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Alright, I have two smaller side by side cages now (woohoo for pet store employee discounts!). Some horrendously annoying assembly required, but we'll see how that works out for them later after I'm done cussing at these cages. But hopefully this keeps them close enough that they're still okay...

No, I understand that and I can deal with having them all in individual cages. I just wasn't sure about what the effects on them would be from separation. They seem to get very agitated for even short periods of separation, I didn't want them to start developing any stress related issues from it...

Awwww! They're adorable, and the names are great! I love that last picture, just too cute.

I was thinking about that, but I had some reservations... When I have them apart they start to act very agitated and search for the other. If I put them into separate cages, would they be okay or would there start to be behavioral changes? Edit: Thanks for the last bit, I hadn't read that...

I now own two chinchillas that I got from a co-worker, they're a bonded pair named Bongo (male) and Chilly (female) and they about 6 years old. I think I'm going to re-name them, but I'm not sure what yet. Bongo is really sweet, but he's got a huge section of fur missing now from where I've...

Okay, I'm getting most of the mats out but it's leaving a huuuuuuge bald spot (well, not bald spot but just that short undercoat). How long does it take for the longer fur to grow back in? P.S. Not a kack one, he was a sweetie throughout the whole process. I'm shocked, I was expecting him to...

That doesn't hurt him?

I have two new chinchillas in my possession (long story), one of which has a fairly decent amount of matting in his fur. I don't think it can be brushed out or cleaned out. Can I cut the matting out so that it doesn't get any worse, or is there a better solution for this?

Sorry for the delay, my computer was out of commission for a few days. In any event, I'll try to take video the next time I can but he's not having a seizure. Partial or Complex, there's no sign of salivations, shaking, rigidity, loss of awareness, excessive abnormal sounds, spinning (though I...

Is this a quirk of my chin or some weird natural behavior? Recently, Radar has taking to playing dead when he's scolded or looking for attention. For example, when he's out... if he escapes his little play areas and starts to jump on/nibble on/etc something that he's not supposed to I'll yell...

I'm such a dork... I made Radar a Facebook account. One of my tenants showed me the one she made for her cat and I decided, "Hey, if a cat can have one, so can a chinchilla!" And here we are: http://www.facebook.com/fuzzrat You're more than welcome to add him. I'm basically just using the...

Aw, that's so adorable. I have no idea about what weights should be, but that's just too cute. *squish*

Aww, she's precious. I'm glad she's doing well!

Aww, hehe

Okay, we have an improvement... I can hand off Radar to my fiance without much fuss from my lil' fuzzball. And while sitting on my shoulder we hopped over to someone else's shoulder and than sat on their head while they worked on the computer, lol. I'm working on bribing my chinchilla...

I think they're like any of the higher intelligence animals, they learn the association with/of certain words. Radar responds to his name, and certain other keywords with appropriate reactions. Not to the same degree as my cats or dogs, but it's there. ...I would think renaming them would be...

I loooooove the chin with the color patch on the face. That's so adorable!

Yes. Yes, they are.

So, Radar lives at my fiance's house and he's taking his time warming up. Understandable, it took a month and a half for Radar to be as warm and loving to me as he is now, but my fiance is a little disheartened by the fuzzball that barks, kacks and nips at him. I try to be reassuring and tell...

I call my Chin a "Squabbit" after having a customer mention that he looked like a Rabbit and Squirrel bred together lol. And that's all I can think of everything I look at them now :P But yea, I know the feeling. I usually get asked if my Chin is rat... after the 3rd time I've had to stop...