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True with some other animals but chins are partially induced ovulators. Meaning they release eggs in the presence of a male mounting them and not as a heat cycle. I read they do have a cycle where they are more likely to release eggs than other times but I don't think they really come in to...

Silver surfers are light, easy to hang, and cheap but they can be noisy. I know one person tied something around the hooks so it didn't move around as much.

I know I've told other people chinchillas don't belong in the bedroom but we came down with a bad flu that went in to my lungs causing bronchitis so neither of us got the bookshelves moved to put the cages in the livingroom. We had to stick our new CN in the bedroom for the pregnant females and...

Try calling your local vet offices and shelters for a temporary foster home. They may even have a few ferret or large rabbit cages that will work for a short time or have the means to move your cages.

I'd rather pay more for good quality bluegrass or orchardgrass. You can find orchardgrass hay from oxbow or they of course have timothy but timothy is the most common cause of allergies when feeding small animals. Oxbow also has chin pellets, hay with herbs, and herb treats. They no longer...

Adult males usually won't get along and adult females occasionally get along. My attempts to find 2 adult females that get along to put in the bigger cage failed. The sealed brown wood cages are 30x30 and 30x36" and that's what holds our females and litters or a male and female for breeding...

It's worth tracking down good hay from a local farmer or ordering online. Most of the hay that goes to stores has been exposed to too much sunlight, extreme temps, or is just old and the animals don't like it as well. Also tends to be dusty and set off allergies a lot more than other sources...

You don't have to have just blizzard or polar fleece. Those are simply brand names. There are dozens if not 100s of safe brands of fleece. So long as you get plain fleece cut off a bolt and not finished or fuzzy blankets it should be fine. I did use some of those cheap walmart blankets for...

The vet got it cleaned up and treated the slight inflammation. Heck of a time getting there. One vehicle won't start and the other had the doors iced over. Plus the cold seems to have killed the garage door opener that's on the outside. Only the one in the crv will open it.

Some people have reinforced with a board or strip of metal and attaching the wheel to that through the cage bars. You can put a board under a flying saucer to keep it from bending down.

We have 15 bales of organic hay to feed out before it loses nutritional value. Roughly 750lbs. We bought them to get the rabbits through the winter and then due to circumstances we decided to sell all 60 some rabbits except for 4 we couldn't part with and bring those 4 inside. I do have 10lbs...

I don't think just walking on a cloth would do anything but maybe I could quickly wrap her foot in it before she becomes a ball and let it soak that way. Then I could leave it on her longer without worrying about chilling her as the water cools. I had to keep changing out the water to make it...

It's by the pound. 10-15lbs being the smallest box you can get of any variety.

2-3oz a day on a 16-32oz bottle is still only maybe an inch more air space for a healthy adult. Unless you mark the bottle you won't be able to tell if it was that full yesterday and that much might drip out and dry in 24hrs. Then if you figure it for a 10week old it becomes such an...

Ball valve bottles work on a vacuum so yes you need to fill them all the way and you should use water the same temp as where you are putting the bottle. They will leak some otherwise. Sometimes tapping the ball a few times will stop the leaking when you first fill them and put back on the...

Petstores don't card children. By junior high (12 years old) my mom told me I could have whatever I could keep in my room and my sister and I had credit cards which connected to my mom's card so she just got sent a compiled bill and we didn't have to be 18 to get it in our name. That allowed...

Varies greatly by area or even individual vet clinic. For example the small clinic without an exotics vet there most days used to neuter our rabbits for $40 no other fee or separate checkup needed. The large vet clinic with a constant exotics vet as their main vet (one we use now) charges $40...

The standard is recommended for chins if you read the descriptions on the main flying saucer website.

There's squirt, fluffy ball(he's a bit chubby), the little squeakers(very vocal triplets), and kecky keck because of all the noise she makes.

I have a 3 month old with a large poop boot around her foot. I've been soaking it and swishing her feet around in the water but it's not working. I tried everything I could think of to keep her from balling up so I could break the poop off but she's very adamant that we don't touch her feet...