Recent content by Minibyte

After a couple hours of terror, I cleaned up the nose with a warm compress (as suggested by another post and the vet over the phone) and it looks like the bleeding has stopped. He probably hit his nose on the rock they had in the cage. Nevertheless I'm keeping a close eye on him tonight and...

Despite the horrid dream I just had (about losing half my chins due to snake invasion and Dmitri needing a vet at the end) I went up to check on them and Dmitri's nose is bleeding. He's also sneezing occasionally and wheezing/horking. After the wheeze/hork sound he rubs the nose/mouth area of...

AZChins, this stuff is brown, not purple. I’d soak a piece in water (~15 mins) and see what it does before letting the chinnies at it... The only purple bedding I’ve ever seen is Carefresh. Edit: I just looked it up, Katyee's version of Carefresh is Clean n Cozy, which is available in purple...

Awesome sale! Was going through them anyways and got 3 FN182s for 421! (My 15% off pre-sale and 20% for the sale) I’m still waiting for a shipping quote but that price cannot be beat.:dance3:

I finally found a link to the stuff online: http://www.ferret.com/item/planetwise-cozy-n-fresh-pellet-pet-litter-20lbs/650408/ It's made by Planetwise and is pretty much compressed pine shavings. I had a chance to play with it some more and it reminds me of my hay cubes. It is not anything...

Misty got her name because she is the same tone as the sky right before it mists. Dmitri had his name from a previous owner, I was gonna change it, but the owner made a typo in one of our emails and the typo just stuck :P Benjiman got his name because I was avoiding anything that ended in an...

Has anyone ever used Cozy 'n Fresh pet litter? I found some at Tractor Supply and plan to use it in tangent with fleece liners, it’s made from kiln-dried pine and supposedly super-absorbent. I tested a piece in a cup of water and it 'frayed' and 'dissolved' (it looks like mush now). Does this...

I am in no way an expert, but we might need a little more info. 1) How much fur is falling out? Is it slipping or coming out in clumps? 2) Has she ever taken a dust bath before? 3) Is this a new issue, or have you had to rub in the dust since she was a kit? 4) Is anything else happening...

And I thought I was the only one to see my chins wink! The point of blinking is to moisturize the eyes though, right? So whether they are blinking or winking both with a small delay, it still performs the same function. Anyone else have insight? :hmm:

I revived from the dead to ask a couple questions, my lovely Miss Misty is having some eye irritation issues. This has progressed about two weeks. She has mostly pawed at her left eye and the fur is all displaced, the right eye just started getting ruffled a couple days ago. There was a lot of...

I was debating if I should put this in the death ball thread but... http://sacramento.craigslist.org/wan/3244599517.html And in case it goes down: I'm only going to put this once... :facepalm: There's so much plastic... and I've heard it a million times... they really don't need the ramps...

Thanks much for the response! I'm swapping the cages tomorrow... er... today. (It's midnight :D) Thanks BooBoo and Shooper for the help!

Thanks for the reply, I know how I'm going to get them over (the new place is only a couple blocks away,) I'm just not sure if this is the best time for the cage swap. If I do a cage swap now, alongside the move, will it be too traumatic? (Maybe it didn't come across right in the first post...

Due to some... unforseen circumstances, I'm moving fairly quickly. I was planning on moving my chinnies cages around but I'm wondering if doing the cage swap and moving is going to be too stressful on the chins? Their cage size is fine for right now but I'm wondering if I should wait until...

Didn't really have another good place to put this but I've been incredibly excited with all the info on the forum already. I'm not usually very partial to mixed species forums because the vast majority usually can't contain once species from the other, but chins-n-hedgies has done a very nice...