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Breeding 101 / Week old kit, is Mom okay?

« on: March 19, 2018, 11:26:57 AM »

My chinchilla gave birth a week ago, she has bred before with the previous owner. She weighs 1lb 10 ounces right now, How Long will it take her to lose her baby weight? I can also feel her spine when I pet her back, is this normal because she’s carrying excess weight in her belly or should I be concerned? She’s acting fine, eating well, nursing. The baby weighs 51 grams now, it was 45 grams the day after it was born.

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Q & A / Chinchilla has small poop

« on: December 25, 2016, 02:16:05 PM »

I recently moved back home from Oregon to California for winter break, I brought my chin home with me and since I have gotten him here his poop seem to be smaller. He's eating the same as he was a few months ago (Oxbow pellets, mixed greens, fresh water, and only 1 treat a day (raisin, dandelion drop, nuts). I haven't been able to get him to eat hay in almost a year but he's been to the vet and been healthy. His poop has been small for 2 weeks, is he not getting enough nutrients or is there a bigger issue?

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Q & A / Hemp Bedding

« on: December 05, 2016, 05:03:02 PM »

I have a friend who helped manage a hemp grow op. in Oregon this year. He made some hemp bedding for small animals and wants to give me some to try out with my chinchilla. It's completely natural and no chemicals were added, but is it safe for a chinchilla to use hemp bedding?

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Q & A / Chin won't chew anymore

« on: August 12, 2016, 09:27:40 PM »

I've had my standard grey male chinchilla for about 7 years now, he's 8, and recently he has stopped chewing on his toys. I buy him new ones every once in a while and he'll chew on it for a few minutes and then not touch it again. I'm afraid his teeth are going to get overgrown if he doesn't chew on anything. He has also stopped eating his hay. I bought "kaytee Timothy Hay" which he used to love, this one does have mangoes mixed in though. Could the mangoes be why he stopped eating his hay? He's still eating his pellets and treats when he gets them.

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Q & A / Will a baby chinchilla get along with an adult

« on: March 22, 2015, 12:39:28 PM »

I have an adult male chinchilla, he is about 8 years old. I've been thinking about getting a new chinchilla recently, preferably a girl. I was looking into getting a baby girl chinchilla but will a baby be compatible with an adult male or would it be better off to get a chinchilla around the same age as mine? Mine has been around 2 other chinchillas in his lifetime (they were my friend's chinchillas, both girls) One of them he got along great with, they would cuddle and clean each other but the other one he fought with. So if I get another chin should I go with a baby or an adult, and would a girl or boy be better?

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Q & A / new chinchilla very agressive

« on: September 29, 2014, 10:31:33 AM »

My friend just bought a surrendered chinchilla about a week ago from Petco. She's female, not sure about the age, past owners, or how long she was at the store. But she is mean. She lets you hand feed her treats, and once in a while you can pet her, other times she tries to bite or makes a growling sound. She is almost impossible to pick up and move her to clean her cage without gloves on because she'll bite. My friend has another chinchilla (also female). I have one as well (male) the two that we have love attention and love to be held and cuddled and weren't very aggressive when we got them. Any ideas on how to make this one warm up to people or even the other chinchillas? (they all have separate cages, and the male and female we already had get along together great). I have the new one at my place right now because I am home often and can give her more attention or whatever she needs.