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it is a big one, i found that the operation etc wasn't a problem at all. it calmed his randiness down with me, but then he did replace me with dita. you will be shut out if he has a lady friend. but like you say they may not like each other, which is a risk with em all. it was so tough for me, i...

fortunately it wasn't for long, she had a horrible cough and rattle, but it didn't get her down til the end. The move is always a plan, i think we're just going to process it now that he's going to be lonely. It won't be for a month or so though with quarantine processes. As i want him away...

look through my old posts, i have castrated my male. It was a big risk but it paid off. He was too lonely on his own, and he loved his lady cage mate. I did it to reduce the fight-potential between male-male. Theres a potential with any new pairing, but i hoped for a sexual bond to prevent such...

its been a while since i've been on here, but i always like to get a second opinion from here when it concerns my chins. My poor little girl, Dita, sadly passed away a few days ago. She had got some kind of bacterial pneumonia, and after over a week and a half of drugs her lungs were damanged...

Apologies for the re-post but i was told this is the place for other pets. :D I gave my rats a bath today, they don't like water, but i made it as stress free as possible. Frightened, my rat dexter ran to my neck panting. Thinking it was fear i calmed him down and dried him off. But he's not...

you know you are owned by a chin when: - you see your neighbours trimming their apple tree and you offer to take away all the garden waste, and excitedly cut the branches, wash them in boiling water 3 times, then have a massive bake off -consequently your house/flat constantly smells of apple...

LOL!! This is far too true, and it goes for all my rodents. Each of them have clear personalities, and i swear they are a **** site more intelligent than some people.

Taking my chins out for a run yesterday, i sat with my mum. This meant that at the end of the run, i always go to her with the chin so she can stroke it, as they tend to be too bouncy for her to stroke them normally. On doing so though with Dita, i noticed her whiskers are chewed. Rather than...

lol i like that one, though the squirrels in my garden are not exactly svelte....

wow never had my chinnies called rats....but i own rats. People go 'aww' at my rats til they know what they are *rolls eyes* i hate ratty predjudice, i understand not everyone likes rats, but i hate how people sometimes goo over them then change their mind when they know its a rat! Rats are so...

Starrkey did it loads. But the solution in my story is rather drastic, as he doesn't do it now he's been castrated and lives with a female chinny.... he wasn't impressed with a cuddle buddy haha.

yeah they're like a cross between rats and chinnies for movement style

well the degu's would inherit the chin's current set up of http://tinyurl.com/38uoef5 i took out the wired sections so its a wooden playground for them and it transforms a cage like that when you put your own shelving in. It'll be perfect for the degus, then the huuuge cage for my fatty...

well its a wannabe, doesn't quite have the flexibility of an FN, but size wise, door opening, layout etc mimics it well. It probably just isn't as sturdy. but all my cages are collapsable, so sturdyness isn't an issue for me. I'm now trawling to go fleece all out but struggling with the UK gah!

oops i bought it. Looks like the chinnies are moving to a life of luxury :D I'm gonna go nosy at everyone's set ups now...