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I saw a post about a similar thing a few down from this one, but it was a different situation than the one I'm currently in, so I figured it'd be worth creating my own! Sorry for any repetitiveness! I've had my chinchillas, Copernicus and McKinley, for just about a year now. I think they're...

Just to add in something here; I also got my chinchillas from PetSmart. The man there told me that company policy is that they don't send animals to stores to be sold until they are at least four months old, though. I knew my chinchillas had been there two months, so I immediately assumed they...

My dogs have fleas right now and they have them bad. They don't go anywhere near my chinchillas, but there are so many that I've even found them on my clothes temporarily. We're obviously treating the dogs, but I've noticed that my chinchillas McKinley and Copernicus are scratching and nipping...

He bit me once. Now he just makes the keking sound and I stay away. I don't wanna approach him when he doesn't want me to. The experience would be traumatic for him and the bite would be painful for me.

I have two chinchillas, McKinley and Copernicus. McKinley and I are really close. He'll curl up in my hand and go to sleep if I put it in the cage during the day, and he loves to sit on my head during playtime. Copernicus, on the other hand, is nowhere near as friendly. After three months, maybe...

So, a while later I have an update for this. They're still mounting and throwing each other around in wrestling, but there still isn't any blood being spilt or fur being lost. They're in separate cages, as their wrestling was causing them to fall from really high ledges and it was concerning...

So, my sister, after seeing how cute and fluffy my chinchillas were, decided to get a pair of Degus. Both my chinchillas are male and so are her Degus. She really wants to have a joint playtime and see how they interact with each other, but I'm reluctant. I saw a post on the hedgehog forum...

I'll probably sound like a terrible owner in the next paragraph or so, I know. I have two chinchillas and they love to come out for play time, but one of them is starting to concern me with paint. He has started chewing the paint off my shelf and baseboards. I was told by a chinchilla owner at...

I'm not sure about fur being pulled out. Earlier today I found a single lock in the cage bars, but it was a really hot day (the room was completely air conditioned, but it was nearing 72 in there. So it might have just been natural shedding. And then there was also no sign of biting or anything...

I feel like I'm spamming this forum, but I never realized how much I didn't know. My chinchillas are both make, 8 month so, and have lived in the same cage since they were three months old (when they were both introduced to the pet shop. Yes I bought pet shop chinchillas. Save the lecture.). I...

http://puu.sh/jD8oH/894523290f.jpg In case anyone wants to see it. I was already privately messaged some advice, but I'd still love to hear what everyone else has to say

I think I read it in someone's blog, where they were talking about how their chinchilla had giardia. I'll try to find it.

This isn't your typical "chin got bored and tore out some fur". My chin, mckinley, got his foot stuck in the door to his cages hinge and managed to tear the fur and skin off his back right paw, leaving a bloody exposed area on most of it. He is running around fine and doesn't even seem to...

Oh, it might also be relevant to add that Copernicus refuses to run on the wheel too. All he does is sit and climb.

I have also heard of a dark brown urine being a common sign of giardia, but my guess is that tunes is probably right and you mistook the color. Not sure how accurate that giardia symptom is. Does your chinchilla show any other signs of sickness or is it just this dark brown urine? Diarrhea would...