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    Baby Girl continues to lose weight

    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...
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    Pile of Crushed Pellets?

    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...
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    Fluctuating Weight

    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...
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    Easy transition to new home?

    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...
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    Pet Carrier Suggestions

    Hi All, Last night I was able to single-handedly kill my air conditioner while pruning poison ivy that was growing around it. :facepalm: Luckily my boyfriend was around and we were able to transport Gizmo to my friend's house in his old cage in the back of his truck - His cage doesn't fit too...
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    Playpen

    Hi Everyone! I ran across this Playpen today on Groupon. I was wondering what you thought of the large size as far as a play-area for my chin. He would still get to play in the room several times a week, but I thought I could put him in this occasionally when I'm at home so he could get a...
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    Training/Handling

    Hi, I've had Gizmo for roughly 2 months now (he's 4+ years old) and think I started off wrong when I first got him. I'm wondering if a one month no-play period would help with handling. I started with playtime the day I received him (which I now know was a bad idea). It took a while for him...
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    Safety Gates

    Hi Everyone, I was curious if anyone has used child safety gates in the past to block off a hallway or room for their Chin. Gizmo is very curious and ornery and likes to squeeze underneath the bedroom door and go exploring the rest of the house. At first I was able to block it off with a bath...
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    Nibbling through Fleece

    Hi Everyone! As all chins do, my chin loves to chew everything. Last Friday I made one of those PVC tubes for him to crawl into, but he just ended up trying to eat it! I had made a Tube Cover using the handy DIY Instructions, and no part of the PVC tube was showing. (I took the tube out as...
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    Grooming Tips

    I was wondering if anyone had some grooming tips. I've had Gizmo for almost a month now and he's getting more use to me. Ever since he's arrived, he's had a bunch of fur sticking out around his tail area that looks loose. However, he won't let me touch him there. I've been able to hold him a...
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    Flying Saucer vs. Chin Spin

    Hi Everyone! I just adopted a 4 year old Chinchilla, Gizmo, last week. The previous owners also gave me the cage and toys he had in there. They said that Gizmo never used the wheel the entire 2 years they owned him. I just purchased a larger cage for him, the Prevue F040, and want to get him...
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