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The pellet we are using does have vit c added so it can also be used for guinea pigs but other herbivores shouldn't need it. They can manufacture their own vit c from even dry foods. Humans, apes, and guinea pigs are the only animals that can't make vit c and require a large quantity of fresh...

I'd be worried it was cigarette smoke which could be harmful. I know a lot of people on ebay make it a point to either say they don't smoke or the steps they take to make sure their products don't pick it up.

Most of mine just eat kibble and the occasional wet cat food but we do use a mixture. Generally Natural Balance cat food rotating flavors, Blue wilderness to up the protein and fat for growing and pregnant hedgehogs, and Fromm mature cat gold. Then gran free Taste of the Wild canned. Some...

Cinni x Hantai. I was hoping for some whites since Hantai is a platinum and I'd like to retire Cinni from breeding but all she gave me were 2 salt and peppers. I think she actually had 4 and ate 2 for some reason. One might have been stillborn because it was on the first day we found the...

I don't have the link but there was a study done by a group of rat breeders which showed increased liver enzymes that might cause organ damage while on kiln dried pine. The house rabbit groups quote it often. Since there haven't been too many further studies or with other animals that are...

Plain pine is not good. Kiln dried shavings are controversial but probably the most popular bedding choice for most animals. Pellets are so heat treated and compressed they do not have the harmful oils left in them. Try a feed store if you have them around. They sell it dirt cheap as horse...

The nonfruit oxbow treats I would feed but I wouldn't trust any other petstore treats. You can give a little more oatmeal than that. Pellets are often a hay plus oats, wheat, barley, etc..maybe molasses and then vitamins and minerals. You can also give plain cereals like a cheerio or the...

Tooth issues can happen irregardless of diet and enrichment. Sometimes it's genetic in a certain line of animals and sometimes it's just an anomaly in one individual.

Grazing and browsing herbivores do not eat on a schedule. They eat very frequent small meals and should not be left without food just to fit a schedule. If you have to feed him at a specific time make sure he has more than enough food until the next feeding. There should be a little left...

Rinse with saline to get particles out of the eye. Infections and inflammation will require eye drops or gel. Bad infections or large injuries that are likely to get infected often get prescribed both an eye treatment and an oral or injected antibiotic. Recurring problems or refusal to heal...

A single level fn or cn is plenty big enough for a pair. I've got a 2 pairs, 1 mother with triplets, and a single pregnant mother in my single level cages. I did setup a double for my 2 young females but I will probably turn it back in to 2 singles when I wean the trips. Buying or building...

That should work fine. We used hay cubes for the first 4 months until we got everything rearranged for the 2 ferret nations making it easier to clean around them. If you get oxbow hay cubes they have longer hay strands than most feed store cubes I've seen. We used to feed only those for hay...

Corn cob is not a good bedding for any animal. Corn grows toxic molds easily when wet and they like to eat it. There are a few other health problems it can cause in some animals but I don't know if they apply to chins. Pine pellets should be fine. Paper pellets and paper based beddings might...

Should probably get a vet opinion on whether the problem can be treated. At worst I would think surgery to completely remove the top teeth and then a careful diet with trimming of the bottom teeth as needed would allow it a high enough quality of life. People on the guinea pig rescue forums...

I believe the silver surfer is light enough not to do bar damage to a CN. They are a little loud sometimes though because they just have 2 wide hooks for hanging on the bars and don't tighten down.

I'm not sure if that has a plain ball tube or not since it says it's for birds. It also doesn't list what a medium or large holds. See if you can find the equivalent in one of the mammal sections and I'd aim for a 16oz. That will last a pair about 2 days or closer to 4 days for a single...

Eye problems should be promptly investigated and treated. Vision loss happens rapidly if there is even a minor injury or infection. Eye problems in herbivores are also often tooth problems that may not yet show other symptoms. The eye at minimum needs rinsed and checked with dye and light for...

Hmm.. my 3 week olds are about half that size.

If you have an only slightly leaky bottle that you wouldn't mind continuing to use you can set a brick, porous tile (chillers would probably work), or sterilized porous enough rock under it. A chunk of texas holey rock (a formation of limestone) from aquarium stores works well. The material...

Why do you have to wrap the fleece? We buy them in 1 yard sections, fold in half, lay over the pan, and fold the excess over in to the pan. They all have a little crease like this If I have issues with digging up corners or the folded strip I put a brick or heavy pellet dish there.