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Q & A / Chinchilla wheels, balls, saucers, etc.

« on: May 08, 2009, 01:42:02 PM »

I've been looking over at poor haze and well.. he needs to shed some pounds. I used to have a chinchilla ball but it was an 11.5" diameter ball which from what I understand is WAY too small! I gave it to a friend anyway but now the biggest one I can find is 13" diameter.

Is this going to be big enough for him? Is there a website or a store where they sell 14" or bigger diameter chinchilla balls? I've yet to find any but I figured maybe someone on here might know of one.

Also I've heard about these saucer things. But the metal ones are close to 100 bucks american! OUCH! anyone know if there's a more affordable place to shop for these? I don't know if my chin will even figure it out. :S I dont want to shell out 100 bucks and find out that he just doesnt get it.

Also are solid plastic wheels okay if they're big enough? I know wheels that have the metal rungs or any rungs at all really are no good. We don't want their feet to get stuck after all! I've seen these "silent spinners" at the petco down in Pennsylvania. Actually my hamster I have down there enjoys her silent spinner each night. 12" diameter is the biggest they have there though. Again, would this be safe for a chin ? They advertise a chin running on it but it still seems like it could be a little small.

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Memorials / RIP Volley

« on: May 06, 2009, 07:48:41 PM »

I know I'm new here but I figure I should honor Volleys passing regardless.

Volley was born in August 2001 and died May 5th - 2009. He was my black velvet little man. He was always a source of comfort any time I had a bad breakup in highschool or when work just seemed to get overwhelming during college. He'd always be my cheer chinny when it came to job hunting and starting my career. It was difficult to choose to have him put to sleep today. He started losing weight very rapidly over the past 4 months or so and I learned it was because his liver was failing. His blood pressure dropped so low that doctors couldn't even get a sample from him.

He had a nice little funeral in the back yard where he was buried in his nice little home made coffin curtosey of dad. And we left him with one of his favourtie stuffed buddies and the towel we used whenever he had to see the doctors. I'll admit, I'm still very upset that he is gone. But I'm glad he isn't suffering anymore. I'm going to miss him so much... He  lives on in my memory though. And I have his favourtie stuffed buddy next to my favourtie teddy when I was a kid. They are strangely similar in looks because we seem to destroy our stuffed animals in a similar manner.

RIP Volley aka Mr Fluffy Bum. I miss you!

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Guestbook / Hi there

« on: May 06, 2009, 07:26:37 PM »

Hey,

My name is Sarah. I'm from Canada and I used to have two chinchillas. Sadly today I had to have one put to sleep (His name was Volley.) I still have Haze though so I guess that still gives me a purpose to have an account here eh?

I bought Volley back in October 2001. He was a little black velvet runt and he was just such a nice little man over his past 7 years. He was always so chill whenever I held him and would sit there for hours while just being pet and loved. Unfortunately over the past few months his liver began to fail and last night he took a turn for the worst when his blood pressure got so low that the doctors couldn't get a sample to test from.

Haze was born in 2002 or 2003 (we aren't too sure) and I adopted him off a friend in 2005. He's Volleys polar opposite in the sense that he is just wried all the time. He's a violet chinchilla with little purple freckles on his ears and nose. He sheds like it's going out of style but he seems to be healthy as a horse thus far. He's a wee bit fat so I just might have to get him on a diet SOON now that I know what obesity did to my poor little Volley.

As far for a little bit about me? I'm 22 years old and I am a freelance animator/graphic designer/web designer. I just started my own small business called ScunCo Media and I am working with a few coworkers from when I worked in Toronto on a new iPhone / iPod touch application. I still technically live with my parents, however I often drive down to pennsylvania to visit with my boyfriend for a few weeks at a time. (Working from home does indeed have its perks.) I just can't justify getting my own place right now because I'll probably be moving down to pennsylvania soon to live with my boyfriend. (Once we start and finish the whole green card process, I'll probably be 45 or something LOL)

That's pretty well me in a nutshell. I seem to be learning more and more about my chinchillas every day and each time I feel as if I didn't know anything at all about them. Volley lived to be nearly 8 years old. I don't really know if that's a good or bad lifespan for a black velvet. Every website seems to have different life expectancies for these little guys.