Chinchilla Community Forums

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Other Pets / Which do you like better?

« on: May 09, 2011, 03:07:24 PM »

Which do you like better?

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New Births / Seperating??????

« on: May 09, 2011, 03:01:40 PM »

My female's kit is now 7 weeks old now and is a male. Have heard you need to seperate the males from the mother at 7 weeks. I even found a companion that allows him to live in his cage. I put him in there but then cries. I take him out and put him in with his mother. I'm afraid he will breed with his mother

$:-\$ . Should I just leave him in with the male?

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General Chat / Seperating????

« on: May 09, 2011, 03:00:30 PM »

My female's kit is now 7 weeks old now and is a male. Have heard you need to seperate the males from the mother at 7 weeks. I even found a companion that allows him to live in his cage. I put him in there but then cries. I take him out and put him in with his mother. I'm afraid he will breed with his mother

$:-\$ . Should I just leave him in with the male?

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General Chat / What kind of chin?

« on: April 30, 2011, 09:27:54 AM »

My mosiac(Chinta) and beige(Cheerio) chinchillas finally had kits! They had three beautiful show chins. Two are pure white, 1 boy(Pocano) 1 girl(Willow). The othere one is the runt. She doesn't have a name yet. She is exactly all white in the front and all beige in the back even her tail. What kind of chinchilla is she? Is she a rare breed? What should she be listed as in shows? Is it a good thing? Also, any name suggestions? Thanks!!!

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North East USA / Any shows around NJ, NY, or PA

« on: September 19, 2010, 12:15:19 PM »

I have been looking around, wanting to show my chinchillas, but haven't found any shows around where I live. Does anyone know of any shows near NJ, NY, or PA???

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General Chat / What treats are right?

« on: September 05, 2010, 02:25:03 PM »

Are Dandelion Drops, Yogurt Drops, and dried Papaya good for Chins?

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General Chat / Surpise!!!

« on: August 23, 2010, 10:24:19 AM »

I was sleeping over my grandma's house this weekend. When I got home I couldn't wait to see my chinchillas. We were planning on getting more chinchillas soo there was an empty cage. I walked over to the cages and saw something moving in the empty cage. I asked my om if she separated my 2 chins and she said no. I said there is something moving in there. I opened the cage and a grey chinchilla and a beige chinchilla ran over to me. I couldn't believe my mom got me the chinchillas that I wanted over the weekend while I was at my grandma's. I was soo happy I closed the cage and ran over to my mom and gave her a hug. I was soo happy I almost cried. I name them Gizmo and Cheerio. They are friendlier than my other 2. I love them soo much!!!

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Breeding 101 / Can chinchilas have miscarriages???

« on: August 03, 2010, 10:23:32 AM »

I have had my male chinchilla in my female's cage since November and she hasn't had any kits. Know, she has longer nipples and is more sleepy. Could she of had a miscarriage and got pregnant again after the miscarriage???

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General Chat / My chin got Best in Show!!!

« on: July 11, 2010, 05:48:51 PM »

I forgot to tell people that my chinchillas got best in show for a fair called "farm fair" ( aka: Burlington County fair). There were like a hundred of small animals and my chinchilla Che-Che got an award for best in show out of all of them. I was so happy, and since it was my first show in 4-H ( actually it was my first ever show I have ever been to).

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Breeding 101 / can my female be overaged to have kits

« on: July 10, 2010, 07:21:30 AM »

My chinchilla is about three and a half and i have had my male in her cage for a while now and she was suppose to have her kits in June. I have read that you are suppose to breed your chinchilla about at the age of one. Could she be to old to have kits, does she need a little more time to have the kits, or is she not able to have kits.

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Breeding 101 / Scales

« on: July 03, 2010, 08:25:36 PM »

I asked about my female being pregnant before and many people responded that weighing is the best way to tell if she is pregnant. Where is the best place to get a chinchilla scale and how much do they cost???

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North East USA / Looking for chins for sale in NJ

« on: July 03, 2010, 07:53:03 PM »

We have 2 chinchillas of my own, my daughter is in 4-H and she wants to specialize in chinchillas. We only have standard greys and she wants different colors. Does anyone have a chinchilla(s) preferably not standard grey. Also, I am making my daughter pay for it herself since she wants it so it would have to be within a range of $40 or so. I don't think it matter what gender it is we have a male and a female and they both have their own cages that could fit about five chinchillas. It is ok if they are a breeding pair to because, we are trying to breed our chinchillas and we would breed a breeding pair.

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Breeding 101 / How do you know your Chinchilla is pregnant???

« on: June 16, 2010, 12:56:40 PM »

I wanted to breed my male and female chinchillas so, I put the male in the female's cage. He has been in there since November and I don't know if my female is pregnant. I thought she was going to have them the end of April so, I took the male out but she never did. I felt her stomach and it feels like she is pregnant but she is a big female. So, I put my male back in her cage so if she never was pregnant, she would get pregnant. How do you tell if she is pregnant???

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General Breeder Chat / Breeding

« on: June 10, 2010, 03:31:11 PM »

Please put your opinion about what happened. Thanks!!!

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North East USA / Oppposable Thumbs?

« on: April 01, 2010, 07:23:05 PM »

I was really interested in finding out if Chinchillas have opposable thumbs. I have looked everywhere and and havent found the answer to my question. ::shrug: