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Health / Re: Dry Chin Ears

« on: February 22, 2012, 12:17:10 PM »

My male Chinchilla is about a year old and has dry ears and feet. He HATES when I put bagbalm on him. It takes 2 people; one to hold him and keep him from squirming and another to actually put it on. and eventually it all ends up in his fur and he's a nasty mess. Does anyone know of any other solutions to the dry sin problem? Something a little less greasy? It doesn't APPEAR to bother him too much but I know Chinchillas are good at hiding things like that.

dust bath its just to put like 10 or 15 minutes and day yes day no and be sure that your sand has anti-fungus or buy to put.

I dont know if there is but the best thing to put is BARRAL i dont know what is bagbalm but shearch for BARRAL and you put a bit on his foots and its done .
do you have something on the floor of the cage?

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Health / Re: chinchilla fur

« on: February 22, 2012, 10:43:00 AM »

Well it shouldn't be a fungus then. Is it red, or flaky where the hair is coming off?

it's the nose so is red yes but its normal the skin is not dry or anything.

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

« on: February 21, 2012, 07:51:00 PM »

Aww, congrats!! Does he get a special chew toy and treat?

LOL blondy

hi! Do you have a lot of chinchillas shows in US?

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Health / Re: chinchilla fur

« on: February 21, 2012, 07:14:59 PM »

Athletes foot powder is an anti-fungal powder, and will get rid of other skin fungi other than Athletes foot (the powder kills all skin fungi). And since he rolls in his dust bath, adding it in there will ensure it gets all over him and will not only kill the fungi, but I'm pretty sure it will attach to the dust from the bath and fall out of his fur.

oh okey but i put an anti-fungus in the bath sand 

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Cages / Re: Molly's new cage! I want to do it right!

« on: February 21, 2012, 06:14:35 PM »

So molly got a new cage. It's the biggest one she's ever had at 5 feet wide, over 3 feet tall, and 18 inches deep. I paid $40 to a guy on craigslist for it, which i consider a great deal. It's huge and has about 15 doors that slide upward to open. (BTW she's still in her old cage.)

Right now it's completely empty. Just a shell. It seems a bit unstable. My original plan was to deck it out with wooden ledges and shelves but i don't know how they'll hold. Right now i think my best bet is to put in shelves that fit in the 18 inches from front to back at various heights that will become platforms. I'm hoping this will add to the stability of her cage so she can continue her wall-jumping safely. : )

Has anyone had this issue? how did you overcome it? also, can plexiglass be used to make more lightweight shelving? Maybe covering it in fleece to make it safer and less slippery??? And, as i'll be only using a couple of the 15 doors, do you have any suggestions as to keeping the other ones closed??

Thanks a ton

hello! you should buy that beds in cloth and some wood toys to suspend and some wood houses too. what is plexiglass? what do you want to cover with fleece?(sory but i'm portuguese and not excellent in english ).

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Health / Re: chinchilla fur

« on: February 21, 2012, 05:58:26 PM »

Add athletes foot powder to his dust bath.

sorry but for what? 

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Q & A / Re: Chinchilla toys?

« on: February 21, 2012, 04:43:32 PM »

Oh, do I need alfalfa in addition to Timothy hay? I wasn't aware of that, thank you.

Are treats like raisins and cheerios okay every now and then?

you're welcome.

raisins yes they love but cheerios u mean our cheerios?

I forgot to say that some tipes of wood are really harmfull for chins you should see some sites or ask to your vet and please make sure that your bath sand have anti-fungus or buy to put into the sand you will find on petshops.

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Q & A / Re: Chinchilla toys?

« on: February 21, 2012, 04:00:44 PM »

Calcium stone? I'm not sure I've heard about that. Is it something for them to chew on that I would just find in a pet store?

Also, what sort of treats would be good for them? I've looked it up on other sites but found some contradictions.

Yes i think calcium stone is the right name cause i'm portuguese and i am not excelent in english , but yes i'm surprised cause this is like a basic thing for them, is to chew and to wear down teeth(i saw this "to wear down teeth" on google translator so i don't know if is ok )and yes you will find the calcium stone on a pet shop and there are ones very good that have some food into.

