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Hi everyone! It's been a long time since I posted here, so I'm not sure if this is the right place. I recently lost my 12yo chinchilla, Rutherford. We don't plan on getting another chinchilla, so I'm looking to donate his two-story Ferret Nation. I upgraded his cage maybe about 5 years ago, so...

hi there, i'm wondering what brand/type of hand vacuums do you use to suck up all the poop inside your chinchilla's cage? i've been meaning to purchase one, especially now that i've received a gift card from amazon after selling my textbooks. right now, i sweep with a brush and a pan, and it's...

I may just be paranoid, but I still want to make sure Rutherford is okay... When my girlfriend came over, I grabbed Rutherford from his cage so she can give him the usual hugs and kisses. Right before I handed Rutherford to my girlfriend, she noticed that the fur around his genital region was a...

i would love to let rutherford out for playtime without using a playpen, but he likes to chew on my textbooks and my DVDs. but he's a big boy now (almost 2!), and he has found a way to hoist himself on the playpen and jump out... which defeats the purpose of using one in the first place. i only...

hi all! so my girlfriend have been considering getting a hedgehog as a pet for quite some time now. she grew up handling animals, so i have no doubt she will be great with a hedgehog. i was reading up on some sites, and in some ways, hedgehogs are very similar to chinchillas! well, the...

hi there, i'm wondering if anyone has a solution for me. i have asthma, and originally, only his hay started to bother me. i take claritin and puffs my inhaler before i touch the hay. recently, the his dust baths have started to exacerbate my attacks as well. my girlfriend has also become...

i've been thinking of getting rutherford a new cage for a while, and if my job interviews went as well as i thought they did (fingers crossed), i might actually go forward with the purchase. he currently has a quality cage company townhouse, and while the cage is great, it's really not sturdy...

does anyone have quality cage company flying saucers in a quality cage company cage? i currently have the exercise wheel, and the sounds it makes when rutherford runs on it at night is killing me! the metal-against-metal sounds really agitates my heart, so i'm wondering if the flying saucer is...

i know they don't like to be held, but sometimes, i really just want to hold rutherford for a little bit. he lets me give him massages and scratches all over, so i know he's comfortable with me and trusts me, to a certain degree. i've had rutherford for about 7 months now, but i never really got...

does anyone have advice on how to stop your chinchilla from biting his cage? i don't know why he does it, but lately, he's been biting his cage a lot. there are plenty of wood inside his cage for him to chew on, a few chew sticks, enough pellets, hay, and water. in the beginning, i usually tap...

lately, i've noticed that rutherford has been eating a lot. i'd put about 5 scoops of pellets (1 tbsp per scoop), and he'd finish that in about 1.5 days. i never really questioned whether he was overweight because he's very agile, loves to run around in his cage, and runs on his exercise wheel...

i'm at a loss of how to make rutherford's cage more fun for him. what do any of you put in your chinchilla's cage to make it more enjoyable and hospitable? aside from an exercise wheel, shelves, food bowl, water, ledges, and a house of course. aside from the usual items found in a chinchilla's...

... like sexually frustrated. earlier last week, my girlfriend said rutherford tried to hump her arm when she reached in to say hello. he's already used to her presence, and has really taken a liking to her, so she wasn't a stranger or anything. earlier this week when i reached him for my daily...

Is it normal for chinchillas to be uninterested in apple chew sticks after they strip off the bark? Rutherford attacks the sticks like his life depends on it, but once he strips off all the bark, he doesn't bother with it anymore. I find that extremely wasteful. Is that what chinchillas do with...

hey guys, rutherford seems to have stop eating his hay. i change it every day to keep it fresh, and he used to be so excited when i open up the bag of hay! he'd immediately run to the side of the cage and start sniffing really hard and reaching for a piece. these days, he seems uninterested in...

Do any of you recommend changing up the shelving arrangements inside the cage from time to time? Or is it better to keep everything in exactly the same place so as to not freak your chinchilla out? The first time I cleaned Rutherford's fuzzy tube (I had to remove the fleece to put it in the...

is it normal for chinchillas to like burrowing? i've put in a nice layer of bedding in rutherford's cage, but he seems to really like burrowing through the bedding to find himself a nice spot on the metal tray. it's not hot in san diego right now, so i'm sure the temperature inside the house is...

hello! i just got rutherford yesterday afternoon, so he still doesn't trust me completely as he's trying to figure me out. anyways, i was wondering how often must you change the bedding? i know it sort of really depends on the chinchilla, but i was wondering if anyone has tips on changing the...

Just brought my baby home early afternoon yesterday! <3 I have a question about the exercise wheel. A 15" exercise wheel was included in the starter package for this Quality Cage Co. cage I purchased for Rutherford, but I'm wondering if 2-month-old is too young for an exercise wheel? I figure...