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So I need to make more liners for Pepper's cage. I have all the fleece bought, and normally I would use a towel as an inner absorbent layer, but I don't have any old ones lying around and even at "cheap" stores, towels are still like $10 each! Not horrid, except I need four of them, and their...

I can't stop being upset about this. I have two small pet shops right near me, one that sells just supplies and one that sells supplies and small animals/birds/fish and sometimes adopt out cats for the local shelter. Well today I needed cat food real bad but the smaller supply-only shop was out...

So my baby's living in a 2 level CN and his cage is, sadly, rather bare. I'd like to get some extra shelves and things to give him more to do so I'm looking to sort of see what my options are as far as furnishing his cage goes. Ideally I'd like to be able to buy shelves and the like as a...

So, I made a post a short time ago mentioning that my boy is shedding a LOT. He's got a lot of dead hair trapped in his coat and I'd like to try and get some of it out. I know you can use medium or finer toothed dog combs on chins, but from what I understand the teeth of these combs can be...

I've noticed for a while now (say.... like.... 3-4 weeks maybe?) that Pepper's been shedding a lot more than normal. None of it seems to be from fur slip and he hasn't been giving himself a bad haircut, no bald spots or anything, but there's been a lot more dead grey fur coming out than normal...

Soooooo. The hot weather's coming in again and I don't want my little chinnie to have any problems. We have central AC and because he's on the lower level of the house his area is a few degrees cooler on average than anywhere else, but I'm still worried. I\m wondering about getting some glass...

So, I dunno if this is exactly the right place for this, and this might be something of an odd question, but I've had a stomach bug for a week and a half or so now and I went to the doctor today, they gave me an antibiotic for it but didn't ask for any testing. My mom thinks I might have picked...

So, because I'm extraordinarily paranoid I wound up rushing my lil' boy in to the vet a short time ago because I was worrying about his teeth (the vet found nothing wrong and he's eating, chewing, pooping, and gaining a little bit of weight instead of losing it, so it really was an...

Today I was sweeping out Pepper's cage and when I was getting everything back to normal, I noticed him have a little grooming session where he was pawing at his face a lot and then grooming his chest. When I went to give him a scratch I noticed RIGHT under the front of his lower lip looked like...

Right, so before I got too active on this forum and learned how fragile the CN bars can be, I'd already picked up my 2 story CN for my boy. Now, I don't know if this'll happen any time soon because high school and a job don't mix well and I'm trying not to spend all my savings but at some point...

So, SOMEONE decided that the top of his fleece cube was the best place to hang out and take a nap. Not the inside where he has a nice cushy pillow, nope, no way. The top of the cube is way cozier. When I first caught him up there he was conked right out.... you can tell he's not totally awake...

I picked up my new Flying Saucer wheel today, and I'm ALMOST finished assembling it..... But then of course, problem. When I get to putting on the dust cap, one of the screws is not straight, and will not screw in straight. Therefore, both screws will not fit into the holes in the wheel t the...

So, I'm looking to buy a new wheel for Pepper, but I keep hearing people talking about Critter Nation cages having super fragile bars. That being said, whatever wheel I get needs to be one that I can ideally try to rig up to take some of the strain off the bars. Does anyone know which wheel...

Its winter, its Canada, and its COLD! Its also been very dry, and the other day, I noticed a small scaly patch on the inside of one of Pepper's ears. It doesn't look like a sore or a scab or anything, it just looks like dry skin. I haven't been letting him dust as much lately to try and prevent...

So my lil' guy is terribly camera shy, but I managed to get at least one good shot xD Enjoying a snack on the brand-new clean fleece liners I made for him. Only been maybe a month or so since he came into my possession, but he's my best buddy :3 Love this lil' guy. Standard male, approx. 8 yrs...

So, I'm constantly on the lookout for new things to let my lil' fuzzball chew on. For now I've been sticking to wood and lava stone, but its REALLY hard to find decent wooden chew toys around my area (I'm up in Canada..) and they're PRICEY. REALLY PRICEY. And sometimes my fickle lil' critter...

So, my first chinchilla came home on Monday, and I've heard the odd thing about nail care, so one of the first things I did as I watched him move about the cage was look at his feet to check the condition of his nails, to see if they would need attention soon. I was surprised when I didn't see...

Apparently posting an introduction here is a recommended activity, says the email sitting in my inbox. Anyways. I'm not all that good at this stuff.... I'm Canadian. Won't get much more specific than that. I currently share my home with an elderly cat, a guinea pig, and a budgie. I will be...

On Monday, I will be receiving my first chinchilla from a cousin of mine who is moving across the country and can't take the little guy with him. The chinchilla used to belong to some friends of his, and according to him went mostly ignored for a very long time (they kept it in the basement and...