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Thank you so much for your concern! I agree, I was worried about D'Artagnan,, too at first, especially because the other two kits passed away and he/she was so much tinier than them. I think I read a long time ago that chinchillas have two uteruses (uteri? what is the plural of uterus . ...

Ok, I really don't understand why this forum won't let me post these photographs of Fire and Izzie. It keeps giving me an error message that I have already posted them on Surprise St. Patrick's' Day kits thread, but I didn't, and I don't see them. Any hints?

Here are some photographs of Fire and Izzie, D'Artagna's father and mother. Maybe this will help with the color identification? I have a feeling that Fire is a homo beige (white abdomen and red eyes), and I know that Izzie is an a extra dark/homo ebony, at least according to her breeder and has...

Hi Everyone! Just wanted to let everyone know that D'Artagnan is florishing. He/she is now a little over two weeks old. He's a freaking little survivor, I tell you. He got his first dust both with his mom on Thursday and is looking a little bit prettier. Here is an updated video of him playing...

Shoot. Well, my iPhone won't attach it because it says I already posted it! Catch-22. I'll reload and try again. Haha, I didn't doubt that you weren't doubting me, and I really do appreciate all the help. Now if i can only get the photo to load! I have a feeling Fire is a bunch of things mixed...

I do not think the video uploaded so I posted a smaller version on Vimeo. The little guy looks fairly dirty in it, but he's a bit cleaner now! I sprinkled some dust on his head. https://vimeo.com/160134269

Hello Everyone! Here is a video of the little guy and me as well as a photo of Fire. If Fire is not a beige I don't know what he is but I'm sure you all will. Izzie and I are having what I now call tlc time - I'm brushing her and she says that she is very pretty now. I know the video is...

Ok, well I'm so glad the weight gain isn't too much, I know humans can get electryte imbalances from being refed too quickly. D'Artagnan met the postman today while I was feeding him and I'm not sure if the postman or D'Artagnab was more excited. I think it was D'Artagnan. I started brushing...

As of last night the little guy had gained 3 g! Afterwards I re-calibrated the scale and it now says he's a little bigger than I thought - 24 g. Is it bad if he gains weight TOO fast? My friend took a video of him nursing the pipette last night and I'll post it if that's ok as soon as he gets...

He/she IS eating ok! Just a bit at a time, and very slowly, but that's ok. After I started reading the FAQs (as I should have from the beginning :) ) I realized he should be on his back (?) whe eating, but he seems to like to do it himself on his hind legs and I guess if he wants to do it...

Thank you so much for your help! I looked up a few formulas for hand feeding and started just now. I'm using goat's milk areas suggested and based I a few outside suggestions with a small pinch of critical care and dyne mixed in. Does that seem ok? Also - I realize this is a outside question...

Ok everyone, well as you probably guessed the kit with the eyes closed did not survive. He passes away yesterday. I named the last one D'Artagnan - after the last, feistiest, littlest muskateer. He's down to 15 g so I'm thinking about hand feeding him? I really really would like to manage to...

Hello Everyone! My seven year old chinchilla just had kits - two seem healthy and one was still born. I haven't been on this forum in years and I do remember how some feel about back yard breeding, but this was an accident and I already separated my (apparently) father from Izzie. I did have a...

Hello! I have decided to expand my little chinchilla family. I have Izzie (6) and Fire (1), who are both incredibly sweet (I must post photos!). They love apple wood (duh :) ) and pumice, etc. Poor little Fire was pretty much a rescue from a backyard breeder - pretty friendly little chin but...

Awwww, she's so cute! I really like the name R2D2 :)

Wait, I'm confused - in humans, HYPOglycemic means that you have low blood sugar, which would mean that a little bit of sugar in treats would not pose more of a problem for him than it would for other chinchillas, as I understand. Did you maybe mean he's HYPERglycemic? That would mean he has too...

Ahahahah! Dante does that too! He will grab one end of the toilet paper and take off running with it in circles, just to see how much he can get a hold of. He will go through an entire roll of toilet paper in about 10 min if I let him, and then sit on the giant pile like a king on his treasure...

Just as an aside, I forgot to mention, I'll ship to as many rescues as might like some of the cleaner :)

Hi Everyone, So, I spoke with the maker of the cleaner and we figured out a way to make the cleaner from a powder concentrate! You just add water, vinegar, and castile soap. Here is a link to the powder concentrate that she sells...

The numbers I quoted were for a 4% solution of acetic acid (standard table vinegar) according to the Fisher Scientific Material Safety Data sheet - but there are other sources as well, with the LD50 going slightly up or down my a tenth of a ml. I'm sorry I didn't clarify that (I reread my post...