Chinchilla Community Forums

1

General Breeder Chat / I have a question

« on: May 27, 2009, 12:51:16 PM »

do you need a breeders license to breed chinchillas?

2

General Breeder Chat / Sex change???

« on: December 12, 2008, 08:11:22 PM »

Has anyone thought they had a female chin and then it later turn out to be a male i bought a chin from a local breeder who said it was a girl and i also checked and it looked like a girl to me but i just cleaned out cages and noticed that "she" is now a "he" how could i over look that? i know the difference between the two i just don't get it

3

Breeding 101 / Am i wrong for letting this bother me?????

« on: December 12, 2008, 01:38:31 PM »

I was at work the other day and a friend of mine said that a girl she knows is breeding chinchillas for extra money till she is done with college. now she got these chins from a pet store and she knows nothing about them and it bothers me that she is jumping into it without any knowledge about what can go wrong and that if something does that she will need the money to take them to the vet right away, i know its none of my business but i feel bad for these chinchillas i'll admit that i do have one kit that i don't know the pedigree of because i didn't have pedigrees for the parents and i no longer use them for breeding and i don't plan on selling the kit i've learned the hard way and i now have pedigreed chinchillas, am i being too sensitive or do i have a reason for being bothered?

4

General Chat / Wood Chews

« on: December 03, 2008, 06:18:21 PM »

Does anyone know where i can get a large quantity of Wood chews or Stix i go through them so fast with all my Chins and i'm looking to save a little money and get them in bulk if anyone can help me i'd be forever greatful thanks!

5

Other Pets / Got my Ocicats!!!

« on: December 02, 2008, 11:49:10 AM »

I finally got my Ocicats although they don't get along with my Bengal cat yet so it sounds as though i have three tigers growling in my living room

The lady i got them off of can't show them anymore because of back surgery so she gave them to me! She gave me the receipts and everything she paid 845 dollars a piece for these kitties i felt so bad for her but i assured her they would be taken care of....i'll have to post pictures they are very neat looking. But hopefully everyone starts getting along soon.

6

Chit Chat / Website Update

« on: December 01, 2008, 11:24:24 PM »

Hi Jamie i also need my breeder listing updated i live in PA its under A Zoo in the Attic Chinchillas i have 20+ chinchillas and my website is www.chinchillas.org/breeder/zoochins/index.html

thank you
Lindsey

7

Health / lump on one of my kits????

« on: November 12, 2008, 08:18:42 PM »

upon examining one of my kits it's about 3weeks old i noticed a pea sized lump in the middle of it's stomach its soft and it moves what could this be? i hope its nothing too serious. i pushed on it a little and the kit didn't seem to mind.

8

General Breeder Chat / Color help!!!!

« on: November 12, 2008, 12:15:09 PM »

I need help figuring out what color my new kit is his mom is a medium ebony and his dad is a homo beige, he isn't either of those colors so i'm leaning more towards a violet or sapphire can someone send me a picture of one of these to compare? i'm going to take pictures tonite and post them in my gallery.

9

General Breeder Chat / How safe is it?

« on: November 04, 2008, 07:45:16 AM »

How safe is it to leave the female and the male in together when she is due? I know i've seen pictures of mommy and daddy chins taking care of the kit but was wondering if there are things i should know before i decide to do that .

10

North East USA / chins for sale in pa

« on: October 31, 2008, 04:01:04 PM »

i have three standard males about three years old and one ebony male born october 5th not ready yet all are pedigreed standard are 80 and ebony is 150

tudiebug@yahoo.com

11

General Breeder Chat / is it wrong?

« on: October 27, 2008, 06:46:48 PM »

i sold one of my female chins to a very nice lady that lives a little bit away from us well she called about two weeks after she bought her and said she died because her dog got her my question is do you think its wrong for me to turn her away when she wants to buy another one i just don't feel comfortable about the situation $:-\$

12

News / hey everyone!

« on: October 27, 2008, 06:42:33 PM »

i just started school to be a vet tech! i'm so excited and hopefully i will be useful to some clinics that don't know too much about chins!!!

13

General Breeder Chat / My two rescue chins i cant believe this!!!!

« on: October 27, 2008, 06:35:00 PM »

i rescued two chinchillas from a friend at work one male and one female i noticed they were in pretty poor condition they were losing weight and of course wet around the mouth and i guessed it was malocclusion i took them to my vet who only does check ups on chinchillas he doesn't specialize in them and he said i was right and they would have to be put down but he refuses to do it so now i have two suffering chins what am i suppose to do i checked around and there is no other vet even close to me that treats chins did i miss one i need help i feel so bad they can bearly even stand on their own any more and it breaks my heart. plz help

14

New Births / Another Birth!!!

« on: October 15, 2008, 04:43:31 PM »

i just had another kit born on saturday he is an ebony he is also available for adoption as well i'll be putting his picture on my website so check it out

15

Q & A / I rescued a male chin from a friend

« on: August 29, 2008, 05:59:47 PM »

This poor guy did something to his privates and his thing is dragging on the ground he is oviously stressed because he chewed the hair off his legs and ha chin is soaked and matted my question is should I have him put down or is it a possibility a vet could help?