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Hi everyone in Chinland! How are you all today? :) My two seven month old chins are HORRIBLE about pooping on their wooden boards/ledges and then galloping through it, spreading it everywhere. My four older chinchillas will occasionally do this... but hardly to the extent the younger two do...

This isn't so much a "I am concerned about this behavior" post as it is a "my chinchilla is being quirky" post. My oldest chin, Chico, has developed an interesting way of sitting in his fleece tube. I guess it has to do with his combustible ribcage or something because I'll find him sitting in...

Hello everyone! I was just curious to know what hay racks y'all use and how well they keep things tidy. Yes, I know chins manage to get hay everywhere (mine do anyway) and it's a bit of a pain to pick it off of the fleece liners when I need to wash them. Tips on that? Suggestions for hay...

Hi all, Due to recent allergies, I have been advised to use hay cubes more than loose hay (among other things). Where is a good place to buy Timothy Hay cubes in bulk on the 'net? My chins like 2nd cut Timothy Hay and I am not finding it in cube form. Thanks, Jenn

Hi all, I'm very concerned. I've had chinchillas for the past seven years and have not had an allergy problem. Recently I have been getting itchy and red after holding my chins. No sneezing or runny eyes... yet. However I know that sometimes allergies can actually take YEARS to build up. This...

Hi all, Out of six chinchillas, one has always been... strange with his pellet food. I say "strange" because I cannot think of a better word. He's an adult male that I bought at Petsmart back in 2009ish. Ever since I got him, he's pulled shenanigans with his food pellets. He is just *messy*...

Hi all, I've started using fleece liners in my Ferret Nations, and the chins are learning to be potty trained (yay!). However I need a hay rack/holder and/or feeder for them all because they are dragging their hay all over the place; I've been using glass bowls for the hay while I was getting...

Hello everyone! I have a few questions for y'all now that I have my Ferret Nations set up. A. How do you wash your fleece liners? Do you use the washer and detergent or what? If you use detergent, what's a safe brand? B. I am going to try and potty train the chins... we will see how well this...

Hi everyone, All six of my chinchillas are in Ferret Nations now (all boys, two to a cage). I know I LOVE the cages and have put a lot of working into setting up three of them; the chins have had various reactions to moving from Quality Cage Chinchilla Mansions to Ferret Nations. The two...

Not sure if this is the correct forum but I'll post here - mods, please move it if this is the wrong place! Hi all, I was wondering where a good place to buy Oxbow Timothy Hay 2nd Cut *in bulk* online would be. I would love to find a place that is reasonable and would sell and ship to me. I am...

I have a question about ventilation for y'all. I am experimenting with a fleece cover for my FN and I want to make sure the chins will have enough ventilation. When I say cover, it sounds like I'm covering them up completely but please note that it's NOT a full cover. It completely covers the...

I honestly thought they wouldn't like this. I bought it at Petsmart because it was fleece and adorable and thought we'd try it... but I really didn't think they'd like it. I was wrong. Oh so wrong. Shadow and Smokey were both inside when I said "good morning." They came out to eat but promptly...

Hi everyone! Thank you for all of your help in the cage setup thread I made - I now have my babies in a Ferret Nation and am planning to buy two more FNs for the older chinnies (and get rid of the Chin Mansions) when I get a little more pocket change. I love the FN cage... but there's that...

Hi all, Apologies for the silly questions but I really want to make my new Ferret Nation a nice place for my chins AND a cage that is a easier to keep control of in the mess department than what I have now. Anyway I would love to try and hang a sheet of fleece against the outside of the back...

Just thought I'd share some pics of The Colony. This is Chico. He's a Petsmart chin and my first. I got him in fall 2006, and he's still going strong. He has the boldest, most expressive personality of all my chins. Example: The Look of Doom (TM). He does this when he is displeased with me...

I miss you, my little one. You blessed me with your presence for three years; your little body just had something wrong with the nervous system from the start, and you left me too soon. Your friend Bip wouldn't come out of his little house for over a year after your death, Chulo. Even though...

Hi all, I am wanting to redecorate my chinchillas' room. And I'm talking about the chin habitats when I say "redecorate." ;) Let me tell you my current set-up and why I want some help reworking it. My chinnies live in two Chinchilla Mansions from Quality Cages - each one houses two male...

*soft grunt* *bip bip* *soft grunt* (I think that's Chinchilla for "Hello"!) Howdy all, I am very glad to be here! My name is Jenny, and I live in the Texas Panhandle. I have two Shetland Sheepdogs, a Tennessee Walking horse, and "The Colony." The Colony would be my six chinchillas; they have...