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Personally I think chinchillas are great as pets but not for one-off and short interactions. I think naturally friendly dogs like the ones who sit on your lap as soon as they know you are friends with their owner. This kind of dogs would do a much much better job in therapies especially with...

thank you, will do that too.

Good. I think they should become more approachable when older.

Food for chinchilla does not have to be colourful to be healthy. I think these mixes are the worst. I think the price kind of speaks for itself. Order online because pet shops don't have good stuff. As for the chinchilla behavior I think like in humans on average males are more outgoing, females...

What do you mean by "soft little squares of food"? I think this is what I have to try. I think when she was young she continued to eat less and less hay until she stopped completely what tells me she cannot grind the straws with her molars. I tried hay cubes but none of the chins like it. I...

I mean in her case I think the problem appeared early on I just didn't pay attention that she ate less and less hay. They all eat Science Selective from the beginning which is as you said abrasive. I don't know what else can be introduced to help with the abrasion. If her jaw is already hanging...

If you ask me I think the vet just wanted to make some easy buck.| He must knew that she won't make it as the condition is too serious and euthanasia should be done immediately after the discover not after an expensive treatment and when it happens again 2 months down the line. It's only a month...

I come across THIS. The author suggests to spill some fresh apple juice into/onto the timothy hay to incentivise the chinchilla.

Just an update. The chinchilla is getting better, recovering her weight primarily thanks to Science Selective (thanks Amethyst!) she likes very much. I hope this hard and sizable pellet is wearing her teeth off sufficiently to delay the problem. Unfortunately she is not eating any of the timothy...

In my case there are blankets on top of the cages and the hammocks hang just below so the chins have the shade. They also have "pipes" to hide into but they sleep there rarely.

Hi All, I hope you are doing well. I have a quick question re chinchilla housing needs. My cages do not have chinchilla houses in them. Chinchillas sleep on the ledges or hammocks. Over night during autumn and winter the temperatures on the ground floor are about 17-18 Celsius. I was thinking...

I kind of realized that pumice won't help for back teeth but I am thinking about any ways of promoting her to chew more than usually so her jaws are working. I don't know if this is to do with every chin but I can hear her grinding her teeth even at sleep. Few times a week she has access to a...

Do you give pumice stone to your chinchilla? Could this improve anything?

Hi again, I took her to the vet. It's going to be an expensive treatment. Her molar teeth on the right side are growing outward. If she survives the anaesthetics the vet said that this is going to be an recurring thing with this chinchilla to sort out her teeth every 3-6 months each time...

I think it is her molar tooth or molar teeth affecting her. I can see she is drooling on her right cheek.

Hi All, I hope you are well. My ~2 years old female stopped eating. She is losing weight at a rate of about 5g a day. I have introduced apple juice so she gets some calories this way. I have also noticed that she is no peeing much so she isn't drinking much of water or apple juice. Her poo is...

Hi All, I hope you are well. I think the cleverest chinchilla behavior I come across is when one of the bigger chins got stuck in the hay feeder head down and the other chins were showing distress to the owner to indicate that something isn't right and their fellow chin needs a rescue. The...

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One of my females is very irregular with hay consumption most often she does not care about hay. I think I would have to replace it daily then maybe or perhaps she is carnivorus considering how aggressive she is.