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Q & A / How hot is too hot?

« on: April 26, 2011, 11:40:51 AM »

Now that the weather is getting warmer, we were wondering how warm the room can get before there is any danger. Its about 72 right now, all of the girls are acting as normal.  What are some ways we can keep them cool? How do we tell if they are in distress???

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Health / Poop Question

« on: April 24, 2011, 08:38:36 PM »

Hey everybody, we just rescued two new chinnies about 3 weeks ago. Of course, at the shelter, they were giving them the food with all of the treats right in it (not Mazuri)  Anyways, after picking all of the treats out and giving them just pellets, we have noticed that there is something peculiar about their poop. First, they are both pooping a lot, but one of the chins' poop is not hard if that makes sense. If I were to take poop from our third chin, and squeeze it, it does not squish. However, if I take a poop from our other chin, and squeeze it, it squishes. We noticed it, because they stand on top of their house so much, and they had squished some of the poops. For the last three days, they have been on a hay and water diet, and we are thinking about switching them right to Mazuri after tomm. Is this a good idea? Is the "squishy" poop even really a problem? Thanks a lot.

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Q & A / Signs of Aggression

« on: January 01, 2011, 09:03:52 PM »

Hello all, as some of you may know, me and the wife welcomed a new bundle of joy for Christmas. Now, we are realizing that introducing two chinchillas is a little tougher than we thought. We are not sure how far we should let them go. When we let them both out together, at first, they just ignore each other, and do their own thing, but occasionally our first chinchilla will run after our new guy, and if he catches him, he will mount him (I think? he just gets on the others back). Usually, as soon as they start chasing one another, we try to seperate them. Are we doing the right thing, or should we let them continue, and supervise it. I guess the real problem is that we are not sure what is fighting, and what isnt. Any advice would be appreciated.
-Matt

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Health / Re: tail question

« on: December 24, 2010, 12:00:55 PM »

Thanks a lot for the advice. Here's hoping good health to your chinny during the holiday seasons.

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Health / Re: tail question

« on: December 24, 2010, 11:46:59 AM »

Ok. He is moving around, eating and drinking, and even managed to slip out of his cage twice last night! We also noticed this am that he was nibbling on it. I did some reading, and I saw that this may be either due to pain, or simply he was removing the scabs in order to get some fresh air on the wound. He is not bleeding, but we planned on trying to get him to the vet on Monday. The pet store told me that he was in a cage with the others, buts got moved bc he was cowering in a corner crying, which makes me think the other chins were picking on him. We will try the warm solution tonight, and see if that helps. Thanks for the help.

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Health / tail question

« on: December 23, 2010, 11:00:29 PM »

Hello all, we just purchased a cagemate for our little bundle of joy, however, once we got him bome, we noticed a spot on his tail. The fur around it is kinda matted down, and it looks like it is several small scabs on the tail, and itn feels thicker at the spot. We were thinking its either broken, or it is a wound from a chin at the petstore. Anyone have any experience with a broken tail, and what should we do. I can take pictures if it will help.