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Conformation and Quality / Re: beige hetero or homo

« on: July 25, 2012, 08:37:44 PM »

This thread may be of help to you about not breeding pet store chins:

http://www.chinchillaclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,3738.0.html

Unfortunately it is not worth the pain and suffering the animals may go through if you choose to breed chins with no backgrounds, and they end up with horrible incurable diseases.

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Q & A / Re: My Chins recent behavioral habbits

« on: July 21, 2012, 01:55:35 AM »

  It's definitely not the norm. I had one white mosaic boy, many many years ago who did just that though. Not to me however!  My brother's friend who would chin-sit my chins for me while I took vacations (you know, those holidays you get before you have more than 5 chinchillas and you end up never really taking a vacation again after you become owner and servant to 10+ chinchillas?), would look after him for me. She was always complaining about Eddie peeing on her and that he would make little grunting noises before trying to pee on her. I thought she was kidding!

I thought she had him mistaken for a female... and when I came home, she demonstrated for me, by putting her hand in Eddie's cage...sure enough he tried to pee at her hand, but made a puddle on the floor in front of him.  You don't hear of it happening a lot, but since then, I think I know of at least four or five other boys out there who have tried to pee on their owners or on a visitor, etc... to their home.

So while it is not an everyday thing, it is definitely possible, but somewhat rare to find a male like my Eddie or your boy.

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Q & A / Re: My Chins recent behavioral habbits

« on: July 20, 2012, 09:15:32 PM »

He's a boy.
The odd occasion you can find a boy who tries to pee on you, but they don't quite get the height or range in urine spraying as the girls do. Most of the time, they end up piddling between their legs or directly in front of them. 

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General Chat / Re: What's your chinny's favorite toy?

« on: July 20, 2012, 04:09:28 PM »

If you want to call it glue, but all it is, is flour and water which makes a paste.

http://ultimatepapermache.com/paper-mache-recipes

I like to keep my toys all natural as possible, for the chinchillas.   

 My friend in Arizona uses the exact same technique with the natural glue. It's completely transparent when it is dry and bonds incredibly well and strong. Don't use the clay recipe on there for glue, as that is toxic, but the others mentioned with flour and water are non toxic and 100% safe to use and make. 

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Q & A / Re: Chin accidentally went without water for an unkown amount of time.

« on: July 14, 2012, 01:23:29 AM »

I agree with others, that more than likely he will be okay. The only thing that chinchillas can sometimes get, from going without water for a length of time, is a bladder or urinary infection.

I once took in a rescue who had gone without water for about a week or so(he was dumped at the SPCA with his other buddies who had all gone without water too.).

 He developed a bladder infection, which my vet quickly diagnosed and explained that it happens sometimes when they go without water. Symptoms of the bladder infection were peeing frequently, and for him, he had a milky white discharge after he urinated. A quick round of antibiotics and he was back to his normal self though.

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General Chat / Re: What's your chinny's favorite toy?

« on: July 12, 2012, 11:03:05 AM »

I make them!   
I can barely keep them in stock, between my chins and everyone elses. I have customers buying several at once, because their chins just enjoy them so much. They last a long time and seem to be a lot of fun, in that the chins can roll them around their cages, and there is so many pieces to chew on (there is about 80 - 100 pieces of apple on each piece.) on each ball, that it seems to be endless fun for the chins.
http://chinchillaparkplace.ca/chinstuffstore//

My friend Susan makes pecan balls which are similar but made with pecan instead of apple.
http://chinstore.azchins.com/pecantosstoys.htm

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Health / Re: Questions about sick chinchilla

« on: July 10, 2012, 11:58:37 PM »

Sorry that girl your passed away. 

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Q & A / Re: Hay

« on: July 10, 2012, 11:56:46 PM »

The hay cubes really help if it is the hay. My husband has seasonal allergies with pollen and he can't be near the loose hay either.

However, he can be near the hay cubes no problem.  He doesn't have the sneezing or anything from them, yet the loose hay really does give him the worst reaction.

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General Chat / Re: What's your chinny's favorite toy?

« on: July 10, 2012, 11:53:38 PM »

My chins are going bonkers for my apple bombs. They seem bored with the sticks, but they do love those so much.

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Q & A / Re: Hay

« on: July 09, 2012, 04:01:28 PM »

You could try hay cubes if you have a hay allergy. I would suggest the timothy/alfalfa cubes.

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Memorials / Re: Rambo and Fluffy

« on: July 07, 2012, 02:02:25 PM »

An x ray would go the extra mile in showing if it is actually genetic though. I am sure he is knowledgeable, but without x rays or cultures, you can't guarantee it is malocclusion, as abscesses, cracked teeth, mouth infections and even food stuck in the mouth can all cause malocclusion like symptoms.

Did he culture the saliva?

Sometimes chins also get infections in their mouth which can cause the teeth to grow in oddly and cause what appears to be malo with the drooling, tooth troubles, and can even cause their mouths to smell stinky. It mimics malo and without a proper culture with their saliva, one would think it is malocclusion.

With antibiotics however, you can sometimes get rid of the mouth infection and cure the problem if you are quick to treat it. I had one chinchilla many years ago with a mouth infection from his water bottle tip (the only thing my vet and I could find conclusively that could have caused it. Since it was sharp where my chin had bit into the metal tip.). Everything looked just like malocclusion, but the culture of his saliva proved it to be an infection, that eventually set into the bone, and we had to put him down after 6 months of fighting his on and off again infection.

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Memorials / Re: Rambo and Fluffy

« on: July 07, 2012, 12:48:19 PM »

Glad the breeder is being responsible about it. Such an unfortunate situation.  It may not be genetic. Sometimes it can be as simple as an abscess, or a cracked tooth or food stuck in the teeth... x rays or a thorough investigation of the mouth can rule those out.
 Most often times, that is what it is... and it isn't genetic. Either way, good luck with your new chins.

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Health / Re: Questions about sick chinchilla

« on: July 07, 2012, 01:09:01 AM »

I would recommend a new vet and having her teeth checked. What diet is she currently on? The diet can play a key role in her health diminishing, if it is not a good quality diet. Chins can go downhill slowly over a period of time if the diet isn't the best. A quality diet often times is not as expensive as a poorer quality diet (surprising as it is!) can be on store shelves. Diets like mazuri or tradition (to name some American ones. I personally use Alderpark pellets myself but I am in Canada.), are quality diets and do not cost as much as many lesser quality diets do.

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Health / Re: Best Hay Cubes

« on: July 07, 2012, 01:05:07 AM »

I would suggest timothy/alfalfa mixed or timothy only cubes. Pure alfalfa can be too rich for them and could cause diarrhea.

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Q & A / Re: Shows.

« on: July 07, 2012, 01:04:01 AM »

You don't need pedigrees to show chinchillas. It can be stressful for them, yes.
You can find more info about shows on here: http://www.mutationchinchillas.com/