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I've posted about my chin Baby Girl in the past and have followed the advice, but she continues to lose weight... Let me give a quick history. We got her at about 7 months old, she was very small to begin with, she's now about 3 and is still underweight compared to my 7 yr old male (which we...

Thanks for the quick response. She is a really picky eater. My male eats everything. We've tried different hays, Alfalfa, Timothy, Botanical - the botanical seemed to be working for a while and now she's lost interest in it. All of them were the Oxbow brand. I've bought the timothy cubes of hay...

I've noticed that my female chinchilla tends to have a pile of crushed pellets next to her food dish. She's eating the same amount as always (about a tablespoon a day) and I feed the Oxbow pellets. She doesn't eat hay - I still give it to her. She only eats the bark off of the sticks, and...

:laughitup: Sounds like something I would do when I'm home by myself - except I opt for a baseball bat! Mine don't sound like kids, but they do cry and it does startle me from time to time.

My boy Gizmo use to wall surf when he had his own room at my old house. Now that I live with my boyfriend and have 2 chins, they don't have the luxury of their own chin-safe room. They do jump off the walls of the pop-up playpen, but it's not the same. We will be moving into a new house soon...

Mine get 2-3 each morning when I get up to go to work. Sometimes more at night (although that's when they normally get a some sort of treat) They each have a skewer of wood that they can chew whenever. Plus all the ledges!

The first couple of fleece liners I made I sandwiched old bath towels in between so it was 3 layers thick like this: FLEECE TOWEL FLEECE Then my little guy started ripping the fleece apart, so I took it out as I didn't want him ingesting the cotton towel. All the ones I make now are 2 layers of...

I'm sorry I don't have an answer for you, but I'd be interested in what others have to say as well. This same thing seems to happen with my little guy too. I first noticed the blood in his cage about a year ago, a thorough search showed it was coming from his back foot. I thought maybe he had...

I love the idea of the gum container as a treat-box! I re-purpose the 48 oz plastic chocolate covered raisin containers (the big one from Sam's Club) as a food-storage. I could never get the bag to re-seal :facepalm:

I actually use a bird cage. They seem to be less expensive and work well! I'm hopefully getting a second, larger one (F050) soon. Prevue Wrought Iron Flight Cage-Large F040 Just be sure to close all of the side doors! We use plain paperclips and wrap them shut. I actually separated this into 2...

I did a bit of research on the dwarf features and she's definitely not a dwarf. Her hind feet are huge! Her forehead isn't prominent and her tail is long. Hopefully it doesn't take too long for her to beef up. Since all her other dietary habits are normal and healthy, I won't worry as much...

Dreamlite, She is housed next to the male in a separate cage. We had the cages closer (within a couple inches), but a week ago, moved her about a foot away. Not because of any issues between the two, but because we re-arranged the room. I feed Oxbow brand pellets. I'd say she's borderline...

Thanks for the response! We do not weigh them at the same time every Sunday. It makes sense that it could be caused from her dietary habits. We will continue to monitor her weight and if it continues to go down, I will definitely take her to a vet. Thanks again!

Hi everyone! I've been on the forums for a while and have read quite a bit about how weight could be the biggest clue to health issues. I have a female chinchilla, Baby Girl, who I received when she was 7 months old back in December. At that time she was rather petite. As time progressed, I...

Not trying to hijack this thread, but how do you make those nipples? I only have 2 chins, but the water bottles tend to leak and if there is a way to build a better nipple, I'd find a way to adapt a water bottle for them. Thanks, Michelle

Thought I would post a quick update. Gizmo moved in with my BF this past Saturday. He's enjoying the new digs as much as he can. His ears would perk up every time he heard the dog or bird, but he's getting use to it I hope. His personality is definitely showing through by not allowing me to...

My chin has recently stopped eating as much hay also. I noticed this happened when I started switching him from the generic pellet to the Oxbow pellet. He would stop eating the generic and only eat the Oxbow plus some hay. Now that he has all Oxbow, he barely touches his Timothy Hay. I give...

I highly recommend a removable fleece liner. My little guy does not understand piddling in the same spot nor piddling in a dish with pine chips. After about 3 days the fleece starts to smell and needs to be changed (in my experience). Everyone has different success with potty training, Gizmo...

I wake up every time my little guy does this in the night. It tends to be around 2:30 am. I've stopped checking on him though... He also tends to give the warning call/bark when I'm home on the weekends and making too much noise for him to sleep.

Hi all, I just took a job yesterday that will have me working in Florida for three months starting in October. I currently live in St. Louis. I don't have very many details at the moment on where I'm staying - if it's a hotel, or if I get money to get an apartment, etc. (Yes, I took the job...