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Q & A / Driving long distance with Chinchillas

« on: April 08, 2015, 07:46:17 AM »

Hello, everyone!
I found out recently that I will be moving to Ann Arbor, Michigan!
My family is going to help me move all my furniture up there from South Texas, but it will be by truck...
San Antonio to Ann Arbor is a very long ride...

I'm wondering if you guys have any suggestions on how I can make my two chins comfortable or if you have experience with driving with chinchillas for long distances over what will definitely be several days (with hotel stops of course.)

If there's already a topic about this just give me a link.

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General Chat / Today is the day!

« on: March 05, 2014, 09:21:56 AM »

Now that my younger chinchilla has been cured of her infection, I'm going to introduce her to my older chin!
I'm a little nervous though...
Anyone have any stories about when their chins first met?

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Health / Having issues with my new chinchilla...

« on: February 07, 2014, 06:12:13 PM »

I purchased a chinchilla in December from Petsmart. She is my second chinchilla. She is a female beige chinchilla with dark red and blue eyes named Marzipan. She currently does not share a cage with my one year old grey chin, Olivia.
The day I bought her, I noticed that she had extremely fowl smelling urine compared to my grey chinchilla. The smell is noticeable from a distance instantly after she urinates.  I thought at first it could be due to stress or whatever food was being fed to her at Petsmart. However, after all this time the smell has not gone away. She pees frequently and her stools are also large and soft.
She does not behave as if she is ill in any way. She is very sweet, curious, and active. She drinks large amounts of water in comparison to my grey chin as well. Her water bottle appears to be about a 12oz glass bottle and I refill it sometimes twice a day. I feed both of my chinchillas Oxbow pellets and Oxbow timothy hay. My chinchillas do not receive any treats other than occasional bits of oatmeal or shredded wheat. She lives in the two story critter nation cage. The plastic pans in her cage are covered with fleece.
 I have taken Marzipan to a small animal vet, but it turned out that she was actually the first chinchilla he had ever seen. Unfortunately, he was not able to suggest anything. I had her stools tested for parasites. She tested negative.  I have had no luck finding a small animal vet that has experience with chinchillas in my city.
I am afraid that my sweet chin is having internal problems that I am not aware of. I have tried researching what her issue may be but have had little luck. I have considered that perhaps she has endocrine problems since she does have a recessive fur and eye coloration.

Any suggestions for what could be wrong with her?

Thanks!