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You can probably skip to the stuff in bold if you don't want to read any extraneous information. My 815g, three-years-and-nine-months old chinchilla (Bessie) has been dealing with a strange eye problem for about six months. It has been solely in her right eye, her left has never had problems...

Hey everyone, long time no see. I was going for about three weeks and came back to find Bessie having problems with her right eye. She already has a vet appointment, but I wanted some other opinions as well. The fur around her right eye is laying oddly flat and it just started to actually weep...

IT'S SO ADORABLE. I couldn't help myself. Oh, Bessie... you sessy girl. Uhhh, what? Leave me alone... I'm just gonna go back to sleep now. She is so adorable sometimes I scream.

Don't know why I got him, but he's cute and the easiest thing to take care of ever! He's a Kenyan sand boa, he doesn't have a name yet. He's so tiny! He loves to burrow in the sand like a little scaly groundhog. :D I think I might name him Tomko, Shear, or Davis.

There's a pet store near-ish my house, where my friend Monty works. It's a locally-owned store, and they breed their chinchillas (and most of their animals) in house. I've had a lot of problems with their methods in the past, but yesterday something really sad occurred. This past Sunday, one of...

It makes me so happy when she lets me do this! BESSIEEEEEEEE SCRITCHES TIME

Once upon a time, there were three female rats - a black self, a black hooded, and a hairless. Their owner didn't want them anymore, so she gave them to her cousin, who had two rats already. The total of five (all female!) rats in one cage didn't end well, with many bloody fights and squabbles...

Before I had chinchillas, I had a pet rat named Lemmiwinks (I thought the name was cute). When she had to be put down due to tumors that grew so fast I didn't want her to be in pain when they ulcerated. It was the hardest day of my life when I had her put down. Anyway, it hurt so much that I...

My friend works at a pet store nearby that breeds all of their animals, including chins, in house. The chins are your typical pet-store door stoppers (a term I made up because the chins are wedge shaped... I don't like the term "rat-faced" because I like rats ;))). Anyway, I was talking to the...

So I've been with my boyfriend for the past week, and we've been watching this awesome show called Rescue Me. It's like a drama/comedy, it has Denis Leary in it. It's amazing. It's so perfect, all the acting is wonderful and the characters are really believable (as far as drama characters go)...

Tia is fine in every other way except the fur on her butt has been falling out. It loosens and hangs halfway out in random clumps and then I usually pull it out. What could be the reason for this? She's eating/drinking/pooping fine.

http://qualitymutationchinchillas.com/ What?!?! I... I'm going to die. WHYYYYYYYY SARAH? WHY? (I'm not even exaggerating, I am literally this upset.)

So I've been looking for a bigger tank for my turtle. I found a really good deal on craigslist with a huge tank, awesome filter, two heaters, and other assorted stuff for $200. It's a great deal, but I didn't have the money for it. I was talking about it with some friends and then I find out...

Somehow, I ended up with a red-eared slider (RES) turtle. My friends A and B live together in an apartment with two other people, C and D. C has a friend, E. In the beginning of the semester, E brought a 10 gallon tank with two baby RES in it. E then promptly never came back. A fed the RES, and...

I listen to a lot of music, as lots of people do. About two months ago or so, though, my music experience changed. When I'd listen to various artists, I'd get random tastes in my mouth. Eventually I realized that the tastes were corresponding to the artist I was listening to. I was listening to...

So we've had this for awhile, but I never really thought about using it. My mom prefers it more than anyone else, but today after I exercised Bess, there were poops everywhere and it was just kind of sitting outside the bathroom... So I let it do it's thing. It's amazing!! I've never seen such...

Bessie hasn't been pooping normally for the past few days. She is still eating, drinking, and active but her poop production is oddly low. For instance, I had her out for playtime for about 15 minutes and she didn't poop once. Usually she poops at least 10-30 times. The poops she does produce...

Remember that other toy box I made when I just had Tia? It was awesome, if a bit cheaply made. Well, then I got Bessie... and the toys have been piling up and piling up to the point where I had the original toy box and then two more boxes. Well, at Target today I found this awesome plastic...

I made this pamphlet today because I was bored and also people ask me questions about chinchillas all the time. I plan on making a series of them. This one is based on chinchillas in general, not as pets. What do you all think of it? Good? Bad? All the images are my own except for the one on the...

So once upon a time, I was at a pet store my friend works at... a customer and their child came in wanting to buy a friend for the chinchilla they currently have. My friend referred them to me. The customer had brought their chinchilla with them and asked me to sex it. The chin was female. The...