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Q & A / Just adopted two 8 week old chins

« on: January 28, 2012, 01:37:48 AM »

Ok so ive owned chinchillas before and i still have a 3 year old that is my baby girl, but when i saw these two up for adoption on craigslist and that the woman only wanted $70 for both of them i jumped. So i have them home now with their new cage all set up and i remember when ive introduced babies to adults before(through the cage bars no actual contact) the adults have always sniffede and tryed to nip and the babies always cried out. Neither of the girls do this when i hold them up for murry to inspect them =/ i dont understand it. The only sounds ive heared from either of them are when evie sits in the corner and squeaks after i give her a treat (about a third of a rasin) Also the girls seem very small for 8 weeks, granted i know chinchillas can become pregnent more then once at a time so i figure evie is a few weeks younger because of her size but in any case i was wondering if any of you can tell me what i should do about the girls not crying at murry when she inspects them through the cage and suggest if i should get the girls vitamins to help where their so small? Also i can post picture if need be.

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Memorials / Goodbye Modi =(

« on: September 20, 2011, 11:46:51 PM »

My baby chinchilla passed away a little over a hour ago. He would have been 8 days old at noon. He wasnt eating enough and became dehydrated. We believe he may also have been sick in some way because of how quickly he passed.
Rest in peace Modi Dustbunny =(

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Health / Modi lost weight =( what should i do???

« on: September 20, 2011, 02:38:05 PM »

Hes 7 days old today and is down from 41.5 to 30.3 grams. Is their some kind of formula i can feed him??? Ive been watcing and the last few days when he goes to feed murry knocks him down and grooms him instead of letting him eat.

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Health / Murrys different since she gave birth.

« on: September 18, 2011, 04:13:47 PM »

So murry my momma chinchi is eating her hey but not her pellets. She'll also eat a rasin maybe once a day and a piece of papaya but other then that shes not eating much and shes nursing. Is she gonna go back to eating normal soon? Also since the day after she had modi shes been abnormaly calm like i can fully pet her from head to tail and shes never let me do that shes always run away before i could get past her head 0.o
Note that normaly murry is a little crack head about treats, loves her pellets and doesnt like to be touch unless its a pet on the forhead or a scratch under the chin. Shes one of the chinchis that likes to pee at you if shes annoyed lol

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New Births / Modi =)

« on: September 17, 2011, 07:48:39 AM »

So my chinchilla gave birth tuesday and the result is this cute lil bugger in calling modi =) i think hes a ebony white like his daddy (i have his dads pedigree proving he is and not just a normal mosaic, dont have one for momma) mommas a black velvet and like i said daddys was a ebony white.

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Memorials / For Loki, Percy and Mini.

« on: September 16, 2011, 11:04:01 PM »

Im posting this in memory of Loki, my daddy chinchilla who passed away in july during the huge heat wave we had. You were my second chinchilla and the sweetest sillyist little boy ive ever seen. Im sorry you didnt get to live to see your baby he looks jsut like you.

For Mini and Percy who were stillborn due to mumma having high stress and my own failure to realize she was pregnant. Im sorry you didnt get a chance to live and i promise to take good care of your brother Modi and you mumma Murry.

RIP my babys I love you.

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Health / New born kit is a premie =o

« on: September 15, 2011, 03:31:27 AM »

My chinchilla gave birth the other day (Her first live birth) She had 2 kits, one still born (the obvious older of the two) and one very much alive and obviously a premie. Moms fine jsut very tired and the living one is a little boy im calling Modi, I called my vet (who doesnt really work with chinchillas) and asked what i should do because modis eyes arent open. He said try rubbing them with a qtip dipped in warm water gently then try to get them open. if you cant then leave him he'll be fine. I want to know what you all would suggest i do. Hes getting around fine with his eyes closed to my surprise. He finds his way to momma and is eating and i got my sisters scale and he weighs 41.5 grams and he runs around the cage like he can see 0.o even climbed the mesh and purched on a wood ledge about 3 inches up that id forgotten to remove from the cage. Ive done my research on kits but cant find anything on premies =( so should i listen to my vet or should i try to get his eyes open again? I have pictures if it helps.