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Q & A / Repairing chinchillas

« on: July 11, 2018, 07:22:46 PM »

Hey guys
So tonight Iâ€™ve had to separate my chinchillas. They have been on and off chasing kaking and going up on their hind legs and didnâ€™t want to risk leaving them unattended through the night. They are both in smaller cages with everything they need.
Iâ€™ve heard you can put them back together after a (cooling off period)
My question ms are - how long should the cooling off period be?
When do you reintroduced them during playtime at night or during the day and do they go right back on the same cage after playtime?
Thanks in advance for any help yâ€™all can give!

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Health / Banana flavouring??

« on: April 02, 2018, 09:55:44 AM »

Hi guys I have a wee sick chinchilla and the vet has gave me recovery plus
Similar to this
https://www.viovet.co.uk/Supreme-Science-Recovery-Plus-for-Small-Animals/c15854/
He isnâ€™t eating it from the syringe or my finger or a spoon so Iâ€™m wondering would it be safe to put like banana flavouring or like raisin flavouring in it to encourage him to eat it?
He isnâ€™t taking it in any way Iâ€™ve tried and I think Iâ€™ve already stressed him out enough trying with the syringe.

Any answers would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Rachael

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Q & A / That time of year again

« on: December 08, 2017, 09:34:01 AM »

So its coming up to Christmas and i am dreading putting up the Christmas tree up as the chins constantly try to climb in it, on it, chew it, pull the decorations off etc etc. so my question is how do you keep them away from your tree? also would it be worth it to get a real tree and if so what kind of tree?
thanks in advance.

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Q & A / Chinchilla toys

« on: July 26, 2017, 06:20:21 PM »

Hi guys.
I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a good website to get chinchilla toys chews etc from preferably in the uk? I seem to be buying them the same old stuff and think they are getting bored of it!

Thanks in advance.

Rachael

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Q & A / Training treats and amounts

« on: December 31, 2016, 06:56:30 PM »

Hay guys and a very happy new year!!
I've been reading up on healthy treats for training and I read on a website that chinchillas can get 11-14 plain cheerios per day?! I wouldn't be treating them that much but that sounded a bit much. I was just wondering if anyone knows the proper amount of healthy treats per day I can give my boys through training and the best way to introduce this? I already give the. 1/2 to 1 shreddie per night once they go back in their cage so normally half as soon as they go in and half before I go to bed. So any help and or advice would be awesome.
Thanks
Rachael

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Q & A / Who's doing it and why?!

« on: August 21, 2016, 02:28:21 PM »

Hay guys
Just a quick question.
I have started to notice pee on the shells and on top of the chinchillas house and tonight on the outside of the wheel.
Now it got to the point we hadn't noticed it that much before but where their wooden house was before it was right in the corner of the cage. Not being moved much when we moved it the full shelf was covered. (Peeing down the side of the cage so we couldn't see) now I mean the full shelf had to come out and be replaced the house aswell. Now that the top is a brand new layout we noticed again in the morning pee on the house and shelfs. I was thinking maybe marking territory but coco and shadow have been together for about a year now so I don't think it's that.

I was thinking it was shadow because he went though a stage of peeing outside the cage. However today I noticed pee on the outside of the wheel. Now shadow is the only one that plays in the wheel so my thinking is that it's coco now so I think he has peed on the outside of the wheel and shadow has went in the wheel. There is no pee on the inside of the houses just seems to be a few shelfs on top of 1 house and today the outside of the wheel.

Anyway any thoughts on finding out who it is? And why all of a sudden are they peeing everywhere but the bottom of the cage?

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General Chat / Stray Fur

« on: August 02, 2016, 04:25:32 PM »

Hi guys!
I hope everyone is well.
Something has been bugging me for a while .... Coco always has stray fur on his back.
Now its not clumps of fur it is just like a follicle here and there and everywhere.
Its not fur biting as its right on his back and he wouldn't be able to reach, and its not fur pulling by Shaddow because when i brush him and get all the stray fur out he runs around for 5 minutes and BOOM lots of stray fur again.
I am really at a loss here - it only started from about a month ago. he seems to be eating, drinking, pooping, and running fine, he still eats his treats and comes for a hug ... but runs when the comb comes out

So my question is, Does anyone know what could be causing this?
Thanks in advance.

