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I recently moved in with my boyfriend, where we combined household pets. I have a critter nation with two chinchillas (separate), and the one on the bottom level, Chia, interacts a lot with the cat through the cage. Chia is pretty fearless and understands that the cat can't get her, but I do...

Chia is sick and has seen a vet, who kept her over night. She's back in my care now, but I have to give her 2 kinds of meds and she's still not eating enough for my liking (but she is eating!) I'm having a lot of trouble forcing her to eat and take meds. She's insanely stubborn when it comes to...

Chia isn't eating, drinking or pooping much. I haven't had to fill her bowl in a while, and I cleaned the cage yesterday and there's very few poops in there. The ones that are are very tiny, about a third of the regular size. Thing is, she's acting completely normal. Not at all lethargic, she...

Due to some unfortunate circumstances with a now ex-boyfriend, I'm moving. And I'm taking the girls with me, of course. My apartment is all worked out, and everything is set for January 26th... I'm just not sure how exactly to move a CN cage. It's the double one... Should I take it apart? It...

Recently, my long-term boyfriend and I broke up. We had been together nearly 7 years, and had been living together for 6 years. Even though the choice was mine (I had been interested in someone else for some time... really long story that paints a really bad picture of me), I've found the...

So I got braces today. It took a good 2 hours for everything, and I'm not in any pain really unless I try to eat... I didn't really know what to expect in terms of how I would look, but I didn't expect to look in the mirror and think, "oh my god, I'm HIDEOUS." Afterall I know people with...

Last week someone asked me if I could give a photo tour of my CN. I did, thought I would post it here too! Suggestions are welcome :)) Chia & Abby Cage Tour

This evening I took out the block of wood from the cage and the chins seemed to ignore each other, so I left it out for a few hours... and when I came back into the room, I noticed poor Abby had gotten her toe bitten :( She doesn't seem to be in any pain or anything, and the blood has dried up...

It might be hard to tell from one video, but here's a vid of my chins interacting through the hole in the CN. I have the ramp and 2 layers of wire mesh, so they can't hurt each other in any way. Normally there's a block of wood blocking them off. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vifR7373Js...

I've had both my chins for a good while now, and I did start the intro process back in May, but stopped when it got too hot and Chia seemed to be a little too pushy with Abby (no biting, but chasing and spraying.) Now they share a CN cage, without access to each other. I covered the hole with...

Lately, every once in a while I hear a squeak coming from one (or both) of the chinchillas - I don't know who's making the sound, they both seem fine. It's not quite a bark, but it sounds maybe like the beginning of a bark. It's very short, low-pitched and happens only once. It's maybe like a...

I used to looove my job. I loved the people I worked with and I loved my bosses - I was eager to please them and motivated to do a good job. But I work for student government, the bosses are elected each year. So in June, we got all new bosses who didn't really know what they were doing. We...

On Monday we're supposedly going to have a power outage from 7:30-9:30am, and then if what they're trying to achieve "doesn't work," possibly again on Tuesday at the same time. Luckily the temperature is supposed to be only 18 degrees celsius max, but that still doesn't solve my problem that...

At work I have my chins as desktop wallpapers. One of my coworkers used to have a chinchilla who passed away several years ago, and she loves chinchillas so much - she doesn't come into my office without exclaiming "oh! chinchillas!" at least once. She wants me to bring one to the office, and a...

Since we moved Chia from the bedroom into the office in May, she's had only a few playtimes. The past couple times, I noticed her smooshing up against her cage in the spot where a little draft comes in from the AC (I put a piece of fleece down that side of the cage which keeps out 90% of the...

Today Abby let me take photos of her for the first time! I hope this continues, because she's just so pretty :))

When she doesn't get playtime, Chia is a serious pest. I know that chins can do fine without playtime, but Chia does not do well without it - she becomes antsy, and does stuff like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vibXZZQS-xY It's both endearing and incredibly irritating!

I've noticed a lot of people let their chinchillas run around in their bedrooms, living rooms, etc. How do you chin proof these rooms? We have 2 air conditioned rooms, the office where the chins are, and the bedroom. My bedroom has wires and nooks and crannies the chins could get into, and of...

I know this greatly varies depending on the country and state/province, but I'm just looking for some insight... because in my family I'm the go-to for legal questions and taxes, two things I know very little about. :facepalm: Whatever. ANYWAY: My aunt and uncle have been divorced for many...

I read a long time ago - I forget where - that those spray air fresheners are terrible for chinchillas, and that someone had known someone who sprayed some in the same room as a chinchilla and it died the next day. For that reason, I'm really careful and close the doors whenever my mother in...