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I have a chinchilla I need to get from Seattle, WA down to Jacksonville, FL. I am wary of sending him alone in the cargo hold of the plane as it's so hot in Florida and there is no telling if he would be exposes to the tarmac heat for long. I have been told some airlines will allow pets as...

Hello all, One of my chins started to drool a week ago. I immediately took him to the vet and the vet took x-rays as well as scoped the chin's mouth. All to find nothing wrong. The vet is experienced with small mammals and chins in particular. The vet informed me of such and prescribed...

I know lots of people here frequent shows and travel quite a bit. I'm wondering what is the best way to travel long distances with my two chins. I have a carrier for them, but would it be better to take them on a flight, train, or simply to drive? I don't want to stress them out, and please...

I have a silver surfer wheel and a chin spin in my FN cage. My two boys have recently started to chew on the silver surfer wheel. I searched here on the forums and there is an identical post from 2010. I have taken the wheel out, but my question is, why are they chewing on the wheel instead of...

I am looking for dogwood, specifically coins, twirlies (large sticks) and shelves/perches (Flat not round, any shape). Anyone?

I found that one of my chins has the onset of malocclusion, likely from the year and a half spent at the pet store being fed on low quality feed and no hay, no chew toys, etc. I have been told that Beaphar Care+ is really good to reverse the malocclusion, but I have two problems: 1. I have two...

One of my chins appears to be chewing near the base of his tail. I've read this can indicate illness or stress. I've got pictures below. Is it time to visit the vet or is it time to rethink the cage layout? As everyone else says, please excuse the poo. ~Richard

Okay, so I've read several times that chins can have darker urine at times, but if it's bloody then they likely have a UTI or something really serious going wrong. I'm concerned as while wiping down the cage the urine that I wiped up was pretty dark, not quite brown in color. It certainly...

Went to my local Home Depot, and apparently almost all of their pine is KilnDried (KD), (at least the untreated is). The problem is they have several different types of pine, and while it all looks the same, I wasn't sure if it was all chin safe. Also, the thinnest I think they carry is 2", I...

I never properly introduced myself and my chins. My name is Richard, and I'm from San Antonio, TX. The babies below: Image #1 Jelly Image #2 Peanut Image #3 Peanut using Jelly as a pillow Image #4 Peanut using Jelly's tail as a pillow through one side of their ship. Image #5 Jelly using...

I've seen it mentioned several times, but I searched and didn't find any good answers, what is it?

Does anyone have any experience with the Fine-X feeder? Fine X Feeder I'm wondering about the hay / pellet feeder version. My major concern is that the chin pellets of Oxbow will fall through to the tray underneath? ~Richard

After reading the forums I've come to the conclusion that either Oxbow or Mazuri are the better feeds, I'm really just trying to figure out how "bad" the food I'm feeding to my chins and how urgent it is that I switch them. Currently I am feeding them Kaytee Forti-Diet pro-health I know it'll...

Hey all, I've been a lurker for a while and just recently registered on the boards. I just got two new chins about a week and a half ago. They were purchased from a large pet store and had been together for over a year at the store. They were doing fine and I only had a limited amount of...