Search results

Thank you, all very much for your responses! They have been very helpful. Both my chins are fairly well mannered and my roommate lives down the hall so I think we are going to go ahead with the adoption. Their cage is in my room which means that any fighting can be dealt with swiftly. Besides, I...

I live in a duplex with a friend of mine and she is interested in adopting a female chinchilla. We discussed it and are both worried that a female presence might cause trouble with my two males (who are both unaltered). If they are housed in separate rooms and never see one another, is it safe...

I seem to see the terms 'tan' and 'pastel' used synonymously; pastel being the term for the lighter chins of the tan coloring, as I understand it. I would love if anyone could clarify the distinction between them if there is one. I also see a lot of chins lately with the tan solid wrapping, red...

I would imagine it is helpful to employ a specific tone when you use certain words. Many animals can't discern much from human language, but nearly all animals seem to distinguish good, bad or neutral context from the type of sound used. When I chastise my boys for chewing on the molding, I try...

It's very interesting to see how the species diet must have changed with the environment that, quite literally, sprung up from underneath them. Cool to think that they lived on some of the first grasslands, too. What a great post! And thank you, Claire D, for the paper.

Lately I have been searching for a good source of information that has made its way to print. Yet, I have only found dated and antiquated information on the species in captivity and much of it comes as brief excerpts from considerably larger texts. My question is, has anyone found a good book on...

Anybody with tile floors: pictures please!

Edgar is the dark standard grey and the little guy with the pastel coat is Henry.

Nice! That is quite the set-up you have there, Newt. My chins and I are jealous.

Cardboard Wall Guards Chin-proofing my room has recently become a necessity for me. I'm a college student and I rent so I really can't afford to repair any damage left behind by my mischievous chinchillas. The molding around the floor is of greatest concern because that's the only thing that...

HAHA I know they're on it so often that it's a bit like background noise at this point. It's so funny you mention the fleece because my cage looks so silly right now with all the different patterned extra fleece I had from making liners sticking out of all the doors. Thank you all for your replies!

I have the most recent model of the Ferret Nation two story cage. I also have a chin spin which my two boys LOVE. The only issue is that their cage is in my room and when they get put up for they night they fancy a go on their wheel. As much as I love the sound of a rattling cage at 3am, I can't...

Those are fantastic cages! I have to ask though, what's that lining the bottom of the cages? linoleum? Does it make cleans ups easier?

That's a real shame. I didn't realize that even if they work out at first a trio could just spontaneously combust like that...