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Q & A / Re: New Owner. Just checking

« on: March 10, 2017, 04:43:09 AM »

Good Morning,
She seems to be doing better.  She's running on her wheel and interacting with my dogs.  She's definitely eating hay and just picking at pellets so here's my question....about how much hay should she eat?  I clean up the old hay in the morning and put fresh stuff down and she goes for it/1  She seems to pick out what she likes out of the horse hay and then moves on to the Kaytee hay.  I just don't know if I'm giving her enough.  There is always hay leftover but she loves getting the new stuff.  Thanks

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Q & A / Re: New Owner. Just checking

« on: March 07, 2017, 04:01:46 AM »

Thank You.  She's acting better all the time so I think the excess treats might have been a big part.  She ate a lot of hay during the night and some pellets.  She's chewing her wood sticks.  She comes to greet me at the cage and is actively investigating me but I don't attempt to handle her at this point. 

I have horses so hay isn't a big issue (just wanted to make sure I could use it) but she came with 3 bags of Kaytee timothy so I'll mix it for now.  I'm still concerned about it because they spray Canadian hay in the field to keep it green so I'm not sure they'd have to put it on the bag because they don't add it.

Just for clarification, George is at school and will stay there, and Shizzee is at home so there isn't any plan to have them in the same place.
I'll order some better food today!  Thanks again.

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Q & A / New Owner. Just checking

« on: March 06, 2017, 05:37:39 PM »

I teach Animal Science at a local high school and we adopted a Chinchilla, George, a couple of months ago.  No problem with him.  I was so enamored with him that I accepted one as a home pet from a friend that needed to rehome.  George is bright and full of energy and full of life but this new one seemed "sleepy" even at the house she was at.  They brought her to my house and set up her cage the way she "liked" it...including a bowl of nuts, a bowl of dried fruit and a bowl of the Dandelion treats!  Could this "junk food" diet have caused her lethargy? It's been 48 hours with no treats and she seems scared now (which I think is an appropriate response to changing locations etc.)
I have seen her eat hay (horse hay, mixed timothy) and she's been in her pellet bowl which leads me to two more questions. 1)  I've had people tell me that they need the bought Timothy hay bags but I know they've been chemically treated to stay green and I think good quality horse hay is probably better for them...am I right? and 2)  Both of them came with the Tractor Supply brand of pellets (Dumor) and both seem to pick out the colored pieces and leave the rest behind.  Is this okay or should I find them something else quickly?
Thanks