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    Gary and Percy

    2.5 years of age each. They were bonded already and 10 months old when I got them from a pet warehouse, living in a small industrial cage. Percy is the alpha male, heavier and more protective and vigilant. Gary initially had less fur and his tail was thin. He was very timid. Now he took some...
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    Chinchillas in Popular Media

    One indie artist in order to cause awareness on chinchilla farming composed a piece where he used distressed chinchilla sounds from those fur factories as background. He did not upload it unfortunately.
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    do chinchillas have the same eye size?

    I notice that the grey one's eyes look much larger in comparison to the eyes of the black one Is it because more dense fur and darker color covers the area around the eye or is there really a small difference in the front eye size?
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    How much fighting is normal?

    I notice that one chin tries to bite the other by the tail hair and pull the tail away when he wants to take his turn for sandbath, while the other just pushes him away. Overall they seem to know their limits and when to back away
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    I noticed the tail of one of the chins became richer in fur. What could be the reason?

    When I got the two from a pet warehouse, one was overall thicker and had a fluffy tail like most chinchillas and the other was more slender and his tail had almost no fluffy hair at all. No bite marks, just very short hair.He was also much more timid and more afraid of noises. They were 1 year...
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    Fertility question

    Interesting. Thanks for the info
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    Fertility question

    At what age do male and female chinchillas stop being fertile or it becomes risky for the female and the offspring? Does it depend on their life span, eg 20 year olds are more years active? Does active fertility age span differ between males and females?
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    Question about cage set-up and other specifics

    On second thought I'll keep the last big cage but without the wires. Bought a dog rail and it seems they cant escape, so I'll surround it with the rail as well. So for my main home it is this setup For my parents hope I keep the larger cage + rail and for our summer home that is far smaller...
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    Question about cage set-up and other specifics

    Screw it. Wiring is for pros and they got away again, plus there is risk of injury too, not only for them. I would have to remove the wire and the cage ederytime I leave too, which would be exhausting and time consuming. Wrong calculation on my part. I removed it and will put it on sale. Got a...
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    Question about cage set-up and other specifics

    Got the cat cage for my parents home. As expected, first night they escaped via the low horizontal bar (room was small and lockef at least). Today I went and bought a wire and it took me few hours to surround the cage. I'll see what happens the next day.
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    which one of the 3 food options do you recommend?

    Got two Oxbow bags from the store and ordered some more online, 4.5 kilo each, though they haven't arrived yet. added oxbow sandbath too in the order. Currently I am mixing Oxbow and VL , at 50% during second week. But I notice they are not that fond of Oxbow, while they eat VL with great...
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    Can chinchillas sleep or drowse sideways?

    I noticed that he repeated it again but this time while he was cuddling with the other one, without getting tired. Though this time he seems to have done it out of affection and the other pushed him to his normal stance. I'll have an appointment with the vet on Tuesday so I'll ask about it for...
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    Is the gap of the bars too large for chinchillas for this cage?

    thanks for the info. The cage I have is 2.5 cm and they do not escape, probably because they do not know they can yet, unless they become very scared. I'll carry the wooden equipment with me for the new cage too, so I'll replace the plastic. I would have ordered the ferrplast ferret cage from...
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    Is the gap of the bars too large for chinchillas for this cage?

    Unfortunately Ferret Nations Cages were unavailabe from the shop I asked and they only bring cages in my country 1-2 times a year. Looked for another large cage on Amazon from Italian manufacturers, but they would not export it to my country either. So I ordered this...
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    Can chinchillas sleep or drowse sideways?

    Yes I figured, especially now that cold days are over and temp rose by 3-4 degrees, same with humidity. One reason that instead of having them run all over the living room, now I let them slip under the cage as their only hiding place. I put the cage in the corner. Then I put 2 wooden shelves...
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