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My chinchilla has rolled in all purpose flour like a dust bath. Somebody forgot to put it away and Marble destroyed the bag when he got loose this afternoon. I came home to flour chin prints everywhere and a very white chinchilla. Is all purpose flour safe for chins to roll in? :embarrassed:

Marble is going through a prime right now and there is chinchilla hair flying everywhere. I comb a little everyday to help get some of it because it bothers him. This is the worst he's looked during a prime because there are tags of fur hanging out all over his bum. How can i get him to tolerate...

This week I took my son to a petting zoo of sorts and they had chinchillas there too. These chins were really mellow and such and when they were sleeping they all sort of smooshed together in their sleeping box. I know they like sleeping like this but it seems Everyone whose got a chin that i...

Sometimes when Marble grooms himself he barks at himself in protest because he either pulls his fur or pulls on his own tail. At first i thought he had some sort of sore but there is nothing on his tail or anywhere on his butt where he was grooming. He also chases his tail sometimes but that's a...

I was just looking at myself in the mirror and this morning and I've been thinking I do not really like the way I'm looking right now. Seven months pregnant is not a good look on me and funny enough I could definitely enter a pet look a like contest with my chinnie Marble because with this big...

Marble likes to sleep in a standing position. Around 3pm he'll come out of hiding and position himself in this half standing half sitting pose and the funny part is his ears will be tucked back and the fur will be fluffed up with the paws balled up right into his chest fur. When he does this he...

I just was wondering for the people who've got over 200 chinchillas. That is an awful lot of chins to count. Do you actually spend the time to count them individually? I 'd be done with with counting if I had over 30. I'm sort of reminded of that master card commercial with the multiplying...

I just about melt when I see a chinnie standing on its back legs. From behind they look like furry pears with ears, from the front they look like mini teddy bears or something. All chinnies are cute when they do this but the ones with white bellies are even more endearing because they just...

Marble was looking particularly fluffy this afternoon and sleepy so I took some pictures. He just looks so warm and fuzzy here don't just want to cuddle with him?

The last time I was pregnant my mother in law drove me nuts because of my chinchilla. Telling me I shouldn't have one or handle it because they are like filthy city sewer rats full of diseases and that it could harm the baby. Well now that we are expecting again she's getting all worked up...

I think I would like to get another chinnie but right now isn't a good time since I am expecting a baby right now but maybe next winter I'd like to get a black velvet or a brown velvet. I was wondering though do brown velvets have red eyes like het. beiges or like homo. beiges? The bright red...

You would think just by looking at a chinnie they are all fluff and air especially the way they seem to move with agility and speed. Don't be fooled into thinking that a couple of hundred grams is nothing. Take my little guy for example, he's just a little over 600 grams that's roughly a little...

I am totally irritated with my little sister right now. She has a little dog and she never trained it to behave and it never learned to potty outside. Ok that's fine many people have annoying dogs but here's the part that makes it really bad. She likes to travel all the time and most of the time...

I don't want one but if I'm ever offered the opportunity to hold and pet a friendly one I'd take that up in a heartbeat. They just look so soft and poofy i wonder if the hair the same texture as a typical chinchilla. It must be a pain to maintain though. Marble is a nightmare to groom I wouldn't...

The other night I had a dream that Marble lost the white part of his tail. He's a mosaic so his entire tail is white except for the base of it. What an awful dream and the whole time he was squeaking in pain and there was nothing I could do because his vet said they don't treat animals with...

I love my chinnie but sometimes i don't let him out for free run because trying to catch him after to put him back is such a bummer. He so fast and good at evading capture. I am running out of ways to out smart him because he knows if I approach him with a dust bath or cloth it's cage time. He...

I have a friend that works at a daycare/preschool and she wanted to get some class pets and opted for chinchillas. I told her that chins do not make good class room pets because they are nocturnal, skittish and generally hate loud. Plus they aren't likely to sit in a 5 year old's lap to be pet...

Marble came to me as a teeny-tiny little fluffy thing about a year and a half ago and he has now inflated to a big fat fluffy thing. I'll post some pics of him soon so those of you who remember can see how big he's gotten. All I have to say is what a fatso and he's a spaz too! :crazy:

Marble is in a sit around and look fluffy mood tonight. There is nothing wrong with him but every now and then at night he'll just sit around quietly until someone gives him attention. It's like he's bored or something because i swear once i go over to the cage he'll be all excited to come out...

The reason I ask this is because it seems they will hop anywhere on you when they are out including your face or head if you allow it as if you are just part of the landscape or something. I don't let Marble near my face but he's climbed on my head before. I was wondering if he was aware of me...