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  1. nikkik0720

    How did this come about?

    Personally, the kit looks to be a Hetero Beige like several others have said. I have one, and she looks identical.
  2. nikkik0720

    Help with hair ring please?

    I'd probably take him to a vet just to be safe. Especially if the penis was swollen, there could be some damage.
  3. nikkik0720

    Water Bottle Help!

    If the chin room gets colder than 65, the bottle wants to leak really bad. Not quite sure why, but it's whatever. I keep the room closer to 70 since they seem to like it better that way too (much more active and seem happier in general if it's 70-72.) My boys' figured out how to empty their...
  4. nikkik0720

    Manna Pro Pro

    I have my 4 on Manna Pro Pro. That's what my breeder (Vyxxin) uses and what she had me get when I first got my chins. I had switched them to Blue Seal Show Hutch Deluxe (which they liked more) but my local TSC quit carrying it, so I had to switch back. They do really good on it. I do notice that...
  5. nikkik0720

    How cold is too cold for my chin?

    My chins' room stays around 65-70 all year round. My parents keep the house really warm in the winter, but I shut the vent and it stays nice and cool because the 2 windows in their room are really old and the cold air comes in easily. In the summer, I keep the vent wide open because my mom...
  6. nikkik0720

    Water Bottle Help!

    I finally ended up just getting a Kaytee/Super Pet glass bottle, much like the one you have pictured GodofGods. I only got one because it was pretty expensive and the boys' bottle works (I used an old dust container lid to cover the opening where they ate the lid that came with the bottle)...
  7. nikkik0720

    Does anyone have any experience with heart tumors?

    I don't have too much experience with chins (still being somewhat new myself) but I'd say that diet probably had something to do with it. Obviously you know what a chin should NOT be fed, and did your best to inform. I'd also say genetics plays a part too.
  8. nikkik0720

    New chinnie!

    Cuddlebug, the problem is, I don't have the money. It's ridiculously expensive, and the money I do have is put back for emergency surgery (god forbid it be needed) only. I do not need the lecture on having a lot of money set back. I have just enough to cover an emergency c-section/spay and even...
  9. nikkik0720

    New chinnie!

    I have thought breeding through many times. I definitely will be breeding Willow next summer. I know there is a chance that I may lose her (and the kit(s)), and there's a chance I may have to hand raise if she rejects them or anything. I've talked to 2 local vets who both are very...
  10. nikkik0720

    Quarantine bites!

    I know how you feel. I was really sick with a stomach type thing (ER visits and everything, they still have no clue what it was), and flat out refused to go anywhere near my chin room while I was sick. It killed me to have to "ignore" them and stay away. I felt so bad, and they were so mad at...
  11. nikkik0720

    New chinnie!

    I still have no clue on what to name her. I'm actually thinking Jethro (after Jethro Gibbs on NCIS, my sister suggested it and it's kinda cute) Since she is definitely over 6 months old (after doing some research and getting other opinions, she's most likely at least a year, if not a little...
  12. nikkik0720

    New chinnie!

    Yeah, I got the water bottle haha. It's a Super Pet/Kaytee glass one. It works pretty good, only leaking for a few seconds until it forms a seal. Narcissus, I'm doing the best I can with what I got. If she is pregnant, the cage will be okay temporarily. The ledges will be removed if/when she...
  13. nikkik0720

    New chinnie!

    Narcissus, yes it it. The bar spacing is 1/2 in.
  14. nikkik0720

    New chinnie!

    I'm just trying to find a name that fits. My other 3, Malow, Gizmo, and Willow were names that just came to me, I didn't even plan the endings to go together. I'd really like to keep it like that, but it's not really working... All the names I like aren't "chinchilla" type names, and I just...
  15. nikkik0720

    New chinnie!

    They have no idea as the chins were brought in by someone (they dont even go through any specific person, just random people). They have no clue how old the chins are, or how long they've been together. It may have been a few days, it could've been months. Even if it was just a few days, I am...
  16. nikkik0720

    New chinnie!

    So today my mom and I went down to the local pet store (who doesn't have a good rep for how they treat their animals, it's all about the money). It was a last resort look for a decent priced water bottle for my girl, Willow. She currently has a Lixit plastic bottle and it leaks really bad no...
  17. nikkik0720

    What color is this baby?

    Nevermind, I'm thinking of wraps...
  18. nikkik0720

    Water Bottle Help!

    If I go with Super Pet, it'd be the glass bottles. I've had one too many problems with the other plastic ones (even with guards) with my hamsters, and am not willing to risk my chins well-being with the plastic ones (other than the kind my boys have now, but that's a different style/kind)
  19. nikkik0720

    What color is this baby?

    Does the kit have a white/lighter belly? If so, beige, if not, Brown Velvet (Hetero Beige)
  20. nikkik0720

    Water Bottle Help!

    So I'm looking to get some new water bottles (my girl's bottle is a plastic Lixit and it leaks horribly) and my boy's have a Super Pet top fill (which is amazing, but they ate the rubber/plastic flip top thing so poop/fur/hay gets in the water and it's not healthy). I was thinking about getting...
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