Recent content by erinsamedi

Oh, another thing I should totally mention. Depending on what part of the city you live in, some parts of the city are VERY prone to brownouts during the hot months. Especially the neighborhoods around the reservoir (Silverlake, Echo Park, Los Feliz). Luckily I have a really flexible job and if...

Hi! I live in LA and have two chinchillas. From the months of November to June, the heat is very rarely a problem. LA is pretty temperate and winter nights actually get quite chilly. A Window Unit is a small air conditioning unit that uses less energy that cooling your whole house, it just...

After reading the advice here, I decided to push it a little bit with Tofu. I made the call because I could tell from his personality that his negative reactions to being picked up were more out of irritation than fear based on his body language. (he does not cower, he just chitters at me, hops...

Hi everyone! I've had my little homie Tofu for about two weeks now and we are getting along great. Here I was, prepared for my new chin to be shy, scared of me, etc. However, after 2 days he was soliciting me for scratches, after a week I was able to pet him pretty much wherever I want (even...

no no no, don't house rats and mice together. Rats are omnivorous predators and will kill and eat mice. Our tame, friendly to humans rat ate one of my friend's pet flying squirrels.