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  1. Riven

    Is it a big fur slip on my Goldbar girl?

    Not too bad of a weight, that's definitely an area that we've been trying to work on is getting a little more size on them. Sounds like she must like that "Asian Cuisine" and gained good for you!
  2. Riven

    Does this shelf make me look fat?

    Spring break is making me so bored! Paired with cold weather I've been a bit bored while my kids are in school... So I've been spending a lot of time staring at chins... during our talk Annie asked me... does this shelf make me look fat?! Love this girl, I got her earlier this month from...
  3. Riven

    Is it a big fur slip on my Goldbar girl?

    They aren't blue like how people have blue eyes, but they have a dark blue ring in them. That is how all of the ones I've seen have been. I'm just surprised she is so light, Jim would know, that is who would've bred her for .com. She looks like a nice confirmation, what is her weight?
  4. Riven

    Is it a big fur slip on my Goldbar girl?

    I'm not aware that goldbars usually have red eyes, all of the ones I have have seen have blue eyes. I'm going to guess you bought her on .com though?
  5. Riven

    Few broken whiskers and some hair loss around her nose? Fungal infection?

    Chins will act normal if they have fungus, can you post some pictures? Fungus is caused when the fungus itself if present, stress can affect them getting it because it lowers the immune system. Treating fungus is easy and if you think it is fungus at all then I would treat it before it spreads.
  6. Riven

    Playing the Guitar and chins?

    A lot of people leave music on for their chins, their hearing is nearly identical to a humans so they hear it very similar to how you hear it.
  7. Riven

    Is it a big fur slip on my Goldbar girl?

    It looks like a fur slip to me, if a matt came out it would leave a spot like that. Are you sure that's a gold bar? She looks pretty white...
  8. Riven

    Prolapsed Uterus

    If I were you I would just do a full spay, you can then pair her with any chin you want and not have to worry about further issues. Good luck!
  9. Riven

    Reputation for a CT breeder

    That's what I was going to say... Over crowding would be 2-3 females in a hole of a breeding run. I keep colonies of 4-5 animals in a 1/2 of a critter nations, they're happy and healthy.
  10. Riven

    Chinchillas and dogs.

    The chin is antagonizing the dog, I would not allow the dog near the chin, while it seems fun and safe, all it takes is one time of that cage door not getting fully latched and the chin is gone because that dogs is just waiting for that opportunity.
  11. Riven

    Carriers

    The idea of a small carrier is that if something should happen and a vehicle has to come to a sudden stop, gets quickly tipped, or dropped, it is less likely to be injured. Instead of flying 12-18" before hitting the carrier wall, it would only go say 1-2"'s reducing the chance of injury, plus...
  12. Riven

    question about water and handling

    See I do the opposite, I treat them from day one like I'm going to treat them forever, especially on handling them. By not handling them when they bark at you they just learn to bark at you. I was raised with horses and if one threw you off, you got back on, otherwise they just learned if they...
  13. Riven

    Plexiglas/Acrylic

    Yes, they will destroy it if they can get to the edges. I've used plexi before in fleece houses and it worked as long as they didn't chew through the fleece and get to the plexi itself.
  14. Riven

    does anyone ever blog about their pets?

    My dog has a facebook account... does that count? LOL
  15. Riven

    Thoughts on this?

    Wish to see a bit higher protein, at one time I was feeding 20%... Crude Protein 14.0% Lysine 0.7% Methionine 0.25% Threonine 0.45% Crude Fat 6.0% Crude Fiber max. 16.0% Dietary Starch* max. 14.0% Sugar* max. 6.0% Calcium 0.75% - 0.95% Phosphorus 0.65% Copper 40 ppm Zinc 140 ppm...
  16. Riven

    Thoughts on this?

    Most feeds do have it in there for binding and flavor.
  17. Riven

    Depression hurt

    The first thing you learn in mental health is that you can not make other people do things, their actions are none but their own. If you consider this I think it will be helpful to you. For example if I ask a person if they are suicidal, it is not going to make them say, hey maybe I should be...
  18. Riven

    Any improvements?

    If you think that those clothes pins will keep those sliding doors shut you may want to re-consider, they are just chew toys to a chin, you will need something metal to clip or wire them shut with or you may have a "prison break".
  19. Riven

    Depression hurt

    The best way to approach is it with something like, "Would you like to talk about the things that have been bothering you? I'd really like that." It gives him the option, it's not placing blame, and it's saying that you want to talk about it. Remember that he may be embarrassed about it and...
  20. Riven

    Thoughts on this?

    I have a feed I'm thinking about trying and would be interested to see what people thought about these ingredients, levels are all within good ranges: wheat middlings, alfalfa meal, rice bran, cane molasses, soybean hulls, rice hulls, dehulled soybean meal, dried plain beet pulp, corn...
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