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I lost my Susu unexpectedly last Monday. She was just about 13 but was looking so healthy I was just planning a big cage remodel to get ready for her older years. My first sign something was wrong was very decreased appetite on Saturday, so I started her on baby gas drops and critical care...

Hello! I'll be moving into a new house soon, which currently has a gas range and fireplace. I have never had gas appliances so I had never given it much thought, but it suddenly occurred to me I didn't know if they were safe for Susu. I tried looking for information on that last night and...

This is Susu, the black velvet chinchilla. She's approximately 11 years old. I got her and her buddy who passed away last year from a rescue 10 years ago. She moved with me through grad school, first job, and now will be my travelling buddy to my new home. She loves rose petals, rosehips, neck...

Hello! I'm going to be having 2 pet bunnies as guests for a week while a friend is on a trip. Are there any precautions I should take regarding my chin or the bunnies? They will not be housed in the same room and will not be interacting at all. Is there anything chins/bunnies can catch from...

This forum has been a lifesaver the past couple of months. As some of you know, I've had to deal with chinchilla health issues starting late last year. I took Susu in for a vet visit last week and the vet says she's a healthy, 11 year old chinchilla. Her irritated eye is better and x-rays...

Does you chinchilla ever kack while asleep? (The sound they make when they are annoyed?) This is the second time I've heard Susu do this in the past month and she always seems to be very confused when I go check on her. I'm familiar with chin nightmares that result in barking but this is a new...

Hello! I come here once again looking for advice. A couple of days ago, I noticed that Susu's left eye seemed a little squinty and irritated. She was definitely a bit teary-eyed and the eye was definitely bothering her. The very next morning I called her vet. However, they're fully booked for...

Hello everybody, As we see a glimmer of normalization in the horizon, I have come to realize I will soon have to leave the house much more often than I have in the past year. I thankfully have the opportunity to continue working mostly remote, but I will need to go to work for full days about...

Hello! So my chinchilla health chronicles continue... Last night I was about to clean the cage. I had allowed Susu to take her bath right before that so I could take the dust bath away when I started cleaning. Well....I came back to blood splatter in the bath sand and my heart dropped. I tried...

Hello everyone! Susu had a vet appointment yesterday. The good news is that all tests came out pretty good and there's no immediate health concerns. However, the vet is concerned about her weight. In her words, Susu is obese. I know it's rare for chinchillas to overeat, but the vet was...

Hello everyone! So Susu has finally bounced back after losing her life-long buddy. She's curious about toys and usually pretty eager to take treats. She's even started seeking me out for playtime sometimes. All of this has made me very happy. However, along with all of this came a huge change...

Disclaimer: I know I am likely overthinking/overinterpreting things since I just lost my other chin, but just want to make sure. Hello again! I've been weighing Susu every couple of days this past month just to monitor how she's doing with the loss of her buddy. She's a big girl (has been...

Hello everyone. As I posted recently, my Kumo passed 2 weeks ago now. One of my biggest concerns in all of this was Susu, my other chin, as they had been together basically her entire life. Even though Susu always seemed to be more of an independent little chin, she and Kumo often cuddled and...

As I posted recently, my boy Kumo passed away this week. Susu and him have been cagemates since their days at the rescue almost 10 years ago. Susu is hard to read because she's always been a pretty passive and somewhat lazy chin (she's always been the type that would rather watch TV or watch...

Kumo passed away December 1st, in my arms. I knew that morning he was too weak to continue fighting. I take some solace that even in his disease, he was well enough for 3 weeks of his last month to play and be mostly himself, but I wish there had been more I could do. I wish I had caught...

Hello everybody! I was wondering if anybody knew why it's impossible to find Oxbow's Apple Banana-flavored critical care? I'm lucky that Kumo will eat Anise flavored (although not as eagerly) but he likes the Apple-Banana so much and he's been bouncing back so well from how weak and lethargic...

Hello everyone, I am at a painful crossroads and could use some advice from experienced owners. My almost 12 yo Kumo had an ultrasound yesterday because he'd not been feeling like himself. The vet found a lesion in his liver that they suspect could be one of 3 things: a hematoma, a liver...

Hello everybody! I wanted to ask those who have experience with more senior chins. My Kumo is at least ~12 yo (I've had him for almost 10 years, rescue thought he was about 2). Over the last 2 years I've noticed he naps a lot more through the day, in particular over the last couple of months...

Hello! Just here looking for advice on things to watch for/consider/options I was playing with my chins last night when I noticed one of Kumo's incisor teeth was fairly white. The tooth right beside it was a nice, healthy orange so it was quite a contrast. He'd presented discoloration on this...

Hi everyone, My boy Kumo is a VERY chatty ~10 yo chinchilla. Over the years I've gotten pretty familiar with most of the noises he makes and what they mean (you know...happy grunts during playtime, angry kacks when he sees the carrier because he hates the vet, warning calls to warn all the...