Search results

any suggestions on a chinchilla vet in or near Odessa, tx

Hello! I've decided to take to the web for purchasing my chinchillas food and supplies after a recent frustrating mishap with a pet store! I would like to know as many online retailers that y'all use and your opinion of the best. I live in Texas so something close would be good for shipping...

Help! As I was letting the chinchillas in their cage after they had their play and bath time i noticed there was a spot near Rocco whiskers that was red and quickly realized she had bled and it was dried blood! It isnt still bleeding and I have no idea what happened I didnt notice her get into...

Hello, four weeks ago today I woke up to a surprise kit! Its doing great! Now i just wanna ask a few things to be sure i don't do anything wrong. 1) Can I put ledges in? If so how many, how high? If not now, when? 2) Can the wheel be put back in? If so any thing i should know or do to be as...

Alright I will be traveling for Christmas not far, only 2.5 hours, but I have a mamma and Baby Chin (three weeks old tomorrow) and then the Daddy chin! I want to make sure they are safe, I have two "smaller" cages like the guinea pig or rat cages but I recently took a trip with them and found...

Hey guys, I'm looking to find a critter nation but I am hoping maybe some good deals are coming this week. Does anyone know of any?

Okay, I need to go home this weekend (2hrs). My female,supposed to be male chin, had a kit last week. Is it okay for them to come? I have a carrier, its a smaller cage than my large one, to put her and momma in. And traveling in the evening with sun down and will have the A/C on. Is this ok? Advice?

Hello, it was a rather eventful morning! I woke up to my cat cornering something and finding out it was my very own kit (Suprise!!)! I thought they were both males.... Naturally. I even thought I knew how to sex them..... and I researched and checked, MULTIPLE TIMES! The momma seems to be doing...

My chin was acting very strange suddenly, he had his ears pulled down, he was stretching his neck out and it seemed like he was having difficulty breathing. I quickly grabbed him (Safely) and began massaging his neck (gently) and he perked up after a few rubs and started trying to get loose so I...

I love this forum but I was curious if there are other chinchilla communities out there that I could also become a part of does anyone have any other sites, blogs etc that they use and or visit?

Hello Everyone! I'm trying to figure out a good, healthy and efficient cleaning schedule for my chins cage. I use fleece bedding with a litter box they use the box but do pee here and there on the fleece ( it has a pad between two layers of fleece). I sweep the poop every other day. They have 3...

Hello! I have had two chins for almost two weeks now and tonight my more active chin seemed to not want to be out during playtime. He has been eating, pooping, drinking and playing(in the cage) normally. However my less active chin was VERY active today!! The only difference I can think is I had...

Has anyone ever used the ferret mansion cage for a chinchilla?

I apologize now for the long post! My chinchilla parent story starts out rough... Let's begin with I LOVE CHINCHILLAS! I have always wanted one and knew someday I would get one!! So over a month ago after some rather crazy events I finally decided to get me one! YAY!! So I bought Charlie, a 6...