Recent content by ylrebmik

ooo Vcchinchilla... I love the idea of them having the room for exercise. My cage seems so cluttered! I would get a double.

I'm a new chin owner too. I have two little girls, one of them is also a black velvet. There is so much to learn, I'm having trouble keeping up with two of them! One of them likes attention really late at night, the other likes the morning. One of them will come jump in my hand, the other will...

I had a similar question to this I posted in another thread but haven't gotten many responses yet. Is it bad to pick them up? Or should you always let them climb into your hand before you take them? Mine will let me pet them (sometimes, other times they don't like it) and they'll come sniff my...

Thanks :) I didn't chase them, but when they let me pet them gently, I grabbed them and placed them on my lap. They walked all over, trying to explore beyond my lap, but didn't seem to mind. But then I thought again. I know chinchillas poop a lot... but geesh do they poop a lot. Weird question...

My chinchillas are getting along great. When I put my hand in the cage, sometimes they come curiously over, and other times don't. If I try to pet them, most of the time, they'll let me rub their head and not run away. (unless I move suddenly) My question is, should I not try to grab them and...

Congratulations! I got my cage a few weeks ago in preperation for my chins. It's very exciting! Although, I wish I could just do labor around my parent's house to pay off my chinchilla debt. It's cost me around 1000 and I'm not done yet! The girls are here and would like more toys... haha I...

Hello :) I have a critter nation double unit. I took a look at the Ferret Nation thread... AMAZING cages. I'm so jealous. I want to add a ChinSpin or flying saucer to the cage for my girls, and I was wondering what are your thoughts. Which is "better"? I noticed most cages had 2.. one for each...

I'm a new chin owner to Misty and Ember. (Picked them up after a long month of waiting on Sunday) While they are not ready to come out and play yet, I actually had a question about playtime. (I don't mean to hijack your thread!) The chinchillas have their own room. The only other thing in there...

Thanks! It feels warm in here. But then again, I love the cold. Is the window open a no-no?

New owner--got my chinchillas on Sunday. I can't control the heat in my apartment, and it's set betwen 70 and 75. I have windows open in the other rooms... and since it's 30 degrees out, it's keeping those rooms cool, but the chinchilla room is still quite warm. At least for them. I was...

I love this site. Thankful, I have been researching and lurking on forums for monthssss trying to do it all right. I've had my chins for 3 days now. :) The only mistakes so far was buying a plastic water bottle (replaced before the chins arrived) and buying bad dust from the pet store, I have...