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Hmmm... well, give it a few days. Read my original post, and then read the two following posts. Those are pretty critical replies to an honest answer to op's question. I was read my rights and lectured on the forum rules and called out personally. This is an excellent example of why people...

I get tired of saying the same things over and over. In a way I wish the forum was more open and everyone could post ads - I'd like to see what is going on locally and I feel that this forum is losing way to facebook and other social media groups because of the restrictions. I find myself...

In some cases I start my males as soon as I think they've hit puberty. Some of my old, extremely cranky females are far easier to pair up with a four month old male. Normally a male will not become fertile until 6-10 months of age. Some earlier, some later. As far as I can tell, unless you...

I wouldn't worry too much about the spider unless it is a poisonous one, granted if they catch it they will eat it. I watched one of my females snatch a fly I was chasing out of the air, rip the wings off and eat the body. :/ Personally I can't sleep knowing there is a large, live spider in...

I also use 2x6"'s and 2" x 8"'s, they last quite a long time. All commercial white wood species are safe for chinchillas that I know of. Even if it is stamped "Pine" it can be a number of different types, there are over 100. Usually it is a type of fir or poplar or some other soft white wood.

When you get a new chinchilla, give them a couple of weeks to adjust to their new home. Fill the entire bottom of the cage with the bedding you are going to use in the litter pan. Do not clean the cage for a week. Watch where they pee. There needs to be pee in there for them to be...

I also have never heard of one dying of a fungal infection. There are hundreds of fungal types of ringworm, most of them not passable to humans. Some are very species specific. Ringworm is usually secondary to an underlaying issue in kittens. I've never heard of one of them dying from...

They'll chew the metal too, they love the taste. You can tile them, like suggested above. That seems to deter them the longest but I just plan on replacing mine every year.

I highly recommend looking up clicker training and classical conditioning. Chinchillas CAN be trained very easily. Youtube is full of videos if you need inspiration. You CAN train them to not chew on specific objects. You CAN train them to come to you, do tricks, etc. You have to put the...

To save the pelt you'd need to get it processed. By the time I finally give up on mine their pelts have never been in good enough condition to save. Sickness and age makes the skin so thin and the fur so weak it tears when you try to pelt them and looks terrible. You could always pluck them...

Canned goats milk has sugar in it which is why they they like it more. Good advice here and it sounds like you are doing a great job with him. Like mentioned above he may just have issues from being a kit from a malnourished mom. So long as he doesn't feel super bony and is very active he'll...

She is a pinkwhite. She is very small, you'll want to make sure she is old enough (at least a year) and her pelvis is big enough to have babies otherwise pregnancy will likely kill her. If you enjoy her as a pet I don't recommend breeding her.

Ronda has some beautiful split logs that I just put up on the website. I also had to post pictures of these big boxes of wood she had in the background because that is a crazy amount of work and attention to detail. It just looks mesmerizing... especially the twig box.

I'm sure you've figured one out by now, but here is a pattern. The size really depends on the size of baby. The more sloped the sides = the more "wide" and collar like the cone is. The steeper the sides the more cone like it is. I'd get a couple of cereal boxes and play around with different...

As far as I know I'm the closest person to Austin TX that still breeds. Just had a nice couple come from Seaward, TX this weekend. I have boys in all different colors to choose from if you do decide to head this way.

Good on you for getting them fixed up! It will likely settle them down though they will still protect your house from other cats so I'm sure you'll still hill a fight from time to time.

It sounds like your male killed the baby. Some males do this and will also aggressively attack the female right after birth, which it also sounds like he did. Likely you're going get this over and over again, usually the male kills the babies the first time and the second time kills or...

I don't know, but it seems to be a re-occurring problem in herds using feeds that have added seaweed, including the one I was using. Take note that they do not say how much iron is in these feeds. Seaweed is so iron-rich it would have massively increased the amount they were getting in the...

This is really it. Ingredients also change from area to area and with the exception to California they don't need to state it on the tag, just the nutrient amounts. You can get 12% protein from crude oil (the stuff your car runs on) so the nutrient amounts mean nothing unless you know where it...

This is a really important question. Don't move your pets out of the house. If they can't be a part of the family it is time to let them go to someone who can provide that for them. If you are starting breeding, having them in their own barn was the best thing I did. I installed special...