Recent content by Ellembas

Hey! First of all, I'm so sorry to hear about your sugar glider, but chins are amazing pets too. You do not want anything that you're going to leave in the cage to be made out of plastic. (So no to the litter box) Plastic bath houses are okay, as they'll never be used unsupervised, but if your...

Thank you for the replies. I feel so much better about it now, and won't be spending as much time fretting about her over the weekends. I'll be sure to leave her a back up food bowl and some extra toys. I'm sure I'll have some making up to do though! :') Oh! And thanks for the wedding wishes!! :P

I am going to London this weekend (Sat morn-Mon evening) and I'm worried about leaving my chinchilla alone. My mum will be able to change her food, hay and water both days, and check she's doing okay, and I'll leave the radio on for some environmental stimulation. I don't think that she'll be...

My only chin Padfoot was a rescue and so took a lot of work to get over some of her fears about people and the new environment, especially as I moved house a couple of months after I first got her, but over the half a year that I've had her I feel she's really progressed. She loves her...

Thanks! Glad to hear its nothing serious. :)

I've ordered a fleece corner hammock, tunnel and blanket for her nest house. I would much rather be safe than sorry, just wanted something for her to cuddle in to. :)

My 8 month old chin has started popcorning a lot more than I'm used to the last couple of days. I know it normally means they're quite happy, and so it may seem ridiculous that I think it's a problem but I just wanted to double check that she's okay. I'd say around 10-15 times per hour. She'll...

Okay, I just wanted to check. Ill order some fleece for her, thank you :)

So I have one of those pillows that fit around your neck, usually for car or plane journeys to keep your head upright, but I'm not sure what material it's made of. I left it on my desk once and my chin curled up between it and the wall and did some snoozing. Since then, almost every playtime she...

Thanks, I caught her drinking this morning, and the water level has gone down a cm or two, but her food and hay still seems to be untouched. Ill get her to a vet this afternoon. Thank you for the advice! X

I got my first chin around 3 months ago: a 6 month old, grey female. She was very skittish due to previously unpleasant care and it took a few weeks for any trust to even begin to form, and it is still very much in the process. A few days ago I bought a new cage for her (31.5"w x 20"d x 54"h)...