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Q & A / Wheels

« on: May 22, 2016, 02:09:39 PM »

Hi guys

We are over in American on holiday and I've spotted a wheel in petco.

https://m.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/petco-small-animal-mesh-exercise-wheels-in-assorted-colors

That's the link to it on the website.
I've tried to look for solid metal ones but can't get one. The mesh has very small not big enough to trap their feet. It has a full back on it it can be attached to the cage as well. So just looking for opinions before I buy 2.
Thanks

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General Chat / coco not doing much of anything

« on: March 22, 2016, 05:52:04 PM »

hay guys.
just a quick one - over the past week whenever coco has been out the cage for play time he has just been sitting under the cage not moving not doing much of anything. he seems fine in the cage - I'm sure he is eating, drinking and pooping fine there's no more or no less then there usually is -- he is eating loads of apple wood sticks but he just comes out the cage and sits under it until its time to go back in (roughly) not like he can tell time but when shadow goes in he does aswel.
anything this could be? any suggestions?

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Q & A / Probably nothing but .... My chinnies are blue?!

« on: March 21, 2016, 03:56:04 PM »

Hay guys! As I said probably nothing however both of my chinnies coco and shadow are blue .... I am assuming it is the colouring from a toy they have however their front and front paws have a blue tinge to them. The toys are from a
Chinchilla toy website and state they use non toxic colouring in sure I read somewhere food
Colouring. However my question is - is there anything I can do to get it out? Will it come
Out with them grooming each other. And will it harm them it being in their fur? I assume not however best to ask!
Thanks in advance!

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Q & A / Why is coco chewing everything?!

« on: February 18, 2016, 06:44:45 PM »

Hi guys!
This may seem like a silly question but coco my med tan has been chewing everything tonight. Normally he doesn't when we just got him about a year ago he loved chewing on the corners of the walls but came out of it quickly but tonight he has been chewing the walls, the skirting board, the radiator, the plastic tub his sand is in the plastic they hay comes in my zip! Everything! He is running around more than usual and challenging shadows mounting tonight aswell.

They have plenty of apply wood and they chew plenty every day they have wooden toys and knawing stones and plenty of hay pellets and water. There's been no change in his poop that I can tell. But he is just chewing everything! Any one any ideas?

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Q & A / Kiln dried wood vs normal wood?

« on: January 09, 2016, 10:10:46 AM »

Hi guys
As you know I'm assembling my new cage for my chinnies. I've looked online and at our local pet shops and all the shelfs are too small for what I want to do

My question is does the wood need to be kiln dried or can just dry wood do?

I can get all the lengths I'm looking for at my local hardware store (b&q) and its pine wood and used for building house hold things its untreated pine wood and looks ideal for what I'm looking for and way cheaper than asking an online seller to custom make the size of shelfs I want.

I have also looked at pictures of the pre made shelfs and the wood and pictures of the other wood and they actually look like the exact same wood.

Can I buy and custom make my own shelfs with the hardware store pine wood?

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Q & A / is this chinchilla safe?

« on: January 08, 2016, 05:20:50 PM »

Hi Guys
so I have bought new cages and now searching the web for things to kit it out!
I came across this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Happy-Small-Animal-Mineral-Tunnel/dp/B004OSVW74
Just wondering if any-one knows if they are chinchilla safe?
Thanks

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Cages / Savic Royal suite

« on: January 01, 2016, 08:02:08 PM »

Hi guys
So I'm buying new cages for my chinnies on Sunday and would like to ask some questions

http://m.petplanet.co.uk/p18497/savic_rat_and_ferret_royale_cage.aspx

That's a link to the cage
If anyone has one can I ask does it have a pull out litter tray?
Also if it doesn't what would be best to have at the bottom for litter. Knowing my chinnies they will try eat it so any suggestions of chin safe litters as such to use like wood shavings or anything to absorb the pee? lol

Thanks

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Cages / Is bigger better?

« on: December 15, 2015, 05:59:10 PM »

Hi guys

I'm looking at getting my chinchillas new cages.
Are bigger cages always better?
I think my cages are quite small right now
but was looking at getting them a larger cage.
Any thoughts or suggestions? Pictures of suitable cages for 1 chinchilla and 2 chinchillas

Thanks