Recent content by renieandthejets

Hi-- Apologies if this question has been asked a million times before, I tried to find my answer on the forums before posting with no such luck to my specific situation. Has anyone ever tried to introduce an already bonded pair of chinchillas to a single chinchilla or vice versa? My boyfriend...

Hi everyone, Last night my chinchilla somehow ripped her toenail off while she was out of her cage for playtime. I'm not sure how or why it happened, as I only noticed it when she jumped back in her cage after she was done. There's little bloody toe prints on the floor as well, so it's hard to...

Not sure if having a white chinchilla has to do with anything, but I have a white female chinchilla and she ALWAYS lies on her side after playtime. I live in Boston where it's about 10 degrees outside right now and her room is set at about 65, so I'm never worried about her being overheated. I...

so my boyfriend and i got a flying saucer wheel as a christmas present for our chinnie (we've had her since mid-september). she's had it about 3-ish weeks now and will use the wheel as a platform to get to another ledge, will fall asleep on the wheel, and will also do this: (pardon the...

I'll try and make this as short and sweet as possible! I'm a new chinnie owner myself and have only had mine for a month, so I'll only answer the things I feel comfortable answering. 1. Food and hay are great choices (my chinchilla just got the oxbow pellets and hay the other day and she is...

We switched her cold turkey and she absolutely loves the oxbow pellets. She hasn't eaten too much of the hay, but she does seem to like it more than the other brand we had. We gave her a few pieces by hand and she ate it right away, whereas with the other brand she would take one bite and then...

Hi there! I'm a new chinnie owner. I'm sure this question has been asked a multitude of times, but I couldn't really find the exact answer I was looking for on the forums here. When my boyfriend and I got our chinchilla almost a month ago, the pet store person told us they were feeding her the...