Recent content by MochaChin

I've had my chinchilla for five months now, and this has been going on for a long time now and it's starting to get concerning, whenever he returns to his cage after playtime he lays against the cage on his side? I heard this can be because he's too hot, but the temperature never seems to go...

What would you suggest I do? I have to clean his cage soon and i'll have to transport him to another cage, i'm scared to pick him up myself because I've heard sometimes that'll make them trust you less if you're a new owner and you don't give them the choice to be picked up.

So I've heard a good way to pick up your chinchilla and getting him to trust you is to put your hand in the cage and slowly lift him then hold him, my problem isn't that he gets scared when I lift my hand, every time I open his cage door he tries to jump out of his cage I left a crack opened for...

Hello everyone! I just joined this forum today and i'd like to know the best chinchilla water bottle brand? I'll be getting a chin for my birthday and did all the research I can. So I've found everything alright until I tried to find a water bottle for a chin, everyone said the kaytee water...