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I'm sure I'm not the only one of us to have experienced a problem like this, so maybe someone knows a good solution. We've lived in our current home since the house was built and ever since we've had an issue with our AC. Our filters kept getting messed up and would never stay in place due to...

Currently I have a large flat rate box of absolutely beautiful organic apple chew sticks ready to ship. Sticks are a variety of sizes with the vast majority being pencil thin or smaller. This wood has been processed by means of having been washed, scrubbed, boiled, and baked for 2 hours at 200...

I have been trying to figure out how to order the parts to make a water bottle for a show cage using rubber stoppers, ball tipped water tubes, and baby food jars but I can't seem to find anything that says exactly which parts to order and where to order them from. I was considering making some...

Well I started off with a search figuring the answer was on here somewhere already but couldn't find it. For those of you who trim whiskers prior to pairing and use vanilla on the noses I have a couple questions. How short do you trim their whiskers? And how much vanilla do you use? And how...

There may be a thread on here about this already, but I was just curious what is the lightest weight baby everyone has had on here that was healthy and survived. What brought this up for me is that we just had a litter delivered last night and the smallest one of the three was just a tiny...

Does anyone know if the dried out husk of a fruit from a Liquid Amber is considered chin safe? I see these sweetgum balls all over the place and always think they look like an ideal woody snack but have never tried giving them to my chins. Here's a link of what they look like for those who...

In preparation for going to a show for the first time I ordered a couple of three unit travel carriers. Now that I have them I have a few questions. I imagine that some sort of bedding material needs to be used, but I'm unsure what to use. I had considered using fleece but with the small...

So a few days ago I was talking with a guy who many, many years ago worked raising thousands of chins for the fur trade. We were discussing some of the practices involved with caring for the chins and in doing so he mentioned off hand something about giving them molasses and said that it was...

Take a look at this little guy, he's the last survivor of my litter of quads. I'm thinking he looks like a dwarf. The entire litter had the same features, big blunt head, smaller than normal ears, walked with an odd gait. Should point out that he is currently 52 grams, and was born 12/30/2012

I've often heard that goat's milk is the number one choice, but having failed to find any so far, would it be advisable to use Manna Pro Nurse-All? http://http://www.tractorsupply.com/manna-pro-reg-nurse-all-reg-3-5-lb--2201466 I'd never had a need to supplement before, but my recent (and...

After having read the other thread about preparing wood and how most folks don't find it an enjoyable process, I got to thinking that I might like to get into mass producing apple wood and selling it. So I used some of my connections and found an apple orchard manager who is willing to give me...

Kind of curious how everyone keeps track of which baby is which if you have two that look identical from the same litter and are the same gender. More specifically I had a situation with a recent litter where two standard brothers looked completely identical with the only difference being a...

Was driving along today and saw this license plate. I didn't see the driver but I had to assume the driver was a chinchilla. :laughitup:

I was reading one of the other threads a while ago about mosaics and got to thinking about my own eventual goal of having extreme mosaics some day. Anyhow I'd heard that breeding a white to a black velvet, and then taking that offspring and pair it with an extra dark ebony would produce extreme...

Way back when I first started getting into chinchillas I had read that raisins were alright to give to chins in moderation, now it seems that all I hear is how they are completely horrible for them. I've read many things in many different places and I'm not sure what is right and what isn't...

I was considering using a pressure washer to clean my ferret nation and critter nation cages. Has anyone tried this? It seems like a good idea, because even though I change out the fleece and clean the pans and sand down the wood, the chins always have a habit of getting urine on the support...

I had a thought the other day and wondered if anyone had ever tried it before. You know how when people are trying to find a new home for a chinchilla they can no longer keep or maybe one they are just trying to sell, they will often times say something along the line of "I'm asking a rehoming...

Alright so here's a question I'm actually a little embarrassed to ask, but how do charcoals and ebonies differ? I had read at some point that charcoal was a recessive gene, but beyond that I can't seem to find anything that explains a difference in appearance. Could someone maybe post up a...

Recently we've been trying to take some pictures of our chinchillas and its become apparent that chinchillas just do not seem to photograph well. I've tried using different color backgrounds and environments but haven't had any great success as of yet. The little buggers keep moving to much so...

I was just curious how often most people weigh their chinchillas and what method they use to do so. I have a small kitchen scale which I use, but find it time consuming to set it down and wait for the chinchillas to explore the scale and accidentally weigh themselves for me. Its especially...