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My husband and I r currently living with my parents, and they really don't care at all about bugs and mice in the house. We r doing everything we can, setting traps, keeping things clean, and plugging holes that we find, but somehow a mouse got in Bella's cage. She seems fine, not scared or...

If you still have a medium box, I would like to buy it. We had to trash what we had because we got a mouse in the house and it got into Bella's supply :( so she has been going without for a while. Let me know what info you need.

Thanks, we have been having awful luck with the traditional mouse traps, they keep getting the food an getting away. But we weren't doing it the way u said so I will change it. We got some of the no touch/no mess kind and they worked great. We caught 2 in 1 hour. I hate living in an old farm...

Thanks for the idea with the food, she has a big food bowl and she had a full bag of food and it chewed through the very top, so I can prob give her enough to get through a day or 2 using that idea. Her cage is on the floor, I don't really have a way to get it off the floor. I looked in her cage...

So I just discovered that a mouse got into Bella's stuff and chewed a hole in her food bag. The rest of the hay and treats and everything look undamaged. I'm guessing I probably have to throw away the food now. I don't know about the rest of the stuff cuz even tho I didn't find any holes there...

So Bella's swelling went down a lot but I still took her to the vet to b sure. He said she seems ok but just keep an eye on her in case it comes back. He thinks it was a bug bite...not sure how it could have gotten through her fur tho. But at least it's gone now :) I'm staying home with her...

Thank u for your help everyone. We r heading to the local vet at 1:20. That will leave us enough time to get to the other vet if necessary. I will keep u posted. If anyone else has more advice I would definitely welcome anything u have to say.

What r the antibiotics that they should prescribe if it is just a cyst or abscess? My local vet is not a chin expert but has worked with chins before and he said he should b able to tell if it is something simple like that but I just want to make sure he prescribes the correct medication if...

I just read something online that said someone's chin had a similar thing happen and it was from bacteria from a horse. It said it was rare, but I took a horseback riding class a few months back. But I always made sure to shower before touching Bella. And it was way back in spring that I had my...

This morning I checked on Bella and her throat is swollen. There is like a big soft bump there, almost like a fat buildup. It wasn't there last night. She is eating normal and acting normal. It doesn't seem to hurt her because when I touched it to see what it was she tipped her head back and...

Just make sure you have the curtains shut and have your frozen water bottles for backup, but you should be fine. I have been through worse situations with my little one and we got through alright. Keep an eye on the forecast, though, to make sure it doesn't change.

I think it depends on the dog and the chin. I had a maltese and her and my chin Bella got along fine. Bella usually ignored my dog (Reese) but Reese liked to follow Bella around and sniff at her and clean up after her :P If it had been any other dog I would have been more worried putting them...

When I had to leave my little one for a week I had a good friend take care of her. Bella already knew my friend, and she came over for a couple of playtimes so that Bella could get more comfortable with her and so she could take her own notes on how to care for Bella. As I was doing stuff...

I don't know what I want to name her yet. I was thinking maybe Beauty because she is black like Black Beauty, and it matches Bella's name, since bella is Spanish for beautiful. I don't know if this is a silly name though, any thoughts?

It makes me nervous to leave Bella with a sitter, but if I have to leave for more than 1 night I always make sure it is someone that Bella knows who has been around for playtime before. That way I know they have seen how I take care of her so they know what they have to do, but I still leave a...