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Yeah. No Wally = No me in NZ. This is sad news. Thank you for your help.

Hi everyone. I'm hoping someone out there has ideas or experience with traveling internationally with a chinchilla. I'm currently facing a potential move to New Zealand and am very worried about how to go about traveling with my chinchilla, Wally. I've read that the cargo hold for animals isn't...

When you find a single chinchilla fur stuck to your chapstick.

Just wanted to follow up. Wally's Chin Spin came yesterday and we coaxed her into using it with rose hip pieces and she LOVES it! Happiest chinchilla in all the world! I'm not the happiest owner since I barely got any sleep but it's worth it to see her so happy. She's pooped today and is...

I've been wondering the same sort of thing. Wally seems so abnormal compared to other chins and isn't at all what I expected (I'm not complaining, she's better). 90% of her outside play time is spent snuggling with me purely by her own choice. She'll bounce around the room for two minutes and...

We call it "The Nose Swipe of DOOM" since it's usually followed by a run attack at the wall or us. Cutest thing ever.

I just realized I never posted a photo of Ms. Wally Elephant. I have a handful more here as well: Wally!

Welp. Just ordered a Chin Spin. We'll see how it goes once it arrives. Hopefully she'll realize wheels are way more fun when they aren't too small or ripping out fur.

Wally had a bit of a hard time jumping at first as well. She could do it but was a little afraid of distances. Her cage also had a ramp and hardly any leaping room. We started off slow by adding small leaping ledges near the bottom of her cage and left the ramp to the second level where her food...

When I got Wally she had one of those awful metal mesh wheels that was far too small and pulled her fur. Still, she ran in it and loved it. We removed her wheel pretty much the moment she arrived home with the intention of getting her a proper one. She was happy to run in a crap wheel so surely...

Grr! It's been a couple days and her eye is looking worse to me. Is it typical to look yuckier before it gets better? It's now pinker and she dislikes opening it so will just sit there like popeye. Her doctor prescribed Vetrapolycin and said to just put it on the ledge of her eye so she can...

Agree, agree, agree! I am a first time chin owner and made sure to do all possible homework before even looking into adopting. I have had Wally for only 10 days and we have already had a trip to the vet for a nasty eye infection, which seems to be super common. Before agreeing I suggest...

What a cute name for a hedgie! Adorable little bugger.

Wally is home and sleeping happily. It's just an eye infection and the doctor gave us some stuff to put in her eye. She was a little trooper and the doctor said she's the sweetest chinchilla EVER. He checked her all over and even pulled those nasty mats in her fur for me with zero protest from...

She has an appointment for today at 11:30. I'm a little nervous here. Thankfully our vet is sweet but this will be Wally's first time there. Rahh!

I noticed tonight that Wally may have pink eye or something similar. She had what looked like a white eye boogie (white like her dust) on the inside corner of one eye. Her fur isn't wet or crusty around her eye but it does look SLIGHTLY swollen just in the corner. I doubt it was dust in her eye...

Thanks so much for the warm welcome everyone! Photos of Wally are coming as soon as I upload them. In the meantime I do have video of her that we took just a few short hours after her arrival home last week. http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=bh41yw0f1Js http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=L8BIHxVvhTc

I thought I'd introduce myself. Name's Christine. I'm a first time Chin owner of a rescued little girl named Wally Elephant. Her name was carefully chosen and suits her perfectly. She's beige with freckles on her ears and the tip of her nose with red demon eyes. Wally's age is unknown. Her owner...