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Some chins are naturally tiny - unless you know they are related it is ok that they are different weights. I would just leave them on the plain pellets and hay and let them adjust to life in a new home for a few months before playing with the diet.

Maple is dangerous, I'm not sure exactly what makes it so but Ronda's doesn't offer it or oak because it makes people sick when it is cut. The sawdust causes major skin and eye irritation along with breathing problems so I imagine it would eventually cause issues with chinchillas. Since they...

It's got timothy, oats, beet pulp and molasses, all are sources of sugar and can be high depending on processing. Also, the ingredients are just listed most to least. It could be 7% molasses at 9th, nobody knows. I do know that it smells sweeter than Oxbow.

No, your chinchilla does not need to go to the vet. The picture in the original post is of a fur slip (probably caught the tail on a shelf or something). They can and do chew their tail fur, it is genetic and runs in family lines. I've seen them chew every part of the body except the head and...

I've never had success with the squish method. I just allow them to live next to each other or above for males in runs and after a few weeks let them in together. If I am really in a hurry I will set a small wire carrier inside the cage and swap the chins every 12 hours for how ever many days...

Cranberry has the highest sugar content of any of the juices. Every time you give him something sweet he will hold out for longer and longer waiting for the sweet stuff. They are not stupid and are sugar junkies. How long have you left him without water? In a cool environment they can go...

I'm so sorry to hear about your girl! It sounds like you did an amazing job with her. :( If you wouldn't mind leaving the post, it will could others in the future, especially with the great advice on hand feeding above.

You will have to remove the Mazuri and do a cold switch to the Sherwood and it could take several days. Mazuri has the highest molasses/sugar content of any of the commercial feeds. If you see people post about soft/squishy poops while using it, that high sugar content is why. A good milling...

Yes, I did what is called a hard cull (PTS) because I couldn't stand to put anyone else through raising and loosing chins in just a few months to a couple years. That is the only way to get rid of this genetic disease. I am now much more careful about who I purchase breeding males from. You...

I can't do much about what ya'll read on the internet but I can tell you your statement about tooth wear is unfounded. 21 years this year, if pellets alone didn't wear down teeth my herd would be maloccluding. Haven't had a case in 14 years... I culled the line that was prone to it. My oldest...

Healthy weight gain takes a long time. I wouldn't expect her to be back to her normal weight before six months. If she is, great, but don't change her diet for it. Allow her immune system time to recover. After a severe injury I've seen on average 2-6 months depending on the age of the...

It is probably fur slip or he plucked it out. Tails take a very long time to grow back, and the older the chinchilla the longer it takes. My 8 year old it took 2 years to grow back from a fur slip.

Hay will not round out the nutritional needs, pellets are fortified with vitamins found in the soil that plants don't often carry or that have a very short half life (B vitamins). The new things are probably encouraging him to chew more, but it could also be that his teeth have stopped and his...

Yes, they are retired now.

Shipping has gotten so expensive in the last few years, it is crazy. I have several houses from Twilight Chinchillas and love them! I have a single, double and triple story and her artwork is amazing. Rondaschins.com is decent on shipping if you order over $100, I think it is only $10...

I believe it was 1 pound of Clovite to 50 pounds of whatever grains they were using mixed in a cement mixer.

No. It was a mix of 7 grain cereal and Clovite if you'd like to make your own. There are some other sites that sell supplements, rondaschins.com and FuzziesKindgom seem to be the two most popular.

Molar spurs are not caused by a lack of hay. Please don't limit pellets. If your chin is preferring the pellets it is a sign that the batch of hay you have doesn't have the nutrients he needs. Hay can vary between nutritionally void to extremely high in sugars depending on the growing...

Weight doesn't determine the condition of the chin. When they have big bald spots and damage buildup on the paws Elvis did it is unhealthy. He got that way on regular pellets, his breeder did not feed hay. I suspect now that he may have had a thyroid issue. Here is an older video I did...

That amount of blood is normal when they injure a foot pad, it will look like a straight up murder scene if they get a finger. You can follow the steps above or just grab him and flip him over. The trick is to hold until they quit struggling, once they relax you can release your grip. This...