About the treats there are on pet shops too like dehydrated apple and versele laga has some treats that are very good. I don't know if you said but you need alfafa too (alfafa and hay )i give hay every days and alfafa like one day yes next day no. what kind of food do you use?

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General Chat / Re: picking up my chinchilla

« on: February 21, 2012, 02:16:47 PM »

Snickerdoodle seems to despise being held. He kicks whenever i pick him up.  I know I'm not hurting him. Could this just be that i have a very independent chin?

mine is like that too sometimes i take like 5 minutes to catch her and she almost always squeaks but of all my 3 chins she is the only one that jumps all os the places , my head , my sholder but i have her at almost two years .

how many time do you have yours?

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General Chat / Re: Mix bedding?

« on: February 21, 2012, 11:02:04 AM »

So when I got my chin about a 1 1/2 months ago, the lady (at the pet store) recommended ECO BEDDING; which is basically recycled paper that is not dusty and safe for chinchillas. I saw only a few reviews on it, and it seemed pretty good so I tried it. I didn't smell any odor the first 2 times I used it and cleaned out the cage (I do it about once a week). I would also clean the cage with Nature's Miracle Cage Cleaner. The next time I cleaned it I noticed it smelled worse, so I then used vinegar to clean out his cage as I thought it was the cleaner. Well I changed out the bedding thursday, and it already smells again. I've smelled his pee during play time (he goes on a towel) and it doesn't smell at all, so I don't think it is him. And the bedding I use now seems to absorb it all, just no odor control. I also heard pine can be bad for their respiratory long term. What about mixing a little bit of pine with the ECO bedding I have? (and how much, a quarter of pine or half and half?)
OR what bedding do you guys recommend? I have a cage with a solid pan at the bottom.

Thanks

hi you use that like a litter?

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Q & A / Re: Chinchilla toys?

« on: February 21, 2012, 10:56:40 AM »

Hello! I am buying a chinchilla in a week... yes, it will be my first one, so you can probably expect a lot of questions. I was wondering what sort of toys they like that I could put in their cage? At the pet store I saw that they had blocks of dyed wood hanging from the cage's ceiling, similar to what would go in a bird's cage, but I was hesitant to get that because I wasn't sure if the dye would be harmful. Is something like that okay?

In addition, I'm a bit clueless as to what sort of treats are good for them, so whatever you can recommend would be wonderful!

Any other chinchilla care suggestions you have would be awesome - I currently have the cage, large with platforms and coated wire, recycled paper-style bedding (Carefresh I believe), pellets, Timothy hay, a litter box with litter (also Carefresh), a small hut she can hide in, a dust bath, and I plan on getting a pair of marble tiles to put on the top platform that the chinchilla can use to cool itself (Put one in the freezer, switch it out every so often, etc.) Any other supplies I need would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.

Hello so about the toys for chinchillas its really simple cause they just want things to bite but you should use natural wood without any treatments there are some things on pet shops like little trunks that they love, but nothing like dyed wood.

The dust bath its just to put like 15 minutes 4 times a week i don't know if you knew, and the calcium stonethat you must always have. I think is just that if you need something more just ask.

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Health / Re: chinchilla fur

« on: February 19, 2012, 07:09:36 PM »

could it be fungus??  i dont know exactly what it looks like, but i know its by the nose...

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=chinchilla+fungus+pictures&view=detail&id=8DED86A3ACD8130A092420D5F5A3C5BA828488AE&first=0&qpvt=chinchilla+fungus+pictures&FORM=IDFRIR

yes , i've tought about the fungu i will put a photo of him. thanks

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Health / chinchilla fur

« on: February 19, 2012, 06:05:18 PM »

hello everyone!

This is the first time that i'm writting here. I've 3 chins an beige female , an standart female and a white pink male . My male i think that is losing the fur on his nose it can be normal but i'm a bit worried .

thanks.