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My mom and were playing with my boys tonight. They were out for probably 15 - 20 minutes so not very long. When i put them back my one boy chubs just layed on his belly and looked so exhausted. He did play pretty hard though. Jumping in and out of boxes on me and my mom. It worried me because...

Pictures of the boys the first time they came out to play after bringing them home :) Also they got a new fleece set. Yes its zebra, my sister begged me to get it so i did.

Earlier this morning my chins woke me up making a warning call but my house was quiet. Could it of been the birds out side? or what?

My knew Chins! i know not very good pictures but its all they would let me take! Taz is the one in the little green house. He is crazy and just a really hyper little guy so we decided to give him the name Taz. The other one is his brother Chubs. We aren't sure on the name. We where thinking...

OK so I am going to look at two male chins today. if I decide to get them and if they don't.know their current names I would like to change them. their current names are squeakers and butterball. I'm not to fond of them.any ideas on new names?

So, i was wondering how hard it was to take care of a male chinchilla.

Ok so this does kind of have something to do with Chins. So today i was going to let my chin have her play time in the bathroom like usual. Well i don't know why but i decided to do it in the room next door to mine. So after getting her back into her cage i go to take a shower in the bathroom...

My chinchilla had gotten diarrhea so i took her to the vet to get some help. She prescribed me a medication for giardia. I gave it to her and a couple days later she wasn't pooping at all. She had gotten better attitude wise but now won't do anything at all. She hasn't eaten. She ate a bit of...

Would you usually introduce a chin to a new cage slowly? Or does it really matter?

My vet told me to feed my chin some baby food like green beans to her to get her to start pooping. So bought some but she also told me to use pumpkin. Obviously there is not pumpkin baby food, so we where going to use a can of pumpkin. is that ok? If so how should i use it? i will be feeding...

Does anyone else's chins lick you? Mine will lick my fingers and my nose maybe because i taste salty to her? Idk

Is it possible for chins to have constipation? I have been treating my chin for diarrhea that she had, but now shes not pooping at all. What should i do?

Ok so i took my little chin Mowgli to a new vet. SO much better already. Gave her a good examination. She did a fecal test for free. She couldn't find a parasite but said it could still be there. She prescribed Metronidazole. Has anyone used this?

After i get my chinchilla better, i am going to look at another chinchilla so mine has a friend. Same sex of course. But how would you go about introducing them to each other?

I took my chin to the vet last Saturday. I told her what was going on and all she did was give me Baytril, which i was told on here that it wasn't for what i suspected was going on. She has Diarrhea, and it stinks really bad. I suspected that it was a parasite and i even told my vet that. I...

Me and my dad are going to build my chinchilla a cage soon. He told me to look up everything i will need for it and that is safe fore her. Iv been looking at wood and stuff and it says pine or ash. But what about metal and wire to go onto the cage? does anyone know what would be best? Also if...

I took my chin to the vet today and even though she wasn't sure that she had a parasite, she prescribed her Baytril. She isn't very good at taking it and she hates the taste of it. Im afraid i stress her out when i try to get her to take it now. I don't know how tight to hold her. me and my...

I read that you could give Chinchillas Purified water. Iv been giving mine purified water. At first i was going to giver her distilled cus i read u could give them that but then researched more and found not to. Is purified the same thing? Should i change the water? if so what to?

My Chinchilla has runny poop. It just barely started. I just cleaned her cage today and it looked fine. I had let her out to play for a while and when i put her back into the cage she was still fine. Later when i went to check on her, there was runny poop in her cage. I think shes eating fine...

Im looking at buying a larger cage and it includes a hammock, are they ok for chins?