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Took the chin to the vet today for soft poops and diarrhea and they said she had a lower then normal body temperature, which is pretty concerning. I don't remember what the vet said exactly (it's been such a long day), but she did say that it wasn't critical, but it was concerning. I'm not...

Hi everyone! What do you think about giving ice cubes as treats? I gave Cheech a small piece of chopped ice because she seemed interested; she didn't eat all of it, but she did seem enjoyed holding and nibbling at it. If giving ice cubes were a regular thing for her, I would use her bottled...

Hello everyone! :P The friend I got my chin from said she was probably around six years old at the time, but she wasn't completely sure as Cheech has been passed around to different homes all of her life. I've had her for about three/four years (which is apparently the longest anyone has ever...

I have no idea how to describe the sound she makes, the only way I can think of explaining it is by saying it sounds like she's lightly puckering her lips together. I can't for the life of me figure out what she means when she does it lol! She's usually in a good mood when she does it, so I'm...

I was reading through another thread about someone's chin losing/breaking whiskers and someone mentioned that along with hair loss around the nose could be a start of a fungal infection. Is that true? It might just be coincidence, but in the past few weeks I've found a few whiskers in my chin's...

Hey guys, I have a couple hamster questions for all you hamster owners out there! I just want to start off by saying I recently lost a huge part of our family, my hamster Dede. She and all the other furry ones are what kept me together the past couple years and her death has effected me...

I'm curious, how much did you spend making shelves? I'll be redoing my girls cage and putting new shelves in soon. The first time I made shelves, I bought a thick long plank of KD pine and cut it to the sizes I wanted myself when I got home. Needless to say, I'm not very good with a handsaw, so...

I've seen pictures of people using whole branches in there chin cage, and absolutely love the idea. I have a couple of whole branches in my girl's cage now, but I really want to go all out and add more. The ones I already have in are attached with the normal hardware you use for shelves - wing...

I'm curious what other people do during a thunderstorm or any kind of storm when they have a pet that is terrified of them. For the past hour, I've been sitting in the back room with our dog waiting for the storm to end. She's always been scared of storms and loud noises, so I sit with her till...

Is Bradford pear tree safe? We have one that desperately needs a trim, I could probably get a couple pounds of wood from it to prepare for my chin. But I want to make sure it's safe first! I used the search function and could only find one thread about it, but it didn't exactly say yes or no...

This is for the people who have litter trained there chin, why did you decide to do it? First thing that comes to my mind is to keep the fleece or bedding fresh longer and to change it less. Was that the only reason? Don't get me wrong, I think it's a great idea. If I can find something to use...

I've looked at the DIY thread, but it didn't help much. What kind of things do you use to hang it up with? Bolt, wing nut, and plate on the outside, but what on the inside? I would think the bolt would come lose or poke through the fleece uncomfortablely without something covering it. Would...

Hey guys, just saw this story on facebook and thought I'd share. Zephra is a yearling Arab cross who was attacked by a neighbors dog. The owner doesn't have money to pay for the expensive surgeries, but, through the power of facebook, the story gained popularity, and Bear Creek Vet decided to...

I'm curious of how you guys prepare your herbs for your chinnies, if you give any. Do you give them the way they are or do you prepare the herbs? I would love to pick some and give them as a treat once and a while, but I'm thinking they would go bad if you didn't dry/ prepare them out correctly...

I've noticed a few months ago that my chins ear started lossing a little fur at the bottom. I can't remember if they were like that since I've had her or it if just happened, but I feel terrible for not finding answers to it. I've searched about it on and off about it since I noticed, and...

I woke up today to check on my chin like I always do and noticed that her poops were smaller then usual, a noticeable diffrent from her normal sized waste. Should I be concerned at all? About 70% were smaller then usual, there was some normal sized poo too. She hasn't been eatting well lately...

My chinnie isn't taking to her new food very well, the stuff I was feeding her before was pellets with a small bit of mix (little bit of seeds, but mostly pellets), and of corse she took to eating the seeds every night instead of the pellets! Big mistake I made getting that food, won't make it...

I'm wondering if chins actually like a TV/radio playing. I've never tried it, but I'm thinking of setting up my old radio and having it play whenever I'm gone, beacuse she gets pretty lonely inside her cage while I'm gone :( and I hate to see her like that! Have you had success with it? What...

Hello! I'm new to the fourms but have known about chins-n-hedgies site for a while now! Anyway, I'm getting my girly a new cage but I'm stuck on which one. Either Chinchilla Mansion from Quailty Cages (30"w x 24"d x 48"h) or Marshall Folding Ferrert Mansion (37" L X 25.4" W X 54" H). I think...