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What's so bad about freezing pellets? I know some people say they get mold when you thaw them, but I have never seen that happen

I haven't been giving my 2-year-old chin as much attention as before, due to some unfortunate recent events. I originally got him because my ex wanted him, but I was the only one who actually took care of him (cleaned his cage, that kind of thing). I grew fond of him though; I like it when he...

I went into Wally's room to give him his evening scritches. He was sitting on his shelf, as close as he can get to the portable air conditioner blowing on him. He just sat there. Usually when I walk into the room, he runs to a specific shelf. I scritched him and gave him a willow twig. He took...

I am moving to a different apartment this weekend. It has central air, BUT.... I turned the air to 65 degrees on July 1st, and the air has yet to get there. The coolest it has gotten is 70. Now, I am not quite comfortable with this and worry about Wally. I have to move to this apartment...

This bothers me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fq7R90Lcms

My local pet store is willing to print out an information sheet to give prospective chinchilla owners. It must only be one page. Do any breeders have something like this already done I could give them? Maybe something with appropriate food, something about purified water, etc This pet store...

Every night our 2 year old Wally runs on his wheel. He'll run and run up to quite a high speed. Once or twice a night, he will start squealing while running fast. His squeal will occur in a 5 to 10 second burst, and then we won't hear it again for a while. Usually it wakes us up. This is not a...

I saw someone is selling apple leaves for chins http://karynnd.webs.com/appletreats.htm I have been reading these forms for over a year and I have never seen anyone mention those as being appropriate treats. Thoughts?

Some of you may remember me. I have Lucy, an 8-year-old chinchilla who could be pregnant. She was last with a male June 21st. We got her from a breeder for free. Lucy seemed a bit underweight and boney when we got her. I am making this thread to get help with taking care of her and her birth, so...

I have been trying to capture a recording, and when I do, I will post it. But I figured I would describe the situation and see what you all think. Wally the boy lives alone on the bottom of a FN cage. Lucy the girl lives on top of the FN cage. Wally likes to go to the highest shelf he can...

I was wondering if anyone with multiple chins notices any significant differences in their poo or urine. My girl Lucy creates a huge amount of both, and her urine smells extremely strong. Orville used to create the same amount as Lucy, but his urine did not have a strong odor. My boy Wally...

I just thought everyone should know, Superpet DOES use pine wood for these products: http://www.amazon.com/Super-Pet-Small-Animal-Nibbler/dp/B0009MDMIQ http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=17167 However, this wood is NOT kiln-dried. If you bake it in the oven, sap...

Does anyone know anything about this type of pneumonia? It is what my chinchilla Orville died from. All I know is that it is resistant to many types of antibiotics and can only be treated with four. We were prescribed chloramphenicol for Orville's cagemate. Google is failing me right now.

I have a few questions and was wondering what everyone thinks. 1.) When a chinchilla's cagemate dies in front of them, do they know what is happening? 2.) Do chinchillas feel sadness? If so, how do they express it? 3.) Do chinchillas know when we feel sad? 4.) Could a chinchilla make the...

Well, I didn't think I'd have to post in this part of the forum for awhile. http://petoftheday.com/archive/2012/January/06.html We brought Orville home six weeks after he was born in May 2011. He was unusually friendly and social for a chinchilla. He was curious and fearless. If he heard a...

Omg please help...my baby Orville is sick. He has hsd giardia in the past and we finished his last round of meds last week. Now he is constipated and extremely lethargic. What could be wrong?? He is laying in my arms, he never does that

I've inherited a more-than-likely pregnant chin, 8-year-old Lucy. IDK when she was last with a male, but we got her on June 20th. The breeder told us, "She has always been a little underweight and boney, so don't worry about that." I don't know as much about chins as the breeder, but wouldn't...

I am so frustrated. My chins had giardia in March, and I did everything right. I cleaned every day, threw away the old wood shelves and replaced them with new ones, washed and baked their wood chew toys, etc. And now Orville has giardia again. His poops are very fat and soft. I guess I am...

My superpet water bottle with the little yellow floating plastic duck inside leaked somehow. My poor chinchilla Lucy had soaking wet fleece and no water. How do you think it happened? What can I do to prevent it? Do I have to buy a new bottle?

We are excited to welcome Lucy into our family. She is an 8 year old hetero beige female with a curly tail who is retired from breeding. There is a chance she is pregnant, so we are counting the days to see if kits appear or not. But she is done with breeding because her last birth was...