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Last night I let myself be distracted by a video for 6 minutes while I let my chinchilla play in his seemingly chin proofed room. When I looked up I didn't see him anywhere. He had managed to move the barrier to the kitchen enough to squeeze through. It took me another couple minutes to figure...

My male chinchilla(Meucci) is remarkably sweet to me and shy yet sweet to most everyone else with the exception of my boyfriend. I thought perhaps Meucci was jealous of the attention I give to my boyfriend, but I give a lot of attention to anyone I have have over. Is he trying to be dominant...

Every once in a while Meucci (a male) will climb onto my knee and and aggressively nip and sometimes scratch at it while making a rapid chirp-like squeaking sound. Thinking it might be a dominance behavior I've taken to placing my over his back and gently grabbing at his eats and scruffing him...

I've been a mess lately. I had already gone a day too long without a shower when I hit snooze this morning. As I rushed to get out- wondering about what I was going to do with my noticeably greasy hair- there it was. A packet of chin dust next to my keys. I took the packet with me convinced...

A week ago I acquired a chinchilla from a guy who no longer wanted him. He was willing to part with him for little cost and I may have discovered why. I noticed that the tip of my chinchilla's penis is discolored and will not fully retract. He grooms it often and and sit hunched over like he is...

A week ago I took in a chinchilla who's owner didn't have time for him anymore. At this point I can pick him up to go to playtime pretty easily but the little energy ball never wants to get picked up to go back. The first time I brought him out to his play space the old hand over the dust bath...