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Hi everyone, It's been a while since i posted here. I need some advice. Recently, i noticed one of my chins has been steadily losing fur at the base of her tail and both sides of her thigh. She just came back from a boarding session 2 weeks ago because i was painting my house. Initially i...

Hello everyone, i haven't posted here for a while but yesterday i noticed one of my chins Becky peed a milky white pee. She takes her dust bath in a container while i clean out her cage everyday. I noticed the spot when i returned her to her cage. The odd thing was that she peed twice (not...

I lost my special needs chin Kelly this morning. Every since 10 months old, she has had issues. She would have turned 4 this August but it was not meant to be. I am grateful for the one and the half years when she seemed to shake off her health problems that plagued her for more than a year and...

Hi everyone, One of my girls is outgrowing her cage. She came to me at 3 months and was very shy and small. She is now 2 years old and has grown up but is still a little on the small side. I decided to get her a bigger cage but didn't want to purchase a chinchilla cage as the chin cages sold...

Hi everyone, My chin Kelly has just gotten one of her molars extracted because it was fractured and splintering. She is still in pain as the extraction occurred today and unfortunately painkillers are not an option due to her allergies. I would like to know if there is anything i can do for...

One of my very shy girls barked yesterday, she's not much of a barker, in fact, it's the first time I've heard her bark in the 1 year + that I've had her. It sounded like she had a little wheeze before each bark, and she was barking continuously for a long while. I know what set her off - long...

So yesterday I walked into the chin room and Kelly my little glutton immediately jumped to the cage door. She was begging for food. No surprise there as she sees me as her food slave. I noticed that she finished about 90% of the hay I put in that morning. So I said to her okay mommy will give...

Everywhere I've read says that chins do not overeat. However, in my very limited experience of owning chins, I find that they do. Not all the time but they still do it. I have 3 chins. 1 is very good about not overeating, the other 2 are absolute gluttons. Before one of them is suspected of...

Does your chin throw things at you to get your attention? I know I sound daft but I swear one of mine does it. I have 3 girls in separate cages, 2 next to each other and one on a shelf above. Recently, Lancy, my youngest girl who stays on her own above has started throwing things at me to get...

Hi everyone, Need some advice here. For the past week, I've been noticing that Kelly (my chin with major digestive problems but no dental history) has a wet chin intermittently. What I meant by that is that it doesn't happen everyday, actually there's no pattern to it. Sometimes I come home...

Last Friday, I noticed one of my girls Becky was a little off. She didn't touch her pellets, but was still eating hay. Her poops also seemed a little small and quite a bit less than usual. Suspecting constipation, I started her on some watery CC that day, and she'll still eat it from the spoon...

Just got a bag of oat hay for variety for my girls. I want to know if they are okay to offer everyday, or just once in a while. Also, are they suitable for a wheat intolerant chin? thanks!

hi everyone, as some of you probably know, my chin Kelly has some digestive issues. The vet believes that it's probably something that will follow her for life and I'm looking at an alternative food staple for her to prevent any future problems. She is solely on CC and wheatgrass hay which...

Hi everyone, I need some advice. Here is what happened. This morning, I noticed my chin Kelly sleeping in her pee pan. Now she never sleeps in her pee pan and I thought it weird. Weirder still is that she didn't get up to greet me because usually the first time I do is to feed them and they are...

hi, I need some advice from some of the more experienced chin owners out there. My girl choked on some water while she was out for playtime today. She went back to her cage for a drink and the next thing I knew, she looked like she was gagging (mouth open ears back) and made a little coughing...