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Do you have access to yucca wood to add to your toys?

I give my chins a selection of treats: apple sticks, willow balls, dried dandelion leaves, dried rose petals, rosehips and bran flakes. I give them half a shreaded wheat each at bed time so I don't feel bad for turning off the light and ignoring them for the rest of the night :P

I've got two water bottles available to them at the moment and there is a bowl for pellets and a bowl for alfalfa hay so I don't think that would be the problem. There are plenty of toys for them to play with and the cage is quite large (150x90x60cm). It's just seems strange to me that they...

So I introduced my 1 year old boy to a new 4-5 month old about a month ago and since this was my first intro I though everything went pretty well (a little chasing and mounting with a bit of fur slipping but nothing too aggressive by my standards). During the day they sleep together in the same...

It sounds like this is the way to go. I'll head down to the hardware store later this morning after my class and check it out. Thanks guys

So I got a new chin (Rico) recently and he has been in the large cage with my other chin (Marty) for about 3 weeks now but 4 days ago he figured out that he can squeeze through the bars and escape! He only seems to escape at night while I'm asleep too the little bugger. As you can see in the...

He's just so happy he's back in his big cage, but I think he missed his wheel the most :) He hasn't stopped running in it all night. In fact he's running in it right now and it's nearly 11am here. He should be sleeping!

I've just returned to my flat where I stay for uni after a summer away working in a different city, and after a long two days of driving including a 4 and a half hour ferry. I think Marty is completely nackered! Also first time he has slept on his stomach like that, so he must finally be...

I use a coconut with the sides cut off as you can see in the picture below. I attach it to the cage using a bolt and some washers through the holes you normally drill to get the milk out. Sorry for the average picture but I don't have a current one with it actually attached to the cage.

Here is a video of one that I made. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7WiZafRvNs It's still in the prototype stage since the mounting system doesn't seem to be holding up as well as I had hoped. Once my exams are over I'll probably have a look at fixing it up a bit better. To make the wheel I...

This morning I noticed some clover growing on our lawn. What are you thoughts on using this as a treat? Dried of course

The people selling it describe it as Pea Grass, but I think it is what you have found Sandi.

I searched and was supprised there wasn't already a thread about, maybe it's not common in the US. Anyway, my question is: Is Pea Grass Safe for chins? There is someone who is selling it online in NZ for cheap and it seems like something I could mix a small amount in with his herbal hay, just...

I've found a distributor for oxbow in Australia so fingers crossed they ship to NZ like they say they do on the oxbow international website.

Our pet shops here in NZ are useless when it comes to exotic pets. I'll try call the breeder I got him from tonight, otherwise is there someone here that sells Oxbow or Mazuri? I can't seem to find any websites that will ship to NZ.

I got a load of pellets with Marty when I got him from the breeder, but I've been struggling to contact her to get more since he's about to run out soon so I'm looking to find a new, more reliable supply of pellets from withing NZ. I have enough of his current pellets to slowly introduce these...

Ok. I'll just stick to things I know then. I'll try do a bit so that it will last me the summer.

Hi guys, I have access to the big freeze dryer at uni over the next few weeks while I am doing my research so today I tried drying some dandelion leaves and that seemed to go pretty well. What other things could I dry as a treat for Marty? I was going to try some dandelion flowers tomorrow but...

I'd probably be to lazy and just buy chin spins :wink2:

I made this 15 inch wheel for Marty since the chin spin wheel will cost about $180 NZ including shipping to get here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7WiZafRvNs I made about 3 prototypes before this wheel so I spent about $100 in the end to getting to this stage. To reproduce this wheel will...