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Well, it isn't confirmed yet, but I'm expecting to find out tomorrow that my ~12 year old boy may be in congestive heart failure. I had xrays taken about three weeks ago mainly to look at his teeth as he suffers from malocclusion that requires trims and such about every 6 weeks. In the xray...

Im creating a new thread to hopefully get quicker replies. I posted the video with my chinchillas buckie making crazy sounds. We went to his normal vet today and he said hethought there was a good chance the vocalizing and such was him responding to pain associated with his teeth and the points...

Buckie has been having dental issues For the past several months. We have gone about every month(sometimes more) to get his teeth filed. he has some root elongation in one area..i know its only a matter of time, but I've just tried to keep him comfortable and happy as long as possible. He has...

So before you guys freak out, I do know that with proper pellets and hay, chins don't necessarily need extra vitamins. However, my boys loved avitron vitamins. I don't know why, but they were like treats to them. And when I got one of my boys 6 years ago, he was very sick. And I think it was a...

hello all, I am just posting to mention that my boy, Buckie is doing well. He had a molar pulled the first week of February. There was an infection all around it and it was growing a little funny. Hand fed him for over a week afterwards. He did lose about 40 grams throughout the whole ordeal...

i had to share this. it's adorable. just randomly found it on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svnqpdO-7fc&NR=1&feature=endscreen

Has anyone ever gotten insurance for a chinchilla? I'm definitely thinking it might be helpful now since Buckie is going to need alot of care. Just wondering if anyone had any thoughts on the subject.

I've posted many times on here about my boy Buckie. He is about 6 years old now. He had a load of health problems when he was young, but since then we've been pretty good. A few years ago I took him to a vet a few hours away. Dental xrays were done and showed points on the sides of his molars...

so i haven't posted on here in a while. my boys have been doing great. Buckie, my oldest boy, had to have points on his teeth filed down a while ago...since then, i took him like last summer for a check up and the vet (and i drive 1.5 hrs to see this one vet who is like on the board of vet...

my boy Buckie is acting weird and its really freaking me out. When I was getting him in his cage i thought he was running kind of funny. But then he gets in and tries to jump to his shelf to eat and hits the shelf with his chest twice. does the same thing twice trying to jump six inches onto his...

I know this is probably a silly thing to post about, but lately I've noticed that my boys smell kind of funky. I've never noticed it before. They smell a little like a dirty cage, the kind of urine smell ya know. I keep their cages clean. They get dust baths daily. I just started using fleece...

So I've seen alot of posts about fleece liners for cages which has made me curious. I've used carefresh for nearly three years for my boys and never had a problem with it, but it is expensive and liners would probably be less messy. But a few questions for those who use them: Do you guys only...

so Buckie is my three year old boy. had a malo scare a few months ago, but turned out ok. Anyway, the last few weeks I've noticed this weird patch of fur on his back close to his back leg. It's about the size of a half-dollar. His fur has never been very dense (with Fatty my other boy, i can...

Buckie has been doing something odd lately and I don't really know what it means. When he eats, he chews normally but every minute or so he kinda does this half-yawn thing. I've also noticed that his top teeth have changed. On one of them, the bottom edge is flat and straight across. But the...

I feel like I'm just asking a question thats already been answered tons of times. And it has actually, but on the forum before it became Chins & Hedgies. Having never been in the situation I dont think I ever read the posts. Anyway, I am sick. It is just a cold albeit a really unpleasant one...