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Chinchillas => General Chat => Topic started by: FluffBall on August 02, 2006, 09:52:28 PM
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I am freezing in my house I find myself putting my feet on my tower that is on the floor to warm them up and I am tired of being cold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so what is the best temp for you chin and also what is the hottest temp a chin can handle?
I am opening my doors to let the heat in.
please help ::silly::
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::nod:: usually About 75 at the highest, not sure how cold? :-\
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::silly:: As a general rule between 65 and 72 is best.
Anything over 75 is getting dangerous. 80+ can be lethal in a very short period of time. :flames:
Anything under 50 is getting dangerous in the other direction. ::wow::
Rule of thumb ... temperature (F) + humidity must = less than 150. :-[
The higher the humidity, the lower the tempature must go. Getting a good dehydrator for the room the chin is in is a good investment.
We keep the house at 68 (F) year round. It has always been very comfortable and a real relief comming in in the summer when it was hot outside ... but with this heat wave, it is actually making it feel like walking into a refrigerator when we come in from outside.
::wave::
Jo Ann
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I agree wtih what JoAnn said. We keep our chinchilla building between 69-72 in the summber and in the mid 50's in the winter. In the house we keep our thermostate set at 70 but we have old windows that let in a lot of heat so it stays about 73-74. We try not to let the chins in the house out to run during the warmer hours since its so close to 75. We like to keep them cool and sleeping. In the morning and evening when our house is closer to 70 we let them have their play time.
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Here on the cooler side of the earth we all like it just a tad colder than that. ;D
80+ is lethal to me :blush2:
My chins rarely see above 65, 70 and their stretched out like minks all over the place.
They do get used to temps some what, but yes too hot or too cold is not good.
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thankyou so much I am just freezing and so I turned my thermo up to 70 and it is much better and my chins are more active
thankx again
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::silly:: Hi Debbie,
Here on the cooler side of the earth we all like it just a tad colder than that. 80+ is lethal to me
We must be kin ... at 80, you might as well cart me off to a walk-in cooler or a hospital.
Where is the cooler side of the earth?
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Jo Ann [/i]
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I'm on a/the "Rock" hanging off the east coast of Canada out in the Atlantic Ocean.
Newfoundland, the most easterly point of Canada. The cooler side. :D
Funny out of 6 siblings and 4 step siblings I'm the only one who stayed home.
Even my Mom moved to Florida, with 2 of my sisters whom are now married & raising families there.
The rest are in Washington State, BC, Ottawa, and NS, warmer places. ::sadtears::
I just couldn't take the heat, with these hot flashes :D
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:) I have lived here in Bakersfield all of my life,But heat is bad I can't take it anymore at 112. So that's why we moving to the coast. All so for the chins. :::grins::
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Hehe... same here... I can't stand anything over 80... anything over 74 is uncomfortable :P
I'm just like a chin ^^
I originally lived in Portland Maine, on the coast... got spoiled by the temps there ^^
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I love the NE states I'm in Pittsburgh PA and would love to drive up through maine and stuff in the fall to see the landscape you got pics from when you lived there is it just like the pics in the magazines?
;)Mellissia
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Now that's interesting, there seems to be a bit of a connection between people whom would rather cooler weather, and chin addicts. 8)
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:) Yes that is a good point. ::silly::
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is it just like the pics in the magazines?
;)Mellissia
You mean... perfect and very charming? Of course ^^
Now that's interesting, there seems to be a bit of a connection between people whom would rather cooler weather, and chin addicts. 8)
Hehe... those chins know how to live :P
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:::grins:: yep thay do ::silly:: ::silly:: ::silly::
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;)I'm the odd ball I love chins but also love warm weather I have to step out side to warm up and it takes me a good hour to do that
::shrug:: what is a good temp for them in the winter cause I like to ba warm last year he was near our sliding door by the cold but there were no drafts
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::silly::65 to 72F is best year round ... If you are keeping them near the sliding glass door ... remember that direct sunlight will make the chins even warmer than the room temperature. There will be a little draft every time the doors are opened.
If you are not going to use the sliding glass doors in the winter, you could close the curtains and move the cage near the glass door. I would keep a thermometer near their cage and try to adjust everything else to work with it.
In the winter when it is below 65, when you come inside, the inside will feel warmer than it really is.
The same as now, regardless of what the temperature is outside, inside it is going to feel cooler than it really is. :-[
::wave::
Jo Ann
The easiest way to adjust is to raise or lower the temperature by one or two degrees one week at a time ... this way your body adjust to it. ::nod::
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I am like a chin too. I cannot tolerate the heat! Usually it is quite comfortable here in Western NY, but a few weeks ago it got almost to 100! The chins and I were living in the air conditioned bedroom along with all 3 of my kids! I am so much happier now that the temps are back in the low 80's during the daytime and 50-60 at night!!! The chins are happier as well. During the heatwave we had to put them in a smaller cage to bring them in the bedroom and they were missing their chin condo!!! ::sadtears::
Alison
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the sliding glass door is in the dining room and we hardly ever use that door and there are virtical blind to keep out the light and the drafts :)