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Ringworm treatment normally takes about 4-6 weeks (so you are about less then half way done), but once the skin clears up and the hair grows back it's a sign they are getting better. It takes about 4-14 days for infection to show though so to be on the safe side it's best to wait 2 weeks after...

Clearly you don't actually want knowledge you want to be told being a irresponsible backyard breeding is fine. News flash it's not, it's horrible. I gave you knowledge of what you are doing wrong (now and earlier this year) and how to fix it, that is not belittling it's informing. You were given...

🤦‍♀️ Yes, apparently it isn't common knowledge anymore but if you have an intact biological male and an intact biological female together they can mate. Animals don't have the concept of it being related, they just see male and female when it comes to mating. Although rare males can breed as...

You mean you plan to breed white to white?!?! You do know that breeding white to white can be lethal right? :mad: That is horrible if you are knowingly doing that! 🤬 Hopefully it's just a very stupid mistake and you are just ignorant of the risk and didn't know, if so this explains it fairly...

If you mean "chicks" as in females then yes it is possible to introduce a second female to a pair, assuming the male is neutered or the females are spayed, but keep in mind it can take time (can take months or years), and it does risk the current pair splitting up especially if you try to rush...

Maybe, but maybe not, personally I would try to find wood that actually says the type just to be safe, many people just go with poplar for that reason. "Common board" is not one specific type of wood, it's most commonly it's pine, but could also be any similar wood like spruce or fir, which is...

Yeah so long as it's just the anti fungal not one with added scent, cooling chemicals, or anything like that.

You can also give dust baths with anti fungal powder in it. Here is a website with some good info Ringworm(Skin Fungus)

That sounds sketchy to me, I personally wouldn't trust that. I know some companies do pack their hay just in boxes, no bags, but they are new boxes not reused Amazon boxes.

One important thing to keep in mind with wheels is ones that are actually safe for chins are not what you find in pet stores, and not cheap. You need a wheel that is at the bare minimum 14" in diameter, assuming the chin is small, but for most a 15-16" wheel is much better. You also want one...

The best way, unless the male is neutered, is to just separate them, but keep the cages near enough that they can still see and talk to each other. Make sure they are kept at least 6" apart or they can still breed through the bars. The bond chins have isn't really as strong as some animals where...

That site is useless, I see nothing about safely transporting chinchillas (or safely traveling with pets period), and since chins need such controlled environment there really is no chinchilla safe to take them on trips. Taking them outside on trips is risky so going out should be limited to...

Welcome, chins can be kind of like chips, you get one and want more, lol. Growing up between my sisters and I we had 12 chins, only two were from an accidental litter, so no judgment on having 10. :) It's pretty fun to have a small herd worth of them.

Unfortunately none of those pics are clear, so it's hard to tell what it looks like. That is not a common spot for ringworm though, ringworm is more common around the face or privates where it's a moist area that promotes the fugal growth. Does he normally get his tail wet, like sits in his pee...

I've never fed it but Science Selective is suppose to be a good food, it's one of the top recommended chinchilla specific foods right now, and a lot of chins seem to like it a lot more then Mazuri or Oxbow. It's more like nuggets instead of pellets so it is something different, they are bigger...

I think that is one of the more frustrating things, there is no "best hay" for all chins. There are some chins that love the online hay vendor hay, but only specific ones, others actually prefer the cheaper hay like ones sold by Kaytee, and everything in between. Even then when you find what hay...

Since she like the pipe you can also look into getting a metal pipe instead, like you would use for air duct work, then you don't need to worry about chewing it. I've had a pvc pipe in the cage for many years without any issue, most chins don't seem to bother trying to eat it beyond a test...

The water grade PVC pipes (like the white one you have) are ok, so long as the chin doesn't chew on it. Be careful with any other PVC though since it can commonly contains chemicals. PVC is really the only ok "plastic" since even if they do chew on it they can't chew large pieces off, so you can...

Just so you know (as already mentioned in this thread) harnesses are not advised or safe AT ALL for chins, it's extremely dangerous and risky. They have very thin bones that can easily break, if you don't put it on tight enough they can easily escape, and if you put it on even a little bit too...

Here is one recipe I got from a chinchilla FB page that is just plain. I've seen people mix ground up hay and treats into them to make them more interesting too.