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My chin went through a similar thing and I got worried that he wasn't sleeping enough, perhaps they do change their schedules according to the the season? I notice my chin comes out of his snuggle cube earlier, especially when I get home and the central heating comes on - my partner thought he...

Chins can get over a separation with relative ease, it is not the same case for an operation - chins are fragile at the best of times so I think you should definitely listen to the people above and keep at finding other ways to cheer your two chinnies up. Operations should always be a last...

I know a couple of online firms do silver necklaces with fingerprints/footprints on for babies/family members etc - they may be happy to etch a chin on a silver necklace or even a chin pawprint if there was a picture available of the chin's little feet. If not, my friend got a locket to put a...

Thanks for the advice - I did consider keeping them in quarantine because I had read about introducing chins (obviously it helps to read but its never going to be 100% helpful because chins are so diverse) but the breeder I went to said to just give it a few days before moving their cages near...

Welcome, we are all so sorry for your loss but glad you are here!

One of my chins gets really irritated by certain people's voices - he is so anti-social sometimes. But with others, he's fine and will just be interested. I'm not sure if he'd like the radio but I think I'll try leaving it on one time and seeing how it goes.

Dworkin seemed really quite violent when he mounted Charles, he seemed to be scrabbling at him with his paws once he was on his back - is this normal? Should I stop him doing this? If this is normal and they need to work it out to get over it, I'm happy leaving them to it but I hate seeing a...

Does anybody else sing to their chin? My chinnie gets really happy and bouncy if I sing him a song (I've done this for him since I first had him, it seems to calm him down a bit sometimes). At the moment he especially likes my chin christmas renditions (We Wish You a Merry Chinmas, All I Want...

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My chin ate EVERYTHING until about a month ago, he's only just matured into shredding this as opposed to eating them. Still, he is a chronic nibbler and wants to eat my base boards and the grout out of my tiles - needless to say, I watch him like a hawk if he's out and stop him before he even...

Looks like you've got a lot of help going for you here and you're doing the right thinking going to the vets - so I just want to say I hope you're lovely chinnie is better soon and her poor nose and foot start to improve. For the carpet try youre best to lift the stains with some warm slightly...

Hi, So I recently got a new chin (Charles) to have as a potential cage mate for my single male, I got a larger male of around the same age because he was nice and calm so we thought he might calm our little nutter down (Dworkin is quite hyper). They seemed to want to scrap through the bars of...

If you think your chinnie will be a little stressed by the journey, make sure you put lots of familiar things in the carrier like a favourite toy, or even a sprinkle out of a dust bath - just so the scent and familiarity is calming for them :] make sure the car is nice and cool too!

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Update: I've found a breeder with a chin that sounds perfect, has been reared better than mine (Dworkin came from a big petshop, so not much interaction from birth, poor thing!) so he's better to handle and hopefully we can bring him home soon! Will definitely post pics, anybody got a good...