Recent content by kerri101

I have seen some small chins like the top of the first born in stores /close up...I really hope to add another female young chin sometime next year once I get new cage setups and my wood skills refined...the babies are just like I want want want!!! I know I just can not have more then one now so...

OHHHHH My cuteness overload,and I love the background holiday stuff behind the babies.....can I ask since I dont know much about babies are they as small as the first pic when they come to a new home?

Chins can grind there teeth just because sometimes... Mine will do it when running around on some occasions shes done it for a year now every so often we here the grind...her teeth are the right color...not overgrown and she is a healthy chin I have seen in previous posts some have teeth...

The squeaking is a bark or warning call ....chinchillas do it for all kinds of reasons....when they hear a noise,a car passing, some movement in the house , some do it in there sleep ..some do it if they want attention... some do it just because like mine, you can not introduce another...

I do a chinny tunnel with my fleece blanket on my bed she loves to go under the tunnel and poop of course LOL....but she likes the secure feeling maybe that nothing is over her and she loves to run in and out!!!

I use my bedroom for play time and the chin cage is down the hall in the other bedroom because we have a wood stove and its down the hall and cool down there with no heat on...Hall ways can be used less stuff to move if blocked of which is easy to do... one thing about using my bedroom is its...

thats a really nice space/setup !!!! I am down to one computer now I Used to have my desktop and laptop set up like that but then my MB I think decided to dye :( so Im down to one computer now !

small cat carriers work well :) a lot of people use those also because you can clip a water bottle to the door and they have some different colored ones

Thats really cool!!!! Congrats !!! chins are amazing to have and watch !!!

I am sorry for the loss of your loved chinny splinter .

monitor poops and make sure they are normal looking and see if chin is eating /drinking ok a clean cage can help you see if things are normal and going in and out too....

I have used different hays when learning what chinchilla perfers -kaytee extremely green ( chin does not like) -ox bow timothy/orchard/botanical hay Medium green ( chin likes but a lot of throwing around) -sweet meadow organic hay ( brown ) ( chin loves this hay) I had assumed the brown hay...

I have access to some people who do art work..... because I belong to a FB gaming forum.....I can probably help you and trade some of my game stuff for it no charge to you...let me know what you want is it like cartoon/drawing on the pc ? This is one I had done based on my virtual pet

I have used both kiln dried aspen and pine ...I have found the pine shavings seem to keep the smells down for me My chin came with care-fresh and was eating it so thats why I switched too

Thats to funny chin must have known he was being talked about.... yeah chins will throw hay all around....but on a plus side its cheap and gives them something to do pull the hay , and throw it around and forage for the good pieces mine is soooo picky!!!