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I posted in the 'Chin Emergencies' section a little while ago about my chin's barking behavior, but Im trying to get some more insight. My chinchilla has recently taken to barking in the middle of the night/ during the day out of nowhere. I've been observing her and it seems like the behavior is...

Hey everyone, So my chinchilla recently was treated for gingivitis, and she was constipated for a while on meds (the antibiotic can do that to her), but we continuously kept her hydrated and fed her critical care. After successful treatment of gingivitis, she started pooping again, and she was...

Hi everyone, I have come to this site to ask a question about fur chewing. My chinchilla has been fur chewing for about a year now, and she is only 3 years old. When I researched it after she began, one of the factors that could contribute to fur chewing was stress and another was boredom. She...

Hi everyone, I have both a male and a female chinchilla, the male is 5 and the female is almost 2. We have put them in a cage together because we are hoping for them to breed. We already talked to their breeder about everything we need to know, and she is helping us along the way, although I do...

Does anyone have good chinchilla treats that they feed their chinchillas? I feed mine cheerios, only one a day, because the breeder told me that cheerios were the best treats for them. I am too afraid of buying the store treat mixes, as who knows where they were in the manufacturing company. I...

Just want to thank everyone and all of the information on this site! A couple months ago Whiskers our male chin wasn't doing well. After an intense couple months of hand feeding, tummy rubs, vet appointments , meds, researching information and everyones ideas and help here….We are glad to say...

Whiskers still doesn't seem to be turning around:( All this started up about 11 days ago. We originally took him to the vet Saturday the 3rd then again Monday the 5th. Monday they said he had a tooth infection and started treating with antibiotics and a pain killer. We had him into the vet again...

Just wondering if anyone has ideas what I can do to get my chin to eat. Its been 3 days of not eating or drinking. We were able to get a little critical care down him but not much. We took him to the vet and he took an X-ray and said it wasn't impaction. He did see a small pocket of gas. But he...

So one of our chinchillas is not eating much lately. He will accept treats (cheerios) but we only give him a couple a day. He eats some of his hay but it doesn't seem like he wants to touch his pellets. There is no stretching with his stomach yet, but his poops are small and hard. We tried...

We have had our chinchilla for about four years. Just recently we lost our older chinchilla, who was his best friend. He has seemed very sad since her death. He seems to be eating well and he is still pooping but he is losing weight. He seems much more fragile and we put him on the scale to see...

Hello, I have two chinchillas, one female and one male. I let them run around in my room every once in a while but they are not caged together. I of course watch them while they run, making sure that nothing funky happens, but whenever my female goes over to the male, she bites his face and he...

Hello Everyone, My chinnie has been sneezing more and more lately. I don't know if I should take him to the vet or not. I don't see discharge out of the nose but I heard that a possible respiratory infection could be present. Sometimes it sounds like he is wheezing too. Please help! Thank You!!

Could someone remind me where I can get critical care again? Thanks

Hi. Cuddles is a standard gray chinchilla who is possibly pregnant. We think she mated with our other male chinchilla. We took her to the vet a month or so ago, and they could not confirm whether she was or not. Since then, she has gotten much bigger. Today, she became very lethargic and is...

Can anyone tell me how long bloat can continue? Cuddles was severely impacted about a week and a half ago and she was put on four different meds. She seem to react pretty good to them she started pooping and eating and drinking on her own after a few days. So after about 7 days the vet had us...

I just want to thank everyone on this site! We have been searching on this site a lot for the last month. If it wasn't for all the knowledge on this site we may have lost our girl!!! With the information we gained we were able to get her the help she needed. She is not out of the woods yet, but...

Cuddles Story: This is what is going on with my chinchilla cuddles, I am stressed and very attached to her, and I am at my end of knowing what to do. First she got a foot infection so we went to our local vet and he prescribed us Baytril in pill form. We ended up giving it to her in syringe...

Ok I was able to get some critical care to feed cuddles but how much and how often should I be feeding her? It has been a couple of weeks where she hasn't really eaten much but a little bit of hay because of the Baytril she was on.

I have been reading as much as I can on feeding a chinchilla that is not eating and I keep seeing this critical care. What exactly is it and where do you get it? also I see something about pumpkin balls. How do you make them? My chin was on baytril and has not been eating since. She has lost a...

Is it not ok to give your chin the timothy hay that comes with dried carrots or mangos mixed with it?