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I am adopting a young chinchilla from the Humane Society today. She has been thoroughly checked for health and pregnancy by a vet. She is very healthy. I'm wondering if introducing her to my other two girls should be easier because I am assured of her health. Should it be faster? Can I do...

Oh, boy! Do I feel dense. I thought it was a type of seizure that I needed to research! Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2

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Thank you Claire D. I will try those things. I don't think it was a seizure, just fear. I will go back to playtime in the bathroom for now. She seems happier in there. It is smaller than the hallway. She is almost 2 and was out if her cage constantly at her home before mine. She was handled...

It may be completely unrelated but, Dori also sleeps with her eyes open. I didn't really believe that chinchillas did that because my older girl sleeps curled up on her side, like a cat. But, Dori is in a constant state of high alert and therefore sleeps with her eyes wide open. One probably has...

She wasn't dusting at that point. We had to go get the dust house for her to crawl into. She was not stiff, just in a state of pure terror. She looked at me but just out of the corners of her eyes. It was just a look of horror. Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2

I'm wondering if anyone has experience with a chinchilla acting strangely when they are out of their cages. My almost two year old female (Dori, who is naturally very high strung and doesn't come out of her cage very often due to her jumpy nature) had what seemed like a fullblown panic attack...

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She's beautiful! I was just taking pictures of one of my babies. This is Lilly. I call her Bug.

UPDATE: OK....she's trying to worry me into an early grave, I just know it. I just went to check on my Lilly. She is still gingerly hobbling on the front paw. But, I was looking at her fleece to see if I should bother her with changing it tonight or let it wait until tomorrow. Then I saw...

Lilly is fine. We didn't see a vet. She was pooping ok. Then she started eating and drinking like normal. She got mad and kacked at me when I was checking her for an obvious injury. I touched her tummy all around and down the sides. She didn't make a peep. The only thing I've noticed is that she...

Lilly is hiding in her cage either in her hut or in the corners. She is very lethargic and not acting right at all. She eats, but only the odd treat here and there and I don't think she is drinking much at all. She is not fighting me when I try to pick her up and is just acting as if she is in...

Hello, My Lilly is a homo beige, we think. I noticed when I adopted her that she had spots in her eyes. I can't get a picture, but the following picture (from Diamond Chinchillas of her beauty, Hazel) shows them perfectly. Anyone know what the are? Why they are there? Thanks

Well, Dori is going to get even tomorrow. Her exercise pen will be delivered by Fedex. She isn't ready to go free range, but she will have lots of fun in her new happy place tomorrow. Lilly likes the view from the top of the cage. She realized her dust bath house was up there so she helped...

So, Lilly has a new hobby. Aggregating her "sister" Dori. Her favorite way of doing this? Climbing up and down their Critter Nation and playing nanabooboo with her when Lilly gets her out if cage (run of the house) time. Poor Dori. She's still too skittish to be out and about like Lilly. So...

Thank you all! I keep Lilly's cage clean because her undercarriage seems to stain like crazy. But, as soon as you said to start watching poops, I switched it to a clean one and started the vigil. She is drinking, eating, peeing & thankfully pooping normally. She is behaving like my Lilly, too...

HELP!! I'm pretty sure that my chin ate rubber!!! You know those rubber band bracelets? That say LIVESTRONG, etc? My chin chewed on one and there are pieces missing. Is this cause for immediate panic and a vet trip or can I watch her and see if she passes it? WHAT DO WE DO?

I was using Arm & Hammer Free and Clear for sensitive skin (because of my family, not the chins) until I learned on here that laundry detergent makes the fleece more water resistant. So now I use just white vinegar and an extra rinse cycle. No dryer sheet. It makes them kinda static-y but, they...

Is it possible that Maggie objects to the smell of what you use to wash them and is covering it with her own scent? They will "mark" something as theirs won't they?

Best of luck! I am wondering if it would be ok to let down the ladder in our critter nation to let them explore or if I'm asking for a "cage match" so to speak. Any experience with the upstairs/downstairs thing? I really would love to see them bond. But I am scared to death to get a bad...