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my boys get their dust baths in their cage about half the time. the other half they get to go into the human's bathtub (fully dried and everything removed (shampoo bottles, etc)). just take out their food if you are bathing them in the cage, as dust will fly everywhere and you don't want it...

just a note about couches and chins.......... they WILL find their way inside! this i know, lol. had to tip the couch over (yes, gently and slowly) to get my Guss out one day when, after totally going over the whole room six times to ensure it was safe for them to come out, the Guss found...

hi all! long time no see, no talk! i took a break from forum life for quite some time, but now i'm back! still have my Rhino and Guss, and they are still living happily together in their big homemade cage (just built a new base for it recently - new bigger casters on it are a godsend, haha!)...

congratulations to your mom and her pup!!!!!! just goes to show that age says nothing about what you can accomplish!

stay. that way you get your chin fix until your next chin comes home :))

i just use an old hand saw, all i have available to me for wood cutting. my saw is older than me! lol. makes for some tricky maneuvering when i want to make smaller whirlies (i don't dare try cutting coins!), but for my boys' own personal stash of wood, looks don't matter too much, and rough...

i have a bunch of apple wood stored outdoors on my patio that hasn't been processed. i keep it dry and covered. been there since last year and it's still perfectly fine. i just grab a couple branches at a time for processing, that way i'm not baking wood for hours upon end, lol. a few days...

genius chin!

only 100% organic pine cones from trees that are on the safe wood list are ok for chins, from what i have gathered. no cones from spruce trees! (spruce is toxic to chins) so unless you know for sure that the pine cones you see are from a chin safe tree, have never been sprayed, the tree...

they will be fine separated. they will be better off separated too. chins don't NEED a cagemate, that is simply what we WANT for them.

keep them separated. without pedigrees or health history of these chins, or the health of their 'family tree', these chins should not be bred. genetic problems can show up in the kits and that means a low quality of life that could otherwise have been prevented by not breeding them in the...

agreed. both my boys are pellet hogs and will clean out their bowl before they touch hay. as for not pooping during playtime, that's normal too. for the first while when i had Rhino, he wouldn't poop outside his cage much at all. now with two chins coming out for play at the same time, i...

get some blue kote. it's an antiseptic liquid. be very careful when applying it! blue kote will stain everything it touches. and keep an eye on her to make sure she isn't chewing or aggravating the site.

the first one looks to be about the same size as a single level ferret nation, which is perfectly suitable for one chin size wise. but that teensy little door is going to make cage cleaning a pain in the tookus! the second one is bigger, and the doors are better suited for cage access, but...

ChinChic is AnnieO, fyi.

as long as she is getting daily attention from you, being in a room by herself is just fine. when i had just Rhino before i got Guss, he was in my bedroom from day one and i would be sure to visit him throughout the day and evening, give him attention, check on his food and water, etc...

the bolded areas - chins don't like to be held for the most part, and with a young chin, they like to be held and restrained even less. stop trying to restrain him. stop trying to hold him still so much. yes, he does have to learn that being handled is something that he must behave for...

Marika is the dominant chin in this situation, and she is chewing Mira's whiskers down to show that dominance. maybe cut back Marika's whiskers? i haven't had to do this myself with my boys, but i have read here on the forum that cutting back the dominant chin's whiskers can help to lessen...

i fully believe animals pick up on our emotions. when we are mad, upset, happy, etc we release certain pheromones and animals sense those pheromones. while they may not be able to pinpoint your exact emotion, they receive communication from those pheromones. this is why a dog will bite you...

shoe chins! :rofl: