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Hey everyone, I'm looking to see if anyone has experience giving a chinchilla eye drops? My chin has glaucoma and needs 1 drop in the AM and 1 in the PM and I'm struggling to give it to him. I mostly need a way that I can pin him down or grab him that won't hurt him, I know either way he'll be...

Hello!! My 6-year-old chinchilla just got diagnosed with glaucoma. He is totally blind in his left eye and will require eyedrops/ an eye lubricant for the rest of his life. Does anyone have any experience with a chinchilla with glaucoma? I know it is extremely rare, my vet has never seen it...

Hello, I've had my chin for almost 2 years now and I've been getting his hay from the same store each time but now the store is closed and I haven't been able to find a good hay that I liked. Petsmart/ petco have bags of hay that are very small pieces of hay (seems like they're scraps of hay...

Hello, I've had my chin for almost 2 years now and I've been getting his hay from the same store each time but now the store is closed and I haven't been able to find a good hay that I liked. Petsmart/ petco have bags of hay that are very small pieces of hay (seems like they're scraps of hay...

I currently have a male chinchilla who I rescued from Chin Friends on Long Island and I believe he was 4/5 when I rescued him so I believe he is about 5/6 years old now. A friend of mine is a vet tech and a girl she works with has a male and female chinchilla and they had babies. I'm interested...

Hey guys I want to give my chin some more treats when he does something good. Right now I don't have any for him, occasionally I will give him one plain cheerio and he loves them but I don't want him getting chunky. Any recommendations for snacks for them to have that won't make him gain too...

Hello, I used to have a wood house for my chin that he LOVED but he chewed the thing apart. This was the one I had gotten for him: https://smile.amazon.com/Kaytee-100079175-Chinchilla-Hut-Hideout/dp/B0002AS5MI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487801618&sr=8-1&keywords=chinchilla+house Can someone...

Hello. I've had my chin since May and in the last day and a half I have noticed that his poop is more wet. It's not runny or diarrhea, but it's not the hard solid pellets that it usually is. I haven't changed his diet at all and he doesn't get treats. I feed him the fiesta mix pellets every day...

Hello. I've had my chin since May and in the last day and a half I have noticed that his poop is more wet. It's not runny or diarrhea, but it's not the hard solid pellets that it usually is. I haven't changed his diet at all and he doesn't get treats. I feed him the fiesta mix pellets every day...

I was wondering what everyone uses for bedding? My chinchilla is litter pan trained so he only urinates in his litter pan but the odor is pretty strong. I clean it every 2-3 days and it will smell after a day. I'm a college student and I don't have the time to clean it every day (yes I have time...

Hello everyone, I've had my chinchilla for about 4-5 months now and the past 3 months he has been litter trained and only pees in his litter pan but recently I have noticed that the odor has gotten stronger (if that makes sense) I clean it ever 2-3 days and usually it was fine but I don't know...

I'm going to be going up to college again in the end of August (I leave the 20th) and this will be the first time i'm going up since I got Eli. My school is an 8-9hr drive from my house. Originally I was going to fly up with him and keep him in a cat carrier but according to JetBlue they only...

I'm going to be going up to college again in the end of August and this will be the first time i'm going up and I have Eli. My school is an 8-9hr drive from my house. Originally I was going to fly up with him and keep him in a cat carrier but according to JetBlue they only allow cats and small...

Hello, My chin is 4yrs old and I adopted him from a rescue about 1 1/2 months ago so I'm still getting used to everything. I am wondering what you guys do for playtime for you chins (meaning outside of the cage) right now I taped together a bunch of large cardboard pieces and he plays in there...

Hey everyone, I got my chinchilla about a month and a half ago from a rescue. I don't know too much about them yet, but i'm doing my best to learn as much as I can. I really just know the basics like dust baths, food, toys, snacks, outside play time, etc. I'm wondering if anyone knows any good...