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The only time any of mine have been truly happy being held, was at the vet's office. I think it was a matter of choice of either let mommy hold me or be on the table having people trying to look at my teeth and ears and stuff! All are happy to sit on my lap and jump all over me and the rest of...

What great story. You made my day!

It's not the easiest thing to do, but you can use urine test strips to look for bacteria. Just know that since chinchilla urine is very alkaline, the test strip will give you a false positive for protein. That part of the test strip will instantly go dark green! Other parameters on the test...

How's the temperature in your house? Could she be over heated?

http://www.chilldust.com RIP Blue Cloud dust because it was THE best. None of my chins really liked Blue Sparkle. It was obvious. They peed in it, which they never did with Blue Cloud and haven't since we switched to Chilldust. I could not find an answer as to why the Blue Cloud mine shut down...

Chinchilla Cages & Chinchilla Exercise wheels - Quality Cage Crafter's Johnny, if you do decide to purchase the Chin Spin, this is a direct link to the manufacturer. No need to give any business to Amazon, because like you said in your original post, plandemic.

Because our play times are scheduled at 6 am (when the people wake up) and then again at 7 pm (after our dinner time), my girls notice the time change and they do not like it. Sometimes it takes weeks before they adjust completely. I try to ease them into it and start going 15 min earlier or...

I'm located in Houston, TX and highly recommend NOLA Chinchilla Rescue. He will typically meet you at a halfway point if you can't make it all the way to New Orleans. Also, I've had great experience with Sunset Chinchillas in San Antonio. I know nothing about Lone Star Chinchillas.

Pretty sure the noise repellents are irritants to Chinchillas so I would stay away from them. We had noise repellents in our garage many, many years ago. Got rid of them as soon as we got our Chinchillas. I must be part rodent because the frequency of those things would give me anxiety if I was...

Unfortunately, I have been in a similar situation with one of my fur babies. My vet had found a liquid liver support, without alcohol, (most contain alcohol preservative) specific for exotics. This was back in 2016 so I do not have the name of the product and maybe there are better products...

We call this "tired toddler" mode at our house. Over the years we have figured out that if they are overly tired, they get very naughty! For example, recently, my husband had to replace some fence boards and he made a lot of noise in the back yard. The girls were very interested in the noise...

Just to follow up, if anyone is looking for a chinchilla vet in/around Houston, Dr. Antinoff has moved to Salt Lake City, UT. :( I would avoid GCVS as the other vets there are not great with chins and they are SO overpriced it isn't even funny. Thankfully we have not had emergencies and have...

Ori is adorable! Just give her time and I bet she'll love her wheel. Although some chins prefer to sleep in them rather than run in them lol!

I have one that prefers to drink water from a dish. We still keep a water bottle in her house, in case the dish gets knocked over. It needs cleaning and refilling at least daily as it gets dust and hay in it easily. She's housed by herself so if yours is housed with another, not sure if the...

Worst case scenario, if you can't find a loving home, NOLA chin rescue might accept her and would probably meet you half way? He drove three hours to meet us in Texas when we bought a little rescue chin from him. https://www.nolachinchillarescue.org

I have one that swallows as well as destroys cardboard, and other toys such as lava blocks, blue cloud rocks and such. I just have to watch her and redirect her attention if I feel she has eaten enough cardboard. I also encourage her to drink water. Help to push that cardboard through the...

We buy a lot of her products and some have flax seeds. One of my girls has super sensitive digestion and can't tolerate the flax. A great thing for stress is Bach rescue remedy. They make one in a glycerine base for pets to take orally. But you can just spray the alcohol based version in the...

Four days, you are very lucky! We are going into six months and it seems that our girls will never really be friends. Two cages, separate play areas and a lot of patience. We just hope that one day the miracle will happen.

Dr Natalie Antinoff is by far the BEST vet in the Houston area. We drive all the way from Seabrook to see her. 713 693 1133. Tell her Chloe, Lexi and Snowy's mom says Hi! You will love her and her vet techs are fabulous too. Other vets training to be exotics specialists are always there as well...