Recent content by YorkshireChin

Yeah she hasn't been handled at all or paid much attention to, so I'm really glad we got her. We're hoping it's a cracked tooth as we think we can see a horizontal line down across her teeth, and there's been no weepy eyes or anything... She seems really subdued today, and quite wobbly on her...

Really worried now - been reading up on malocclusion and it seems that she fits a few of the symptoms. We noticed her chest was really wet today - we put it down to dripping from the water bottle but now I'm concerned it's due to drooling. Her chest was soaking wet, though - does anyone know if...

She does paw at her mouth a lot when she eats actually. Is this sign of a tooth problem? I'm going to get her an appointment at the vets I think. Will she be hugely stressed out? I can't imagine she'll let anyone pick her up? How do vets do a check up on a chinchilla?

Hi all! I posted a fortnight ago when I first adopted my chinchilla, and things have been going really well - but now I have a few questions about chinchilla behaviour! We have been letting our chin out in our living room, and she's really inquisitive and happy to bound around! Because she's...

Yeah I'm hoping she starts pooing more and more - like I said she is pooing, but not nearly as much as I've read chins do. So I'll keep an eye on her. She's very lively though, so at the moment I'm not too worried about a deeper problem. I'll leave off on the vitamins for now, then, and have a...

Hi everyone! Apologies in advance for the long post. Me and my boyfriend have just adopted a 9 year old chin 2 days ago. So far, so good - I wasn't expecting her to be so affectionate so soon, but she's been nuzzling our hands through the cage, and been quite playful, and even let me brush her...