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I have a female Chinchilla who is one and a half years old. She seems lonely and unhappy. How do I go about selling her? I don't want anyone to take her that will harm her by accident. I live near San Diego, CA. I have posted a sale on line in many forums, but no takers.

Thank you, that is very helpful. Unfortunately my cage is only half that size.

Yes, all she tries to do is escape. The cage is not the biggest, but it is the biggest that will fit in our home. It has two levels and shelves, apples logs to hide in and walk on. I do not have toys as I do not know what to get besides the apple wood (we have an apple orchard). I got a...

My one year old female chin seems very unhappy in her cage. She uses her wheel, eats okay, and loves her dirt baths, but she seems unhappy to be there most of the time. She loves when she gets to go out and run around a bit, but that is what she always wants to do - escape. I feel like I am...

My new A/C is pointed right in the cage and it never gets above 75, plus she is right in the cool air flow if she wants to be. It has worked fine for two months. Of course, my electric bill went up $200 a month!

Chinzia is a friendly chin who lets everyone scratch her face and neck and lets me pet her and jumps in my lap. She is wonderful.

She never did seem too hot. But, since I got the a/c it has been cold and we haven't needed it yet.

So we bought a portable air conditioner to put near her cage. Thanks.

I got Chinzia in January. The weather stays cool and everything was good. Now the weather can go up and make the room (the only one we can keep her in) go up to the 80's during the day. Is there anything I can put in her cage to keep her cool enough? Thanks.

Oh thank you, yes guilty as charged. I need to wash it more.

Thanks again for your help. I did put the pan where she was peeing, but now she seems to pee all over the place. What does "wick the fleece" mean?

I noticed that my new chin, Chinzia, still is not using her litter pan. She must have sat in her urine because now her bottom is full of matted hairs. What do I do?

I am reporting what he said, here is the email: We didn't feed our chinchillas wet fruit. Their fur doesn't handle moisture well. I do believe they would sparingly get treats of dried fruit (no added sugar). If I remember correctly they enjoyed dried banana chips and dried papaya the best out...

Thanks for the info. We do have a few exotic animal vets in San Diego (I live an hour from there). I am fighting my husband who thinks this is all bs and we should find information elsewhere. We have a friend who works at the San Diego Zoo with an expert there in chinchillas. He is asking...

Thanks so much for the clarification and information.

Hi I am a very new chinchilla owner and I am very confused. I found all kinds of information on line that seems to be wrong. Here everyone says don't give your chinchillas any human food? On line I found stuff like this: Fresh Vegetables and Fruits In moderation, fresh vegetables and fruits...

Thank you! I got one from Etsy Pandemonium Pets - a black metal one. I meant that the wheel would be 16 inches. The cage is huge for one chinchilla, could even fit two. I live in the mountains and my house is cold. We only have fireplaces so it is about 65 all the time. And our orchard is...

I found a metal cage on Chewy.com for $100 that is 16 inches. I guess I should buy that? I had a dish with shavings in the cage for her to pee in and she just ignores it. She seems to pee all over the place, not in a specific corner... My husband said if he had wanted a child, he would have...

Thanks for the help. Fleece sounds like it would be a mess to clean. Right now everything falls through the wire to a pan, which I line and is easy to clean. If she pees on fleece all the time, I guess you wash it alot?

Her cage seems big enough - 3 levels. If I line the bottom with tile, won't that be kind of cold? I don't know how old she is as the pet store did not know, just that she was under 1 year. Also, I did not know about the cardboard, it does not seem that she is eating it. I own an apple...