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Took the whole herd of chins to the vet yesterday and two have bumblefoot for having lived on wire bottomed cages for their whole lives. From what I can tell, they are not horrible cases of bumblefoot, at least not from some of the pics I've seen online. Also, the feet aren't hot, scabby, or...

I'm just learning how to do head-to-toe checkups on my chins and I've just discovered that one of my girls is bleeding from her vagina. I noticed it a couple of days ago, but the blood was dry so I cleaned her off and figured I'd watch her for a few days. Today, the blood was fresh. She doesn't...

I've read that chins' water should be changed and their bottle washed daily to ward off bacteria and algea growth. I've also read that we should be using some type of reverse osmosis/bottled water for the chins. With 5, that would be a lot of waste of water to dump and fill 5 16 oz water bottles...

Can anyone make suggestions for safe and effective supplements for our chins?

I've noticed on two of my girls that there is a small amount of slightly matted fur around one of both chins' eyes. They are not housed together. They dust bathe in Blue Cloud dust 2-3x per week. There is no wetness or anything, and actually I think it's not all that noticeable, only I'm always...

I have a few cages that were given to me that have metal cage floors that are rusty to the point that some of the metal has rusted away. I'm toying with the idea of replacing the floor, but not having experience in disassembling and reassembling cages, I'm wondering if there is an easier way to...

Does anyone wash and oven (or sun) dry bare blackberry branches for their chins? We have a few thornless plants that I remove the leaves for herbal use (for me) and have dried them to give to our rabbits, but I'm wondering if these would benefit the chins as well.