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I have a grey male chinchilla that I am trying to find a new home for. I live in the Worcester, MA area. I am not sure of his exact age, we have had him for about three years. My guess is he's between 5-10 years old. My wife's friend gave him to us after they had him for a couple months, they...

Also, I checked out some of the sites on the master supplier list. I only saw two sellers that makes these, and neither one is taking any orders right now.

I can't seem to find a good hay feeder/manager for my chin. I tried using the wooden ones that are sold at Petco and Petsmart. It worked well for a few months, then I accidently dropped it and one side of the top wooden bar came loose, it wasn't glued on one side so it stuck out a little bit...

Kevin and Obcsed, I just wanted to thank you guys for the advice, the advice you gave has made a huge difference. I guess it just took a couple days for him to adjust. I draped a sheet over the sides and back of his cage, took out a metal shelf, added a hammock and a bunch of wooden ledges...

Thanks for all the advice. I've tried all of it but still not having any luck. I've covered the majority of his cage with a white sheet, I do think he likes it because he is spending more time at the top of the cage during the day instead of sleeped in the bottom corner. I also took out the...

I'm considering buying a two-level Critter Nation or Ferret Nation cage. I only have one chin and don't plan on getting anymore, but I wanted to give him more room in his cage than he has now with the hope that he will be more willing to go back in his cage when playtime is over. My question...

I'll try both of those ideas, thanks.

Burn Offering, two pictures of my cage are attached, please let me know if you see anything that you think might be making him not want to go back in his cage. He loves to sit on the lava ledge and also sits on the wood shelf on the top. He also spends a lot of time on the top metal shelf at...

I'm jealous of the people that have a chin that gets tired after an hour and goes back in their cage on their own to sleep. I swear, if my chin had his way he would stay out all night. He does start to get tired after a while, but instead of going back in his cage to sleep he prefers to just...

i have this same problem with my chinchilla. He's a few years old but we've only had him for 4 months. I let him out almost every night but have trouble getting him back in his cage. We got him from a friend who had him for about a month. They got him from a breeder, according to the breader...

We have a ramp leading up to the cage so that's not the problem. I'm not home right now so I can't give the exact dimmensions but I'd say it's an average sized cage for a chin. It's probably about 3' wide, 2' deep, and several feet high. It's got a total of 3 levels including the bottom with...

Yes, I've done the empty dust bath thing but again, I'm afraid if I rely on that to get him in the cage eventually he will stop going into the dust bath. I've tried picking him up, but he doesn't like to be held at all. The only way I can pick him up when he's outside of my cage if is he is on...

Thanks for the advice but I've tried both those ideas in the past with not much luck. Last week I laid flat on my back and kept my hands near my chest, once he was on my chest I was able to pick him up and put him in the cage. Now when I lay down he won't claim on my chest, he stays down on my...

I desperately need help trying to get my chin back into his cage every night. First off, I'm not sure what kind of structure his life has had. We got him from a friend about 3 months ago. Our friend had gotten him from a breeder for her kids. Her kid didn't clean the chin's cage like they...

We have a male chinchilla, not sure how old he is but probably 2-3 years old. We have chin-proofed a spare bedroom and let him out for about an hour every night. He has started urinating on the bed. The first time he did it was no big deal, just washed the comforter and sheets. But now he...

I've had my chin for about two months now and I'm starting to struggle to find him safe things to chew. He loves the lava ledges and lava bites along with the balls made out of willow twigs. But that's about the only wood he chews! I bought him one of those wooden houses and he doesn't try to...

I'm new chin owner (had mine for about two months). My chin is a little bit fussy about what he likes to chew. He absolutely loves to chew lava ledges/lava bits and loves the balls made out of willow sticks. The problem is whenever I give these to him before bed, they are pretty much gone by...

Thanks, I'll try that. I've also heard that a lot of people use eye drops instead of the oinment. Are those any easier to apply? If so I might see about getting drops from the vet instead of using the oinment.