Recent content by mainer51423

Interesting to know, thanks everyone.

When we got Dexter, the girl we got him from gave us a big bag of hay, we ended up using the last of it a week or so ago and not thinking I tossed the bag out. Went down to the local pet store and picked up a bag of Kaytee brand natural timothy hay..needless to say it is different from the...

Same problem here in Maine, we usually have snow pack right now and its typically in the 40's. The last week we broke records with days in the 70's and even 2 days in the 80's, absolutely unheard of to have this type of weather in Maine in March. I ended up having to put my window a/c unit in...

Not so much as pees on us...it's not like he arches it way up and it goes any distance...it is more of a when you lean in for the grab he pees at her a little but it doesn't go anywhere. After typing the sentence above I did a quick Google search on how to sex Mr. Dexter, and he is indeed a he...

For some reason I was thinking someone on here said pine would be fine...I'll double check before I grab any branches to put in there. I was leaning more toward apple anyway as we have a large apple orchard on our property. I've put up a bunch of hanging toys, he doesn't seem too interested. I...

Full moon soon? Change of weather? Not sure what the cause but boy has Lil Dex been a terror the last 2 or 3 days! He has figured out that he can lay up against the back of his wooden house and press himself onto the side of the cage and poop out through the side of the cage. He has also...

Thanks for the replies everyone. We are now keeping his cage stocked with enough hay that he always has some...he really likes the stuff! Buying a bale of hay is definitely an option..I think I may actually do that rather than buy it buy the bag...definitely cheaper! My wife cleans Dex's cage...

Hey everyone, My wife just got her first chinchilla - Dexter - a couple days ago. We adopted him from his loving owner as she could no longer have him. He definitely went from one loving home to another! My wife loves this little guy. Since this is our first Chin, she has been scouring the...