46
Guestbook / Re: hello from N.H
« on: May 14, 2013, 06:02:36 AM »
Welcome to the forums. Your chinchilla is beautiful!!
Chinchilla Community Forums
- June 04, 2024, 05:09:36 AM
- Welcome, Guest
News:
Show Posts
This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.
47
General Chat / Re: will they be okay?
« on: May 09, 2013, 05:27:56 AM »
Your chinchillas will be fine. I am sure they will be happy to see you at the end of the week, though. 
48
General Chat / Re: Chinchilla acting too aggressive towards people
« on: May 08, 2013, 06:11:22 AM »
Maybe it is over-stimulation. I have found that my chinchillas don't like having a lot of people around. They bond to me and to my daughter who is always in the chin room. They don't care much for my husband or my son who both come in enough for them to know who they are but when my hubby helps to clean cages we get a lot of fussing, and carrying on. Some chinchillas love everyone and never meet a stranger, but most seem to like constancy in EVERYTHING including just one or two people and no more.
I remember thinking that you were very fortunate to have a chinchilla that would let so many people handle it. Maybe now it is just growing up enough to feel able to tell you it doesn't like it.
I remember thinking that you were very fortunate to have a chinchilla that would let so many people handle it. Maybe now it is just growing up enough to feel able to tell you it doesn't like it.
49
Memorials / Re: R.I.P Hopper!
« on: May 02, 2013, 02:48:26 PM »
I am so sorry. Was it a one story cage? Baby chinchillas can have fatal falls from ledges you may not think are very high. That is why breeders use only one story cages with no shelves or ledges. It could have also been a birth defect. Usually they will pass by their 10 day birthday if there is an internal defect, but occasionally they can last a little longer. Unfortunately, you will never know for sure what happened.
I am so sorry for your loss. I have been breeding for over 14 years and it never gets any easier when I lose a baby.
I am so sorry for your loss. I have been breeding for over 14 years and it never gets any easier when I lose a baby.
50
Q & A / Re: pumice chew block
« on: May 02, 2013, 02:42:13 PM »
I would suggest just hitting it with a bit of sand paper.
51
General Chat / Re: Chinchilla acting too aggressive towards people
« on: May 02, 2013, 02:41:17 PM »
For him to react to all of them on their approach I am sure it is something he is smelling. Does anyone in your brother's family smoke? It could also be their type of laundry detergent, a family pet, a plug in air freshener in their house....
52
General Chat / Re: Baby chins fighting
« on: May 01, 2013, 07:23:44 AM »
Unfortunately that is very common. It usually happens when they are fighting to nurse and they can do serious damage to each other. The best thing to do is take one out for about 30 mins to give the other plenty of alone time to eat, then remove the other one so the first one can eat. You don't want to keep them out for more than 30 mins at a time.
53
I can't stand the smell of carefresh! I tried to use it once because it doesn't track though the house like pine does. I agree with you that I could smell the cage much sooner than with pine. Interestingly, it isn't the urine we are smelling. When the bedding gets wet it sours and smells. (Pine will do this too just not as noticeable, in my opinion).
When we build cages we use untreated pine wood for shelves. We angle them slightly downward toward the middle of the cage. Not so much that the chinchillas will notice when they sit on them, but enough so that when the chinchillas poop on the shelves it will roll down into the bottom of the cage. It will cut down greatly on the amount that ends up on your floor.
When we build cages we use untreated pine wood for shelves. We angle them slightly downward toward the middle of the cage. Not so much that the chinchillas will notice when they sit on them, but enough so that when the chinchillas poop on the shelves it will roll down into the bottom of the cage. It will cut down greatly on the amount that ends up on your floor.
55
New Births / Re: mam just gave birth help
« on: April 27, 2013, 07:05:28 AM »
Something else I just thought of....Chinchillas like to eat what smells good. If the same pellets have been his cage for awhile they have probably lost their smell. Try replacing them with some fresh pellets and see if he eats them better.
56
New Births / Re: mam just gave birth help
« on: April 26, 2013, 01:50:47 PM »
Do you have mom and dad's cage pushed up beside each other so they are touching? This might help dad not feel so alone.
57
Q & A / Re: advice
« on: April 25, 2013, 04:25:07 PM »
If you are feeding a good quality feed it is ok for him to eat more pellets. My chinchillas have access to pellets 24/7. I never let a bowl get empty.
58
Cages / Re: Food hopper to hang on outside of cage
« on: April 22, 2013, 02:31:31 PM »
Yep, it seems high but that is where you want it.
59
Cages / Re: Food hopper to hang on outside of cage
« on: April 22, 2013, 01:04:50 PM »
Your husband is correct. You just snip just enough bars to fit the feeder in. Is it a metal feeder? The few bars you need to snip shouldn't hurt the cage structure and if it the feeder is well made you will be using it forever so the hole in the cage won't matter. That type of feeder is much better for keeping the food clean. You do want to place it at a height where the chinchilla will have to stand on its hind legs to reach the food. If the chin is a baby you might want to wait until it is 6 months old before you cut the bars so you will have a good adult height to go by. (Chinchillas are not fully grown until 8 months, but by six it will be long enough to measure the food dish.)
60
General Breeder Chat / Re: In labor?
« on: April 21, 2013, 07:13:58 AM »
Each chinchilla is different in how they nap. Some do it sitting up, some on their sides, and some on their backs with all four feet in the air. That will scare the heck out of you the first time you see it!! 