never understand and don't want to. It's sad though because chinchillas are amazing.

I was in a Petsmart with some friends and they had chinchillas in these little cages and full of plastic. I just couldn't help but think about everything being done wrong and I started to cry and ran out of the store. Needless to say I'm not exactly the crying type and my friends thought I was...

Yea totally. I was under the impression I had to give hay everyday. I think I will try hay cubes as well. That's a great idea. Thanks. And it's like they always know when they're being talked about right? Has anyone used those hay wheels? I wonder if that would help having less hay waste?

Yea same here both ceramic bowls. He never pees in the pellets. I just bought 3 different hays of oxbow for this round so we'll see how it goes. Glad to know it's not just my Chinny. As I type this he is digging through his hay and discarding. So spoiled, so lucky I love him so much!

So I guess this is a vent, sort of. When I got Chinny he came with two 90oz bags of kaytee Timothy hay. He wasn't really eating any of it. Through this place I learned oxbow was a good hay, so that's what I bought. He ate it until he just out of nowhere stopped. So I got American pet diner and...

I had to take a job in Alaska for the summer. Chinny couldn't come with. So for 5 months I suffered without him. We have totally re bonded and he's even back to giving me and my boyfriend "tooth love".

I'm just so excited I had to share with everyone. After being away from Chinny for 5 months I just got him back. It was so terrible being separated for so long. I will never leave him for that long again. But he is in good health and still the happiest chinchilla. I can't wait to get him moved...

Wow ok thanks all very very much. He will be nowhere near my beloved Chinny. I had no idea they were that preditorially driven.