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Can't get the files open. Sorry. That is the plan. She eats everything I put in her cage but I am going to make everything as easy to chew as possible. She will remain with me for the rest of her life.

Yes I have good xrays. The teeth just never grew. There are kind of empty sockets where they should have been. It surprised the vet and the dental expert that she keeps the surfaces of even the unopposed teeth in such good shape and that they don't grow funny. She has been this way for years...

In February, I received 6 female chins out of a hording situation. There had been 21 chins of mixed sexes crammed into 3 small filthy cages. All 6 were under weight (less than 400 grams). One of them got a really bad roll of the genetic dice. She only weighed 335 grams when I first got her and...

Thanks. That's what I thought.

What does mastitis look like? I have a nursing mother with a 2 week old kit. One of her tits is enlarged. It isn't red or hot and doesn't seem painful to touch. The kit is nursing and gaining steadily.

Thanks. I think she is a she too. We will go with that for now.

I'm really bad at sexing young kits. Im not sure it can be determined with the angle of the picture but best guesses would be helpful. Kit is not quite a week old so if I have to wait longer to try to sex so be it.

LOL I just played that while sitting in the chin room. Now they are all running on their wheels and giving me the stink eye. They are not happy. Yes that is the alarm call and could be in response to an unknown noise. As he get used to the sounds around him, he will stop doing that. He my still...

I make my liners with 3 layers of fleece. Nothing as ever soaked through that. I've had liners with old towels inside them but they took forever to dry when washed and seemed to shrink a lot more.

Yup that is wall surfing and the more noise they can make, the happier they are.

My guys each have an hour. Usually they don't take that long but sometimes I give them more if they are really having fun.

I would take her to the vet and have it checked. It may be a cataract or it could be an infection. The infection can be treated, the cataract no. A chin will do fine with the loss of vision as long as you are aware of it and work around it.

Until you get x-rays, it is just a guessing game. Having dental work is not a death sentence as long as you are willing to hand feed him until he feels like eating on his own again. Leaving him alone, he will slowly starve to death if his mouth hurts and he can't eat on his own.

Everything sounds perfectly normal to me. Chins often sleep standing up. Wait till the first time you see him sprawled out on his side. You will think he is dead.

I used them in one cage with fleece slip covers with no problem for years.