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Health / Re: Bad raisin experience!

« on: February 16, 2014, 10:30:09 AM »

It's probably cause I try my best to keep his daily sugar intake low... I limit his treats to apple twigs, rose hips, or fragments of dried strawberries.
Also, it's not like he TOTALLY went off food... just that he's normally a big eater and big pooper, he's like 5.5 months old, and he's grown a LOT in the last month (didn't realise until I saw his old photos), he weighs 510g now.

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General Chat / Re: My Chin loves his poop flinging machine. :(

« on: February 16, 2014, 10:23:38 AM »

Bad cage design... wheel is overly big, cage is too small, so the wheel is slanting facing the front of the cage... resulting in poop being flung directly outside the cage. 

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General Chat / My Chin loves his poop flinging machine. :(

« on: February 16, 2014, 10:22:06 AM »

My Chinchilla is named Popsicle. This is my conversation with him. (translated to English for those who aren't fluent in squeek squeek).

Popsicle: Thank you for building me this poop flinging machine! I love it very much!

Me: It's not a poop flinging machine, I built you a flying saucer running wheel from Ikea parts!

Popsicle: First, I climb onto it, and poop on wheel!

Me: It's not a poop flinger!

Popsicle: Then I run and the wheel spins and poop gets launched out of the cage!

Me: It's not a poop flinger!!!

Popsicle: Wow, look how much range I got on this thing! I can fling my poop almost to 2 feet away from my cage!

Me: IT'S NOT A POOP FLIN... you know what? Fine. Go enjoy your poop flinger. you win. sigh. (puts a dustpan and brush next to the cage)

. ... and I was worried he wouldn't run on it... that lasted less than 1 day ROFL...

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Q & A / Re: How do you make a chinchilla diaper?

« on: February 14, 2014, 12:45:15 AM »

Rather than a diaper which covers her privates, maybe wrap her leg to cover the leg instead?

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Health / Bad raisin experience!

« on: February 14, 2014, 12:43:16 AM »

Man, chinchillas are sensitive to sugar.

I gave Popsicle 3/4 of a raisin the other day instead of his usual fragment to taste, and he went HYPER for hours, bouncing off the walls at top speed, and he also went off his food for 1 day.

Not doing that again.

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Health / Versele-Laga Chinchilla Nature?

« on: February 02, 2014, 09:52:30 AM »

I bought these pellets for my Chin cause I thought the food looked more "appetising" than plain old hay pellets or such... but now I'm reading the ingredients and more informed, I'm a bit more skeptical whether this stuff is safe to feed my Chin!

It contains apples, bananas, carrots, yeast, algae... I didn't find the word "hay" at all on the list of ingredients!

... Is feeding this to my chin a really really bad idea? Should I just chuck the bag and eat the loss, or should I keep the stuff and only use it for treats, or what?
Or is it actually safe to feed my chin?

http://www.versele-laga.com/nutri/nutrition/Pages/Products/index.jsp?lng=3&fam=224&ani=-1&ran=20644&pro=20687#Productvoorstelling

I'm a bit leery since I opened the bag, scooped out a random fistful, and I got 3 slices of banana in the mix, which is a lot to me, since I would only give Popsicle 1/4 slice of banana as a treat a day maximum, so 3 slices of banana a day seems too much!

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Health / Re: My new chinny seems depressed. Please help!

« on: January 07, 2014, 07:50:43 AM »

If you're separating them, maybe separate food bowls too, so you'll know for certain whether he is eating or not?

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Health / Re: What's a normal weight fluctuation range for a chin?

« on: January 07, 2014, 07:43:57 AM »

Iirc, animals try to maintain high body fat in cold weather, less in hot weather.

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Health / Re: Dental and sore mouth

« on: January 07, 2014, 07:39:19 AM »

How well have you bonded with her? Maybe you can substitute their company?

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Q & A / Re: Chin poops in food bowl

« on: January 07, 2014, 07:35:32 AM »

I have that tunnel thing too. He likes to go on it. Sometimes in it. But he prefers the elevated houses.

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Q & A / Re: Chin poops in food bowl

« on: January 06, 2014, 07:29:33 AM »

I changed to a large bowl since the old one didn't work.

Old bowl, he treated it as a chair, food bowl, circus tool... He sometimes turned it sideways and used it as a wheel. ... Crazy chin I got...

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General Chat / My live in personal trainer

« on: January 06, 2014, 06:51:15 AM »

My chin thinks I'm too fat.

We've graduated from playing hide n seek, to playing tag.

He's trained me well... He runs away to hard to reach spots, waits for me, until I give him a pet or tickle, then he's off to the next location.

If I get tired and rest, he'll come disturb me to tell me playtime is not over yet.

... Turns out even a young chin has more stamina than a fat human...

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Q & A / Chin poops in food bowl

« on: January 05, 2014, 07:32:48 AM »

Even when I use a tiny food bowl, I'll find lots of poop in it.

Anyhow, my question is, how often do I need to clean it? He's still growing so I'm not sure how much food to give him, it seems variable. Anyhow, problem is when there's lots of unbeaten pellets mixed in with lots of poop...

So far I just pick out the poop and assume that the remaining pellets are still edible. Is this wrong?

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Q & A / How to examine my chin?

« on: January 01, 2014, 08:43:03 AM »

He's ok with being touched, but WILL squirm and struggle if he feels restrained.

This has made it impossible to examine his teeth and paws.

What should I do? Leave his examinations to a vet?

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Q & A / Re: Possessiveness/ jealousy?

« on: December 30, 2013, 11:36:41 PM »

Chins... Groom themselves?