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I did a search here and was surprised to find little on it, as it seems to be a rather universal tendency amongst chinchillas to chew on wall trim. He didn't do it in my old apartment hardly at all but the new one he seems to think is a delicacy and went on a wall trim chewing frenzy when we...

Adorable! Brava to you for getting her back to health.

Hilarious. Thanks for sharing.

Nice. The last "butt in the air" picture is a standout.

Quite an honor! You should be very proud.

Gulliver loves rosehips, but his favorite treat by far is free time and he can never get enough of it. 3 hours of running around in the living room/dining room/staircase combined? More! He'll nearly climb the wall of his Ferret Nation for a rosehip, but if the door's open he'll run right past...

Right–so you give them things to play with to keep in interesting for them, they chew on everything in sight anyway, and as much as you try to make it safe you still have to supervise them. I'm sorry if I answered this in a bad mood–I just don't think it was warranted for me to be criticized...

It's tough to get good pictures of Gulliver, as he's often quite hyper, but he was kind enough to strike a pose for me for a couple of minutes. I know who my future wingman will be.

OK, so your chinchilla play area is a flat granite slab in the middle of nowhere with no nearby accoutrements of any kind? I don't get your logic here. Anything at all–the walls of the room you are in, the ledges in their cages, furniture, you and your clothing–are things that they will...

It wasn't in his cage; it was on the floor of the living room and I took it away as soon as he discovered and became fascinated with it during freetime one day. Good info, thanks. No offense, but how do you know how content or restless he is? My whole living room/dining room/staircase combined...

Stackie: I don't say "the more things he can safely nom on the better" for the sake of me wanting to give him exotic treats but rather just because he's going to try to chew on everything in sight anyway. Therefore, if you're going to have a houseplant, why not have a chin-safe houseplant if...

We were moving some stuff around one day and among is was one of those rocks with sparkly stuff in the middle of it, like this quartz. Gulliver was quite fascinated with chewing on the outside of it. Knowing that he'll chew on any such thing I put in his cage: What kind of rocks are safe...

That was my guess too, thanks for the response. I was mentioning this to my girlfriend the other day and her response was, "They drink water." I didn't have a good explanation in response to this. If I'm allowed to tangentialize a thread I started: What is the difference in moisture from water...

I suggest keeping your colleague in a room at 110˚ with enough water and sparse nutrition to not die, thereby proving that 110˚ conditions are similarly optimal for humans.

I did a search on this question and didn't find much... This post was interesting: http://www.chins-n-hedgies.com/forums/showpost.php?p=189207&postcount=8 Gulliver's been nosing at couple of plants around the house and it got me thinking that a live plant would probably be a very fun treat. Of...

Oh! And along a similar topic, he's fairly good about eating hay, but I've been thinking of shaking Timothy hay with the chamomile crumbs so he'll hopefully waste less of it too. Any input on this also would be appreciated. xoxo Grayson

Gulliver, like a lot of chinchillas, mostly likes to eat the bark off of apple branches. I also gave him some loofahs that he chewed up quite a bit but then lost interest in. One day I saw he noshing on an apple branch that had had the bark chewed off of it long ago, but that's rare. I've been...

Beware! That's how Gulliver was the first time too; I had never seen him so mellow. Be careful.

Right–in terms of frequency range, humans hear about 20Hz to 20kHz, chinchillas about 20Hz to 30kHz; 20kHz to 30kHz is only half an octave at that range, which isn't really much. Still, their hearing could be a lot more sensitive. Neurotic New Father Syndrome abounds! Thanks holding my hand...

Thought I'd recycle this rather than start a new one... Another oddly timed bark: This time after being out of his cage in the living room for a good half-hour to 45 minutes and then being mellow under the sofa for a good 10 minutes. I just let him do his thing and surfed the internet without...