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We grow our own hay. We grow timothy/meadow cross, as well as alfalfa/timothy cross (that field went to crap, so we don't grow it anymore) and alfalfa. I could try giving him some alfalfa too. He has one of those huts with a built in feeder, and a smaller one on a shelf. I could keep the big one...

Wow, I'm so friggin funny. That title... Anyway, my guy Pedro kinda stopped eating hay. He's been acting normal. He looks about as normal as he can get. I don't know what happened. I know hay is essential in their diet. Is there something that might have caused him to stop, and maybe a way to...

Okay, I almost have enough money for the entire Chinchilla Villa! For those of you who don't know, the Chinchilla Villa will be a large wooden cage for my little dude Pedro. I'm gonna have tons of cool ledges and huts, a feeding area, and more. I will also have 2 or 3 smaller cages, probably...

Looking back on this all, I'm still surprised I was able to buy bad chinchilla food from Oxbow. They're some of the best people for this stuff, so I wouldn't expect any of this from them. Also, did you guys know Mazuri sells fricking rhino grain!?

I have easier access to Oxbow Essentials, but I feel like Mazuri might be better for me since it has timothy hay in it (if I remember correctly) and Pedro gets meadow grass hay (my dad grows it so it saves us some money on not needing to buy hay). It might be good for him to get some timothy hay...

So, I talked to my mom, and sounds like she'll but me either Mazuri or Oxbow Essentials (I suggested them and am debating on the 2 brands). My dad is willing to give out chickens the rest of the Garden Select as part of their scratch as it is chicken safe and healthy ingredients. I think they'd...

Good call. I actually had my counselor appointment (the COVID shutdown affected me mentally a little bit, but it's okay not to be okay) last night and we talked a bit about it as well. I think I've got this. Thanks, you guys, I can't tell you how much I appreciate this

I want to start getting him in for a wellness exam annually, along with my rabbit. But you're right about vets just lumping care with chins and other small pets like them. Even when they don't do that, Montanan small animal vets aren't the most knowledgeable. We used to care for our rabbits...

I tried to offer to pay them back. I can afford it just fine. But it is kinda my fault that this started. Remember, when I started this, I thought it was good food for chinchillas, and I think I said I did the research (must have done only customer reviews, I don't know) for Garden Select. I'm...

I saw that episode. The cages were pretty cool but I also noticed some flaws. Their tunnels open up, right?

He doesn't mind stale pellets. He eats almost anything. And he loved the lemon juice. Like, he practically inhaled the Oxbow pellets. I'm trying a drop of lime juice, hoping that might work.

Okay, the ultimate chinchilla villa is still a WIP. But I have a cool plan for a habitat. Have you seen the episode of Animal Cribs where Antonio and the crew work on a house for 2 dogs, 3 cats, 3 ferrets, and 2 rabbits? Well, he did a ton of tiny cages for the ferrets, and spread them around...

Thanks! I'll try that. What I found said that they shouldn't have very much of it, but a little drop never hurt any chins. but before I was fully educated on chinchillas Pedro got all kinds of fruits and veggies. For the... 5? I want to say 5. But for the 5 years we've had him, he's never been...

Okay, so I recently bought Oxbow Garden Select, and then learned (thank you @Amethyst) that it was bad for chins. However, my parents don't buy it. They think it's okay. I've tried talking to them, but they say that unless my chinchilla, Pedro, either won't eat it or acts unhealthy after eating...

All he got wet was his legs, belly, and some of his tail. I dried him off as much as I could (he seemed to want to just run around some more). He has been acting sort of lazy, but not out of the normal. He likes to sleep all day and annoy the hell out of us at night.

Okay, you all might remember my chinchilla Pedro. He likes to run around and watch The Simpsons. So, we let him out in the bathroom to run around and watch The Simpsons. Apparently, Pedro likes to swim! The toilet lid was up, and Pedro jumped right in. We got him out okay, and took a nice dust...

I got it from Chewy. I think they do returns. The food still isn't actually here. So, if I changed his food, could I put the new stuff in a bigger container and dump the old stuff on top of it? Then he'd get a little more and a little more of the new stuff each time.

Darn, I just bought the 20 pound bag a few days ago. Could I maybe mix it with another safer food?

Or oatmeal. Ever given a chinchilla a tablespoon of oatmeal for a holiday dinner? Gone in 0.5 seconds. No lies. Maybe I should take advantage of that and clean his bowl that way. I could just smother it in oatmeal. He'd actually lick it clean, that's what he does to oatmeal.

I used to have 2 chinchillas. One was named Pablo (rest in peace, little puffer), and the other is the guy I still have, Pedro. One time, not long after we first got them, they managed to escape from their cage. Our dog, a black lab named Gunner, started chasing them into the kitchen. The 2...