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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...

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...

Hey Everyone, So, I've been using a vinegar and water mix to clean my chinchilla's cage, as per the excellent advice of many members here. However, I really don't like the acidic scent of vinegar, and it usually doesn't cover up much of the pungent smells of the cage for very long. I was...

Hey everyone, I know a lot of you are aware of Quality Cage Company's products, but I just wanted to put out a shameless plug for them, if that's all right. Yesterday, I was trying to figure out which travel cage/carrier would be best for me to transport my two chinchillas from Minnesota to...

Hey guys, I just got my new chinchilla last night and I wanted to share some photos/cage set up with you all! Please feel free to let me know if you have suggestions for the cage set up. He's about 11 weeks old, from one of the members here, and - in my biased opinion - adorable. I haven't...

So . . . my chinchilla, Izzie, knows that she's not allowed to chew on anything outside of her cage. But, for some reason she just can't resist pieces of paper, specifically MONEY pieces of paper, and especially $20 bills that occasionally get misplaced. She's destroyed at least two, that I can...

So, I realized that I've been on this forum for far too long without officially introducing Izzie to you guys, AND yesterday I found out that she LOVES to be brushed (lol, she's a funny chin, she'll sit for ever and let me scratch her tummy). Anyway, here is Izzie with her new hair do, all...

Hi Everyone, A little while ago, I went into my chinchilla's (Izzie) room to take her out to play in the bathroom with me while I got ready for the day (I'm a late riser on sat. haha). She was sleeping, but woke up and wanted to come out, so I picked her up, and while I was carrying her to the...

Hi, My chinchilla, Izzie, has recently started grooming my hands and forearms. She scrapes her teeth (almost kind of hard, haha) systemically along my skin in a little biting motion. At first I thought I had something tasty on my skin, but I went and washed my hands with soap and when I came...

I was taking my chinchilla out for play time in the bathroom, like I usually do when I'm getting ready in the morning, but this time before I could set her down properly and close the toilet lid, she jumped right out of my hands and into the toilet bowl! (Lesson learned, always close the toilet...

Hi everyone, My chinchilla will be three months old on Aug. 4 and I've had her for three weeks. Yesterday I noticed she started having these unusual longer, slightly curved poops with pointy ends (not like POINTY, pointy, but definitely less round). They are still the same dark color and are...

Hi everyone, I've had my new baby chinchilla, Isabella, for about two weeks and am absolutely in love with her - sooo cute and fluffy. The trouble is that her cage is making my apartment smell. I clean out the litter pan and spray down the cage once every two days, and I'm using a thin layer of...