Recent content by elithechinchilla

Hey everyone, I'm looking to see if anyone has experience giving a chinchilla eye drops? My chin has glaucoma and needs 1 drop in the AM and 1 in the PM and I'm struggling to give it to him. I mostly need a way that I can pin him down or grab him that won't hurt him, I know either way he'll be...

Hello!! My 6-year-old chinchilla just got diagnosed with glaucoma. He is totally blind in his left eye and will require eyedrops/ an eye lubricant for the rest of his life. Does anyone have any experience with a chinchilla with glaucoma? I know it is extremely rare, my vet has never seen it...

Hello, I've had my chin for almost 2 years now and I've been getting his hay from the same store each time but now the store is closed and I haven't been able to find a good hay that I liked. Petsmart/ petco have bags of hay that are very small pieces of hay (seems like they're scraps of hay...

Hello, I've had my chin for almost 2 years now and I've been getting his hay from the same store each time but now the store is closed and I haven't been able to find a good hay that I liked. Petsmart/ petco have bags of hay that are very small pieces of hay (seems like they're scraps of hay...

Okay here is my issue. I don't have two cages and I don't want to have to buy another cage. Is there any other way for me to bond the baby and my chin or is the best bet to not bother then? I want to at least see if I can bond them so would it work if I put them in the carrier together or a...

I currently have a male chinchilla who I rescued from Chin Friends on Long Island and I believe he was 4/5 when I rescued him so I believe he is about 5/6 years old now. A friend of mine is a vet tech and a girl she works with has a male and female chinchilla and they had babies. I'm interested...

Oh wow!!! How do you do that? Are the wood pieces nailed together or glued?

Hey guys I want to give my chin some more treats when he does something good. Right now I don't have any for him, occasionally I will give him one plain cheerio and he loves them but I don't want him getting chunky. Any recommendations for snacks for them to have that won't make him gain too...

Hello, I used to have a wood house for my chin that he LOVED but he chewed the thing apart. This was the one I had gotten for him: https://smile.amazon.com/Kaytee-100079175-Chinchilla-Hut-Hideout/dp/B0002AS5MI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487801618&sr=8-1&keywords=chinchilla+house Can someone...

Thank you guys so much! I picked up oxbow yesterday and only gave him hay yesterday and the day before and its much better! I'll give him the new pellets tomorrow :)

Omg I'm killing him!! Wow I really didn't even know this. I am going to go to the store and buy him a different food then. Thank you so much! Is there any other food I should give him to help him with the poop? I read somewhere that plain oats (like oatmeal with no flavor or anything) could help...

Hello. I've had my chin since May and in the last day and a half I have noticed that his poop is more wet. It's not runny or diarrhea, but it's not the hard solid pellets that it usually is. I haven't changed his diet at all and he doesn't get treats. I feed him the fiesta mix pellets every day...

Hello. I've had my chin since May and in the last day and a half I have noticed that his poop is more wet. It's not runny or diarrhea, but it's not the hard solid pellets that it usually is. I haven't changed his diet at all and he doesn't get treats. I feed him the fiesta mix pellets every day...

Thank you so much!! I'm going to look into those things right now :)

I was wondering what everyone uses for bedding? My chinchilla is litter pan trained so he only urinates in his litter pan but the odor is pretty strong. I clean it every 2-3 days and it will smell after a day. I'm a college student and I don't have the time to clean it every day (yes I have time...