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Anyone in the DE/PA/NJ/MD area need a bag of 25 lb Mazuri food? I paid $25 for it. $5 and it's yours. Pick up only. If you run a rescue for chins or other small pets you can have it for free. Nothing wrong with it, I just have one chinchilla, and want to use smaller bags.

Hi all, I've got a chinchilla who will be turning 17 this year. I'm starting to notice that he's not quite the spring chicken he once was. He's still healthy and active though! He's eating, drinking, pooping perfectly fine. his coat has seen better days but I suppose that's just his age. A...

Hi all, This evening I was checking on my chinchilla and I noticed his bottom was swollen and wet. He also was acting a little lethargic. I took him to the exotic animal vet who looked him over today and said that the swollen-ness on his bottom was from an accumulation of fluid in the bowel and...

My 16 year old chin had a really scary seizure this morning. I found him writhing on the floor of his cage, twitching and thrashing. I honestly thought he had fallen and broke his spine because he had no use of his legs at all. I scooped him up and held him crying while I called my fiancé to...

We just got our first dog, and we want to train her to leave the chinchillas alone straight from the beginning. She's part border collie, so we're wary about her becoming fixated on the movement and want to curb that right away. On walks, she hasn't chased squirrels (yet) so that's a good sign...

So my boys are in a FN double. And things are good. But I want to go BIGGER. Don't get me wrong, the FN is great. The boys are happy, they have plenty of toys and room to play. But, I'd love to get them some more room. I wonder if there is a way to attach another cage to the FN? Has anyone else...

Where do ya'll get those awesome fleece tubes and wooden hideyhouses that attach to the sides of the cage? I feel the need to spoil the boys this month :dance3:

A good friend of mine recently got married and I still haven't gotten her a wedding present. I'm TERRIBLE at this kind of stuff. Usually I just write a check and call it a day, but her and her new husband have plenty of money, just bought a new house, and well, it's no impersonal I just don't...

Hi all, I noticed that one of my chinchillas has some sore spots on both of his back feet. His feet doesn't appear to be in pain in any way. I've put bag balm on his feet for a couple days, I'm not sure how long this might take to make some difference. I also put a pumice leap-n-ledge in his...

So I have a potentially interesting question/discussion topic. This summer I'm going to be working a temporary position in another state. Convienently, this is also my fiance's homestate. the place where I will be staying provides housing, but does not allow pets. Fortunately, my...

I have two chins housed together and one of them is such a noise maker! I've never had a chin that was so vocal. Occasionally they have light scuffles over toys or treats, and a bark here and there, but most of the time, they are best buds. But one of them, Fivel, will just out of no where start...

I want to put in an order today for the ferret nation bass pans. The standard is 2.5" high. In your experience, does that keep enough bedding in for typical use ? I mean, I know some will get kicked out at some point, but for normal hopping around. Have any of you gotten custom made pans with...

I have a question about diet in general..... So I recently obtained a new chinchilla, and switched him over to the same diet my first chinchilla is on. They were both on opposite diets, one on a alfalfa based pellet and timothy hay, and one on a timothy based pellet with alfalfa hay. I like to...

Does anyone know if any chinchilla supply webstores sell zupreem tim-hay based pellets? I need to buy chin pellets for my parents that live in the middle of nowwhere and I wanted to buy from a small business and from someone who I could buy some treats and toys to ship with the food.

Hi all, I'm been scouring craigslist for months waiting for a good deal on a ferret/critter nation. I found one somewhat close to my house and the owners said they'd take 100 bucks for it. It's a 4-level version, and they said it's about 4 years old. They also said there are a few spots of...

I'm looking for a better cage for a chinchilla that I am taking care of (for a indeterminate amount of time....long story :) ). My money situation is...let's say.....not ideal at this moment in time, but I'd like to do what I can. This is my disclaimer before anyone suggests much better cages...

Hi all, I feed my chin Oxbow Alfalfa hay and lately I've been really disappointed with the product. I've gone to 3 different businesses for hay and all three have hay that is more dusty then stemmy. It looks basically like the leftover bits at the bottom of the bag, only it's the whole bag...

I've spoken with a few of you already about my sick chin, but it was suggested that I post to the forum as a whole so I can benefit from the wealth of information out there. I thought I would explain my situation and progress and get some feedback over time as I nurse my poor chinny back to...

When I was at the vet yesterday, he mentioned that there was a vet in the columbus, ohio area who specializes in only pocket and exotic pets. Her last name starts with a F...like Fogerty or something. I can't remember the name he mentioned, and they are closed today. My google searches are...

All my friends think my chin is old (he's 9). They were shocked when I told them he could live to be 15+ and that my aunt has one that is going 16 last time I checked. That makes me wonder, is there a record for oldest chinchilla? What's the oldest one in your herd?