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General Chat / Re: Chinchilla death question

« on: November 22, 2015, 06:45:48 PM »

Thank you for your response. We have seperate cages but they were right next to eachother. We would take them out for play time together but we were always there in the room with them. It's fun to watch them play! We lost Zoe on Tuesday and we have been keeping an eye on him. He's eating and drinking normally and taking dust baths.

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General Chat / Chinchilla death question

« on: November 22, 2015, 03:54:06 PM »

Hi everyone I wish my first post in a long time wasnt this post. My family and I just lost one of our two chinchillas earlier this week. Her death was sudden and unexpected. We had her for 9 years and my wife is heartbroken. My question is about our other male chinchilla. After the death of his friend he has become aggressive. He's making all the noises and gestures of a mad defensive chinchilla. Now this is not like him. He is usually happy, playful and loves attention. Is this normal? He and our female were together for about 8 years and had a great relationship. They never mated because honestly we know nothing about chinchilla birth and didn't want to risk loosing our chinchilla.

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Fun and Games / Re: Story Game

« on: January 26, 2009, 06:55:18 PM »

The happiest holiday is when you include family and chinchillas, especially with FOOD! Haha Reminds people

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Fun and Games / Re: The Person below

« on: January 26, 2009, 06:51:27 PM »

False, lol Maine

  The person below has cats

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General Chat / Re: Question

« on: January 26, 2009, 06:31:42 PM »

Hi im Rose and Zoe's mom and Mike's girlfriend.  Mike was a bit off on their ages  Rose is 3 months old now we got her at seven weeks and Zoe is a girl and is one and a half.  They are now in the same room in seprate cages where we plan to keep them for several weeks.  Today they have been talking back and forth, so cute, Nice friendly sounds. I did listen to the sounds web site and Mike's "turkey" noise is the chit chat play with me sound.  Both chins were making it today.  Rose was so excited when Zoe started talking she ran around the cage doing what Mike and I call happy chinny jumps where they sorta jump and dance!!! I see this is a good sign.  Thank you for you help!!! 

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Q & A / Re: Pregnant Chin?

« on: June 12, 2008, 06:14:27 AM »

Yes I was wondering about that. So mom will clean her kits once they are born? Now that you mentioned there body temp, its summer time now and as you know chins do not like the heat. I keep the AC on in her room to make sure it doesen't get over 70 degrees. How will this affect her kits? Should I leave the AC off? Thank you guys for all the help!

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Q & A / Re: Pregnant Chin?

« on: June 11, 2008, 11:47:43 PM »

Update

Izzy is pregnant. She has gone from the size of a baseball to the size of a softball. I took her to my vet and he said that he could feel the little ones. My boyfriend and I are so excited Izzy started to do something new, When I tried to take her out for "play time" (as we call it) she bit me and drew blood!  I have left her in the cage for over a week now but every chance I get I'll go into her room, sit down and pat her. Sometimes we have the best conversations anyway Im picking up a new cage this weekend for her and once its all set up I'll move her in it. How long before the kits can be removed from mommy? I want to remove the boys (if she has any) to make sure there isnt any inbreeding.

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Q & A / Re: Pregnant Chin?

« on: May 10, 2008, 11:07:27 AM »

Thanks for the help! Izzy is 1 year old. The cage is 39 inches high with 1 inch gap between the wires. Looks like Im going to have to get a new cage. If she has kit/kits my boyfriend and I plan on keeping them. can they live with izzy when they get bigger or should they have there own cage? Ill have my boyfriend bring home some boxes so we can babyproof the new cage. I adopted izzy on april 4th or 5th so 115 days from then would be july 24ish. Can you reccomend any books or articles I should read on chin births? I have had my chin zoe since september and when we got her my boyfriend went and bought a book called "A New Owner's Guide To Chinchillas" but it dosen't have any info on birth or birthing.

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Q & A / Pregnant Chin?

« on: May 09, 2008, 03:32:02 PM »

I adopted a female chin from my friend who was moving away last month. she couldnt take both of her chins with her so I told her that I would take her female chin and she could keep her male chin. I thought that since I have a female chin they both could become friends. Right now the adopted chin "izzy" is in her own cage and is in a different room (Im QT her just incase). Now my friend deanna has only had izzy for a month before I adopted her. When deanna brought izzy home she just (for a lack of a better word) through izzy in with the male who has been living in his cage for over a year . Well I think izzy is starting to show a few signs of being pregnant. Shes sleeping on her side, eating alot more, her intake of water has increased, when I try to take her out for playtime she doesn't want to be touched but 3 weeks ago she would run and hop into my hands as if to say "lets go its playtime!" Izzy also has a hard time sleeping throughout the day. Could Izzy be expecting? If so what should I do to prepare? I know that giving birth can be hard on chins but if she is pregnant I want to do this right and make sure everything goes smooth. Thanks in advance for the help.