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I was curious as to whether chins can get bored with their pellets. I feed mine Mazuri brand chinchilla pellets and also provide timothy hay. I have a chin named Houdini who has slowly started eating less pellets over time. I noticed this because when I would go to fill his bowl at night, it...

Recently, one of my chinchillas had a nasty URI. He was put on Baytril for ten days. When it all started in early March, his weight was 725g. He lost some weight during treatment due to not eating as much as he should. Thankfully he was able to eat on his own for the most part during his...

My pink white chinchilla Houdini is about 3 years old. I've had him for about half of that time. When I first got him he only had one or two freckles on his ears and a tiny bit of gray at the base of his tail. He has basically looked the same up until about the last 2-3 months. Now, he has more...

*sigh* Well here it goes......I love my two female chinnies very much, but I'm not too sure what to do about their potty issues. Of course they both pee in a specific corner of the cage, but this is getting super frustrating because it ends up all over my tile floor! I don't have a fancy FN or...

Just curious really. All of us chin owners have to worry about finding a good exotic vet. Chins have been domesticated and living as pets in the U.S for a long time. You would think that given their increased popularity as pets that vet schools would teach more about them. What do you guys think?

About two weeks ago, I met a lady at the pet store who wanted me to adopt her chin because she had developed severe allergies. Long story short, I ended up taking him home of course! His name is Mr. Poe. Upon first visiting Mr. Poe, I noticed how big he seemed to be! Very blocky build and...

In the last couple days, one of my chins Daisy has begun to dig through her pellets in her feeder and toss them all over the floor! She lives with Peach (her mom). A couple weeks ago, her sister Zelda was also living with them (she passed away :() Zelda had been removed from the cage during the...

I have noticed over the past day or two that one of my chins, Houdini has had a change in his poops. Normally his look the same as all my other chins, but now they are bigger. I have not changed anything that I can think of, he eats Mazuri pellets just like the others and gets fresh Timothy hay...

This morning I woke up to find Zelda bleeding from her anus and unable to use her back legs for very long. She would crawl/flop around the cage and appeared very weak. She would start to walk and then her back legs appeared to just collapse underneath her. Scared me to death, especially since...

Currently, I have three female chins that reside together. It is a mother and her two 8 month old babies. From the start one of the babies, Daisy, always seemed more timid than her sister Zelda. As they have grown, Zelda seems to have become much more dominant and perhaps a slight bully. These...

Well, I've decided that I'm sick of using kiln-dried pine bedding for my chins. Mostly due to the fact that it can get messy with the number of chins I have as well as costly over time. So I began to consider fleece liners. I saw the DIY guide here on the forums and it looked pretty easy. After...

Just a quick question. Today as I was cleaning Sonic's cage, at the bottom there were a few fur balls about the size of a ping pong ball. There were a couple fur balls like this last week too. I know that chinnies can shed, but my other chins have never exhibited this type of shedding before...

I could really use some advice. My city is right in the path of Hurricane Isaac, and will likely be hit on Monday. Its hard to say exactly which way the storm will actually end up going because alot can happen between now and then. Its only supposed to be a Category 1, so not really a big deal...

Ok, so I have a total of six chinnies. I love them all dearly.....but the last few months, my goodness have they been shedding! I've been finding fur everywhere it seems. On my counter, stuck to the walls, etc. My dogs don't even shed like that, and they are pretty hairy! I have to clean chinny...

Hello everyone! I have three females that I have been housing together for nearly 5 months. Its a mom and her two babies. In the last few weeks, I've noticed that both mom and babies' whiskers have been slowly getting shorter. I haven't caught them doing it, but I'm pretty sure they are chewing...

Last night I noticed that one of my female chins, Daisy, was limping. It was her back left leg. I have no clue how she hurt it. I took her to the vet today and they did a full orthopedic exam on her legs. Nothing was dislocated and the vet did not detect any fractures. She asked me if I wanted...

Just had a quick question about weaning. My chinchilla gave birth to two baby girls on March 20th....and they are still nursing! Since they were both female babies, I figured I would just let them live together with the mom even after they were grown because I've read that its ok to do that for...

I have multiple chins and need some advice on controlling how smelly things can get. Right now, I have been using aspen bedding. Before that, I used kiln dried pine but have been unable to find it in my area lately. The cages they are in have a pull out pan which makes cleaning soooo easy as you...

Here are some pics of my five week old kit Daisy. Didn't know her Momma was pregnant when I adopted her. Her mom is a standard, the dad was a pink white. Daisy's color has gotten darker as she has grown. She started out as a really light beige and has slowly gotten darker. What color do you...

I just have a question. Why is it exactly that it is frowned upon to breed chinchillas that are not pedigreed? I understand that a lot of people say that you have to be concerned with the possible genetic conditions and diseases that un-pedigreed chins may carry and pass on to offspring...