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I have the issue with the chin spin myself. I just unhook it and place it facing down before I go to sleep and then put it back up in the morning. I tried to sleep through it for a week and I wasn't having much luck.

It's the holidays and I'm finding myself in need of a flying saucer wheel for my other chinchilla. It seems terribly unfair to just have one wheel while the other doesn't. So if anyone has one and be willing to ship let me know! =)

Sounds like that mom had some other issues going on besides trying to by a chinchilla for a five year old. People can be driven to do the craziest things.

I was not aware of that! Thank you! It looks like their stools are already getting a ton better so I'm thinking it was a combination of bad pellets and them not eating hay as much when it's in the cage. I shall make a stop at Petsmart tonight! :)

If the stools continue on the way they are I will take a sample to the vet. I give my chinchillas filtered water and I feed them Grreat Choice chinchilla food (though I may slowly transfer them to mazuri at some point). I know it's alfalfa based so I give them timothy hay cubes and loose hay.

It appears that only one is having bowel issues. Her poop is soft and she keeps stepping on it and smearing it everywhere. It also looks like she has some pee stained on her bum now as well. The other chinchilla is fine. I did a complete cleaning of her cage. I have her on timothy hay and water now.

Both of my chinchillas sneeze every now and then and I'm not entirely sure if that is a sign of an upper respiratory cold. Their poops also look questionable because they seem bigger and somewhat greasy. I may be paranoid since I read about giardia recently and so now I watch out for it. Is it...

Okay thanks I'll be sure to watch out for her today.

I wouldn't consider this a major issue, but my chin somehow found a strip of tape on the floor and ate it. I tried pulling it from her, but she ran away from me. I only managed to get part of it. Is she in any immediate danger?

I would never give a chinchilla as a gift unless I knew this person was already very interested and had been doing their research. I'd also make sure they were ready for a serious commitment. In which case it'd be more of a, "Hey I heard you were interested in chinchillas. If you want I can help...

I found a chin poop in my bed and yet my chins cannot reach my bed. It was interesting trying to sleep after finding that. I also found a chin poop in my downstairs garage. I was very confused considering they never leave my bedroom...

I buried my guinea pig when she passed away several years ago. However, since I know my chinchillas are going to live a long time I may cremate them because of how special they are. Not to say that the guinea pig I owned wasn't dear to me. I try not to think that far ahead though.

Playtime is in my chinchilla proofed room. However they outsmart me every now and then and find something that I didn't manage to hide or move. Tricky little critters ;)

I have a standard and a pink white. They are both beautiful, but if I were to get another I'd probably get an ebony :)

So my one chin loves to run around my room. Whenever she gets spooked she'll bolt around my room running around in circles at break neck speed. One time she freaked out, ran two laps around my room, and then proceeded to run into my back. She did this two more times before realizing that I was...

Well I tend to mix up the names Mika and Kiki, but when I'm not doing that sometimes it turns into, "Hey there Ms.Fluff Fluff"

I have two wonderful chinchillas that do not get along. I have had them in separate cages side by side for several weeks now. Tonight I took them out into an enclosed but open space. Enough room for them to roam, but not so much that I couldn't intervene if they fought. At first they just ran...

Hey there so I have this wonderful large super pet cage that I got sometime ago and my chinchilla loves it. However since the platforms are made of plastic I worry about what gnawing on it may do to my chins digestive system. That being said I was wondering what kind of wood would be safe to...

Pictures! The standard is Mika and the pink white is Kiki. They make me happy :) thanks for the warm welcome!

So I'm not sure where to begin seeing as I registered over a month ago and I didn't actually think to introduce myself. Never too late though right? I guess I'll start with myself and how I got here! My name is Keira and I graduated from High School this year and I've already completed my...