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  1. Gumby and Elmo

    Brytin or manna pro sho

    i am wanting to change feeds, since all my chins have lost weight, some more than others, they've all been to the vet with xrays, fecals and bloodwork, everything came back normal. They are currently on mazuri, who changed their formula recently to half/half Timmy/alfalfa based. I am starting to...
  2. Gumby and Elmo

    What is silent Giardia?

    Hi, Recently, I noticed Muffin losing weight, she was about 700g last year and a half, now she's down to 600g. Took her to the vet and they did blood work and full body and skull X-rays, all came back normal. Shes also very very active, eats a lot and poops and pee are normal too. The vet...
  3. Gumby and Elmo

    Fighting after a vet visit

    So this morning I took Muffin to the vet for a checkup, she's been gradually losing weight, from 720g in 2013 to 612g now, they didn't find anything, did full bloodwork, X-ray, skull X-rays and ultrasound, everything came back normal. Which is good but not so good, the vet suggested that I put...
  4. Gumby and Elmo

    question about Leo Braun style wheel

    hi I was wondering if anyone know who ma kes the Leo Braun wheel, I need to ask them a question. see, I got my Leo Braun wheel a couple days ago, so happy, its huge, I did all the measurements before hand and know the wheel can fit in without moving anything, but stupid as I am, I totally...
  5. Gumby and Elmo

    the smell from moth balls/camphor ball

    So my lovely husband on a nothing to do afternoon, while I was at work, bought some moth balls, or camphor balls and stuffed in inside our cupboards and wardrobes, so I got home from work, and the house reeked of the smell, I flipped a bit cause those balls are poisonous, I didn't know what was...
  6. Gumby and Elmo

    suspect pyometra :(

    last night came home from work at about 9:30, to find Toffee all wet underneath:( as u can see in the pic, i inspected her and i am dreading its pyo, rang my sis, shes a v.a in an exotic vet hospital, earliest would be tmr morning for an app, meanwhile, she just told me to watch her feedings...
  7. Gumby and Elmo

    chins and aircondition

    i was just wondering if anyone else has the same problem as i do, ok, i have 4chins, and 3split types aircondition which runs 24/7 in turns, this has been going on for about 7yrs. my problem is their fur or dust maybe, it clogs up my condition and making it drip water, we call in a handyman to...
  8. Gumby and Elmo

    anyone else got a chin that like to sit in pee?

    My toffee likes to sit in her own pee after peeing, I use fleece liners for the girls, Muffins's not having any problems with pee stains, but Toffee, shes all yellow on the base of her tail, sometimes when I pick her up, I can feel its still wet, not soaked, just wet, I am afraid it might cause...
  9. Gumby and Elmo

    new five star motel

    my girls new house, they love it. this one after playtime, see them both pooped out, still so roomy, I love it.
  10. Gumby and Elmo

    vicious cycle of healing and bleeding again

    don't know if u guys remember when I said I found blood in my girls cage, then found out it was probably from muffins feet. well, a week has gone by, and I saw a fes drops of blood again in the girls cages yesterday. I did see muffin pigoing at her feet the night before . well I took both my...
  11. Gumby and Elmo

    some random pics of my gang

    this is Gumby in his new Totoro jar. the brown velvet is Elmo, there he is using Gumby as a table watching TV. this is Muffin, the menace, shes like the destroyer of the world, but I love her. this is Toffee sleeping, she's a.little princess, complete opposite to Muffins, there she is...
  12. Gumby and Elmo

    found a few drops of blood in the cage

    this morning before work, I found a few drops of blood in the girls cage, freaked me out, I checked both of them all over and didn't find any wounds at all, and there wasn't any blood anywhere else in the cage either, I was thinking, if they'd been fighting, I would probably find blood all over...
  13. Gumby and Elmo

    remedy for slightly drier poops

    I noticed today, Muffin's poop were slightly drier than usual, it still nice and big, color is normal, not dark at all, and still squishable, but it just seems a little drier and harder than the usual normal poops, I can't say its constipation cause she still poops crazy, she's eating and...
  14. Gumby and Elmo

    white tip on her cone on a female chin

    Tonight after giving my girls a bath, i usually give a quick check on their genitals, i noticed Toffee had something white on the tip of her cone, which i cannot rmb seeing before. i gently wiped it a bit with some tissue, but it didnt come off, so its not liquid. but i dunno what it is. i didnt...
  15. Gumby and Elmo

    Mini handheld saw?

    Can anyone recommend a small handheld electric saw? I' ve searching thru the web, but they all seem pretty big and chunky. I'm just looking for one that can cut 1/2"-1" ( diameter) twigs in half. Awhile ago, I bought a bunch of apple twigs that were about 7-8" long, it looked dangerous to me...
  16. Gumby and Elmo

    Do your chins have super sharp nails too?

    So as u know, recently I got 2 more chins, love them but they torture me with their toe nails :( I didn't notice they were that sharp on my boys, but my boys weren't handled that often. But even if they were, they never cut my skin open. The girls nails, both of them are like razors. Do they...
  17. Gumby and Elmo

    Real fighting or just playing?

    So these 2 little 10 month olds I have now amaze me every single day, they are so full of energy. I noticed although they are snuggling and enjoying each others company most of the time, there are times when I see what looks like they are fighting. They would stand on their hind legs and kinda...
  18. Gumby and Elmo

    Sleeping patterns diff for every chin?

    Bit of background, my 2 new girls, 8 months old, Muffin and Toffee, got them about 5 weeks ago. They seem to be settling in, Muffin is a lunatic, endless energy, wants to fly out of her cage every time I open cage door. They still haven't been let out for playtime yet. Don't seem to see her...
  19. Gumby and Elmo

    Is it ok to reduce pellets to encourage them to eat more hay?

    I have noticed my girls not eating a lot of hay, they've only come home for a little more then a month, so i'm still trying to figure out their pattern. So their hay is changed 3 times a day, before work, after work and before bed. The hay I put in before I go to work, which is at about 8-9 in...
  20. Gumby and Elmo

    My very very not shy girl :)

    So its been a month since Muffin and Toffee are home. I have noticed Muffin (My mosaic girl) is so NOT scared of humans, she's like a flying sugar glider, whenever i open the cage door to sweep or refill, she would want to fly out her cage, ( its about 3 ft off the floor from the cage door)...
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