Recent content by kristen

Ok , I guess I am not a real breeder, and you guys are so great at it. You have inspired me to be abetter breeder, in truth I am thinking about becoming a rancher... I am on my way to petco now, ill just buy out that stock of chins, let them loose in my spare bathroom and post when the kits...

Yes I have never shown my kits, my dams and sires however, have been shown by their breeders. I have been to shows with my mentor a few times in ohio for the mcba so before you get all high and mightyand think just because I was new to this board I am a fool, stop and realized that I care...

Parkerspets. choke it down then... I assumed this form was here to help mentor people! But I guess I was wrong.

Tunes, I am offering my way of breeding... I have been very sucsessful and had amazing results with kits. Both my black velvets and violets produced at this age just fine. When I refer to slow growing, I am refering to ingeneral. All of mine have matured at about 9 months, but I am going on...

I normally wait till my chins are about about 15 months old to start breeding them. This way i know they are old enough and the female's body is fully developed and generally malocclusion would have shown up by now (not in all cases... it can show up later in life). Nine months to a year is...

I have a mom this happens too for a few days after having kits, every time. Like CTchin said, some shredded wheat should help it firm up. After my female has kits she gets a wheel of shredded wheat through out the day and we see normal stool again within 1-3 days. As long as it keeps getting...

A vet check would be best. If you see her biting or checking around the nipples a lot that is a sign that they are bothering her. Also if the bumps are bright red and warm/hot are dead give-a-ways that something is wrong and she will need to see the vet. A vet that specializes in pocket...

I did read the entire post which is why i felt compelled to say something. If someone keeps posting on many sites, they are looking so something they are not getting. I came here to offer my knowledge and experiences when i saw the topic and I started reading to see if there was anything thing...

I feel that the "breeders" out there that are claiming to be the experts should be giving advice over lectures and push back. If a chin owner wants to breed, they will do it regardless of what we say so lets do everything we can to give honest, positive and correct information. We at one point...

Of course everything cleared up today now that we had a vet appointment. The vet couldn't find any issues with his eye, and he is doing fine. So now i get to blame the dust bath. I use sunseed sunthing special brand, all the rest do fine with it. Its that really fine grit stuff. Other then...

First off, Reggie, my chin is ok, he is eating, pooping, and just as happy and loving as ever, so its not really a life or death emergency at the moment. I kinda have to give a bit of a back story on him. Reggie was at our local humane society and we saw him with his fur all clumped up and...

I am sorry about your poor hands. I know how you feel, I have a 4 year old female that out of the blue started hating me. She is most likely pregnant, which explains the change... What has been working is I will just leave my hand in her cage and talk to her. If she bites I blow a little air...

I am a new member of this forum, and I am excited to meet all of you chinchilla owners out there! I have owned chinchillas for a few years now and currenly have six wonderful but crazy chinchillas. I have learned a lot over the years, but I know there is a lot more I can learn from everyone...