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I have never claimed to be an expert at anything chin. I have attended shows, though, and I have listened to the judges and asked questions. What I say is what I learned at the three shows I’ve attended (2010 CA State Show, 2010 Spring Field Day, and 2010 Washington Show), and I can certainly...

I can give an example from California. The three top ranchers have sold or are in the process of selling right now (Bowen's, Vin, and Ellis). These ranchers' animals are seen throughout the pedigrees of most all California breeders -- especially the Bowen's animals which are leaving the...

I won't argue with this, but this person is already breeding. We're not going to stop that that alienating them. It's like closing the barn door once the animals have all escaped. You can go through the motions, but you haven't accomplished anything or fixed the problem. My personal opinion...

You are certainly not alone in that opinion on this forum. I choose to view it a different way. This person is already purchasing chins from a ranch and breeding them. They came here seeking help, and they have obviously done at least some research elsewhere. We can force them off the forum...

Let me try to help you with a few of the basics. I'll try to put them in simplified terms. Then as you read genetics, it might make more sense. In chins, among the common genes, the dominant ones are beige, white, and tov. The recessive ones are violet and sapphire. If a gene is dominant...

Do some research about the different options before purchasing a chin spin. There are plenty of threads about wheels/flying saucers in the archives. Here's a recent one. http://www.chins-n-hedgies.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20137 Linda

This isn't my chin, but he clearly has an eye problem. People talk about eye issues when a chin has malo. Is this what they look like? I'm guessing it could also be an eye infection or irritated eye. http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/for/2062548449.html The sad thing is that these chins...

It seems that the Bowen feed is 15.9% protein and 3.2% fat. I think it's generally accepted that breeding animals need more protein than pets, so both Oxbow and Mazuri would be considered high (too high?) for pets. Lab Diet is the only one lower than the Bowen feed. It's also generally...

The fat in the Lab Diet is the same as that in Oxbow. It's Mazuri that has the higher fat content. Tabitha, I think I heard that you use the Bowen feed for your breeding animals. Could you share the fat and protein content that's in his feed. I would expect to see both higher fat and higher...

In my opinion, one of the big advantages of the lab diet is that it is a constant nutrition food. That means that they don't vary the ingredients with the seasons and with whatever food is cheapest on the market at any given time. If you look at people's experiences with the other feeds...

There are different classes of licenses depending on what you do. For instance breeders who sell just to distributors are Class A. Distributors are a different class as are exhibitors. Fees are paid based on your dollar volume although you also have to track number of animals sold. Here are...

The occurrences are not frequent, but because the consequences are catastrophic in unborn children, you shouldn't handle mice, hamsters (Syrian not dwarf hamsters) and guinea pigs when pregnant. The lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is not uncommon (especially in house mice) and can...

What species of hamster do you have? Is it a dwarf hamster? All of the dwarf hamster species have their scent glands on the belly. Is the redness in or around the scent gland? If not, what are you seeing? Is the skin dry or flaky? How big is the red area? Is it getting worse? Is the fur...

It's interesting how two people can attend the same show and see such dramatically different things. I'm sorry I was unclear. We didn't need help with classification. When those of us doing it had varying opinions, we read the documentation, discussed our logic for placement, and came to a...

I did ask the judge a few questions during the show (not as many as I have at California shows), but when I had concerns about the show, I wrote them down and passed the note to Sue. She quickly came back to me, and we took care of it without really disrupting the show. I thought she did a...

I've been attending shows for various small animals for a good 15 years and running some of them for the past 10 years, and I think you did a superb job. Having double the expected entries is one of the hardest situations to deal with on the fly, and you did it very gracefully. We even started...

The wheels she's selling are the Ed's spins or Ed's wheels. I have a few of them, and the running surface is about 5 inches. My big chins (about 1000 grams) have no trouble running on them, and I like the wheels -- prefer them over the chin spins. Sorry I can't answer how quickly she ships...

I suspect you've never been to a show for the other small animal species or you'd know your statement couldn't be more false. The hamster shows are probably the least formal of the bunch, but all of those small animal groups judge their animals to long-standing standards that have been...

Can you put in a fleece hammock to catch him when he falls? Or can you move the hidey house and ledges under the shelves or overhangs so the kit only falls on soft shavings (assuming the floor of the cage is shavings)? And can you increase the depth of the shavings? Linda

This thread discusses the problems with the powder coating. http://www.chins-n-hedgies.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16156&highlight=powder I'm not aware of anyone who has the un-coated ones, so it will be interesting to see how they hold up over time. The company certainly does not promote or...