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General Chat / Tragic deaths...but one new life...

« on: April 04, 2010, 07:12:58 AM »

Hey it's life, poo happens or so they say...But the two chins in our profile pic, Jake and Elwood, are gone. Elwood passed of old age, we found him stiff in his little hut. LOL kinda funny but sad and tragic at the same time. Jake, well, he accidently dislocated his spine-I'll never exercise in the room when he's out again-and he couldn't move his back two legs. After seeing him like that for a week, I made the call to put him out of his misery, and that was that.

Now we got a healthy cuddly great little baby named Tommy. He's doing great and don't worry I don't lift weights when he's out of the cage. Tommy also knew Elwood for a little while before he passed. He gets along great with our bunnyMarshall, who seems to be very smart and stays out of people's way. Chinchillas, for some reason, well their curiousity is never satisfied.

I know I'll prob get crucified for parylizing my own pet but hey we know people who have killed baby chins by stepping on them closing doors on them etc, all by accident...call me careless reckless I don't give a poo but I had to share this with all of you, so new chin owners know to be careful. Chins are quick little animals and could end up under your feet, or something else, in a second...

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Q & A / Sick Chin? Confused.

« on: November 03, 2009, 04:06:14 PM »

I did a quick search and this helped me out but I want some more expert advice from the community here. We got 2 chinnies, one is a less than a year old(Jake)and the other(Elwood), well we don't know how old he is. We're the 3rd owners, and he's lived in abusive homes before(the other chin he was with died of starvation and who knows what El has put up with. Most of the time I have to catch them to put them in their cage, my gf is much more patient then I am and will coax them with raisins. The lil guy Jake doesn't seem to mind being handled too much, I've hand fed him rainins in my arms before. El the older one simply hates being handled or pet at all, and will instantly clean himself and bite you if you touch him. He really seems to resent humans.

The other night I caught El and put him away, and the next day my gf noticed he wouldn't come out, or eat, or take treats, and he's stopped pooping, except for these little dot sized poops. He will eat half a raisin, and a little hay, but mostly stays in one corner and it almost looks like he's about to throw up, he has this weird breathing pattern. Not sure if maybe I hurt him? Or he is just old? Maybe a lot older than we thought? Any input is appreciated, I hope I didn't hurt him when I caught him...

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General Chat / Castle of Chin

« on: September 23, 2009, 04:44:48 PM »

CASTLE OF CHIN!!!
Here's the new chinnie house for Jake and Elwood. All night long they hop all over the freakin' place. They LOVE it.
Right now it's messy so don't mind the poops in the cage.

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General Chat / Hello everyone!

« on: September 09, 2009, 06:25:17 PM »

Well I'm happy to say that after my gf lost her 2nd Chin, Pippin, we decided to adopt another. We tried our hand with a female, but it just didn't work out. She was about 8 years old, did not like human contact at ALL, and loved to bite. We just weren't up to that challenge to we gave her to a vet friend of ours who homes Chins, in exchange for 2 boys. We named them Jake and Elwood. Jake is about 3 months old and Elwood is maybe 4 or 5? El always looks after Jake and they are always together causing mischief. I can't wait to post more pics and share my adventures with all of you!