Recent content by horslvr123

Thanks for the info ChinnyMom.. Unfortunatly, no air conditioner. Thankfully, the fan and keeping the curtains closed kept it fairly cool in here. My house is a mother in law apartment in a basement, so basicaly a studio apartment. Only one bedroom that is hardly big enough for a bed and...

Ive got 2 chins that live in a decent sized cage indoors, but I also have a realy huge outdoor rabbit cage that I was thinking of converting into a chin cage..But the chins would have to be outdoors since it wouldnt fit in the house. Im thinking they would like it, since in the winter we use a...

LOL.. If I keep him long enough to take him to a show, I will probably be to attached to let him go.. Thanks for the compliments..I cant take any credit.. All I did was say "Holy Cr##!! Theres a baby!!"

Thanks for the information.. I am going to be counting from the date she gave birth before the owner removed the male.. Im not picking them up for another 2 weeks, so unless I can convince her to seperate them again...... So, are the chances realy high that she got pregant right away?? My...

Heres my baby chin.. Im calling him Peanut Butter. I got the cage all baby proofed. The shelf hes on is barely above the ground, that is why I left it in. And momma likes to sleep under it. He is going to be up for adoption when hes old enough. If there is anyone in Washington State (Im near...

Will a male try and breed a female if she is already pregnant? Ive got a chance to get another pair of chins. Im going to seperate them and pair them up with my other chins in male/male and girl/girl pairs,(since I seperated mine to prevent more babies) but I was wondering that if she was...

My husband is putting a divider in it today to seperate the other chin. So mom and baby will only have the bottom half..And I will have him put the malamine on the ceiling...

How do male chins get along with baby chins? The female I got a little over a month ago had a baby this morning and besides her and the baby, they are in with male who is not the father of the kit. Ive searched the forum and cant seem to find any info on how family groups get along. Im just...

Here are some pics of the cage my husband made for me.. Its just an old cabinet I got at a garage sale this summer and have been using it as a catch all. The other pic is of my daughter and her "chin cheelas" as she calls them. These were taken just a couple days ago. And this morning, my...

Thanks for the information... So they dont shed like a dog or something? Certain times of the year or anything?

One of my chins is just shabby looking. Ive only had him a little while and he used to live in an old barn with no lighting, or whatever happened to come thru the stall doors. He was fed and still is, Mazuri chinchilla food. I make sure he gets a dust bath every couple of days. He gets free...

LOL.. I know. I was thinking the same thing about all the kids asking mom and dad for a chin.. Im trying to figure out a way to incorporate learning about chins in there daily class activities.. Like.. the letter C.. for instance.. or mammals.... I dont know.. Ideas always welcome... I like the...

Hi.. My daughter is in kindergarden and wanted to bring her chinchilla to class for show and tell... its a small class, about 10 kids. What are your thoughts on this?? The chin I have in mind is very mellow.. Loves attention and treats... I was thinking of bringing a dog "exercise" pen so he...

Thanks.. I will see if they have any pure timothy cubes and get that if i can.. If not.. i will look at alf/timothy cubes instead of pure timothy.. We feed our horses alfafla hay and I have been giving them handfulls of them a couple times a week.. but figured the cubes would be lots messier...

Coool.... I will definatly put pics up when its done... Im hoping to start on it this weekend...