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Hi all - I may be paranoid but I'm hoping to get some advice. I was slowly unlatching the top door of my chinchilla mansion & my chin jumped on the lava ledge connected to the door. She must have snuck up there without me realizing as I was grabbing hay (I feel awful) she got startled as the...

Hi Everyone, it's been awhile since I've posted on here. I'm writing in hopes you all will have some words of advice/help me with my anxiety over this siutation. I currently live in MN with my chin, Juanita, and (it's not 100% official) but it looks like I will be attending Arizona State...

Hi everyone, I need some advice/assistance! I came home this weekend and after being away for a week (my grandma babysat) I saw that my girls paws are colored/tinted orangish? No fur is missing, rather the tops are a pink/orange color. Why would this be the case? She has pink toys... is this...

Found this in the morning. Female chin a little over 9 mnths old. On her shelf she had peed, which I think was pee. Could be discharge?? I threw bedding on it & noticed this nearby. Been trying to figure out what it is and no idea. Someonne mentioned it being a heat plug. Can someone with...

I've been searching the threads to try to find out more about female puberty, but I haven't really seen much! My chin is almost 9 months old and I don't really know if she's hit puberty yet. She's always had her own little attitude, so it's hard to tell. She will/has: - eaten half of her...

Okay I was dumb! Petting my chin through her cage and had my encil (eraser side) near the bars. She stuck her nose through and grabbed it in her teeth with force and I got it back as fast I could but she ate it. A small bite but I'm nervous. Its a pretty soft eraser. But still!!! I'm so stupid...

Hello all, I've been searching the posts on here and I am suddenly paranoid. I live in an efficiency apartment with one other roommate in a bedroom/living room open concept space with a decent sized bathroom. My concern is what I will do if one of us becomes sick. Being college students, this is...

Hello Everyone, So my question is basically this, when is a chin old enough to be upgraded to a large cage. I currently have my chin in a smaller cage (but still acceptable) because she is still under 6 months old. I purchased a chinchilla mansion from quality cages (yes, for a single chin. I...

I recently got an electronic scale from Wal-Mart to start weighing my chinchilla. I've looked around the site and internet and I couldn't find any threads concerning healthy weights for chins. What I'm asking is whether or not there is some like, chart that tells the average healthy weight for a...

Hi everyone. I may be over-worrying here but I don't want to risk anything. I went home for 24 hours and asked my roommate to watch my chin. I came back 20 minutes ago to see her hay bag on her cage. I grabbed it immediately and noticed bite marks where it hung down. I won't even get into how...

I put a pink lava bite in my chins cage today and she ate the corners and after a few seconds of demolishing a corner she would make a strange noise. It almost sounded like a wheeze? It didn't sound like a sneeze (at least not like ones on the sound boards). I'm just wondering if the dust from...

Hi everyone! My little girl is 2 months and 2 weeks old so I don't let her out for playtime, but I do hold her and let her get to know me. She was loved and handled well when she was younger and she loves being out of her cage and getting attention, even though she loves being held because she...

Hi everyone, my name is Mikaela and I'm from MN but live in WI while I attend college. I am a brand new chin owner and couldn't be happier about it! I got my little girl a little less than a week ago. Her name is Juanita (I know it's odd, lol it's a family name - my great grandma, lol :] ) I...

Hi everyone, I'm a first time chin owner and did a fair amount of research before getting my little girl and I thought I knew what to do and not. My little chin had one mushy poop this morning when I cleaned her cage. I looked online and have taken out her pellets and I looked further and saw...