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Thank you very much for your input Amethyst. I'll definitely keep these things in mind when I'm deciding if I am going to get another chin or not. I just thought I'd go ahead and get some opinions about it now that way I'd have plenty of time to think on it.

So I currently have 2 female chinchillas (Elsa and Bella) housed together in a triple unit FN. I'm thinking about adding in a third chin which wouldn't happen until at least this fall or winter if I decide to do so. I was wondering about the possibilty of the potential third chinchilla being a...

A few weeks ago I got a new chinchilla named Bella who's about 7 months old. She's been doing really well, but she always does this weird thing with her water bottle after I change the water where she scoots up to it and it's like she's trying to pet the water off the sides of the bottle. She'll...

I found a perch online that is made of dragon wood. Does anyonne know if this is a chin safe wood?

My chin tends to get dry ears and bag balm is wonderful for them! It's also the only thing that seems to help my hands during winter.

That would be so much fun! One night I had a dream where I walked into my bedroom and found a bunch of random chins running around. There were kits and adults in probably almost every color, even chocolate! (I really want a chocolate chin!) I caught them all and put them in cages and kept them...

Thank you for posting all of this. I think it will help a lot of people realize how expensive chincillas are and prevent people from getting pets that they can't afford. I wish I would've seen something like this before I got into chins, but thankfully I was still able to afford mine and I don't...

That's great to know ticklechin, thank you and don't worry I might give her about 5 oats every few days. Sometimes it's more like a few weeks in between.

That's what I was thinking but I wasn't quite sure. Also thank you for your quick reply Amethyst

So a few times a week I give Elsa oats as a treat for letting me put bag balm on her ears or to try and teach her how to use her wheel (never very many though). Anyway we did have a container of old fashioned oats and those seem to have been replaced with whole grain quick oats. I asked my mom...

I hate to say this, but the lady picture is still showing up for me... Adorable chinchilla though!

Thank you both very much and unfortunately I don't have a basement to move her to. I completely agree and understand that an ac is necessary before summer. I'm not concerned as much about the emergency vet visit cost as I am about Elsa's health. That calculator will be very handy Amethyst and I...

Let me start off by saying that when I got Elsa in September, my mother said that she understood about chinchillas having to stay cool and agreed to be careful about the temperature in the house. Well it's been getting warmer here in southern IN, but not consistantly warm enough for my parents...

next is probably a standard but I really want a chocolate/dark tan

so cute!

So I found a breeder in Akron, Ohio: A Warrior's Gift Chinchillas. I just thought I'd post here in case anyone else is searching for breeders.

I think Minccino and Amethyst pretty much have it covered, I'd just like to add a few little things. With the hay if he is wasting a very large portion of it then it could also be that he doesn't really like that hay. My girl was wasting a lot of hay then I tried a different kind and now she...

From the picture it looks to me like she peed on one of her droppings. My girl does that all the time.

Congratulations and good luck on your new adventure!

Chinchilla was actually my first rodent. I've never been allowed to have rodents because they all look too much like rats as far as my mom is concerned, although she managed to convince herself that chinchillas are just bunnies with long tails lol