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I buy a bale of grass hay from a farmer. He has many types and cuts that he stores in the barn. He let's me go through them and I pick what I want. He usually doesn't sell to chinchillas lol, but that $10 bale lasts me all year!

As it turns out, Ripley doesn't care about the loofah at all. Just sits in her cage ignored. Funny how each chin has their favorite things.

I also just feed my chin however much she wants.

I buy a gallon of purified water. Under a $1 and it lasts at least a month. Well worth it in my book.

Thanks!

My two previous chins never cared for loofah. But my new chin, Ripley, wants to eat it. I cut her a small slice, but she doesn't seems to be shredding it. She thinks that it is a treat. She is only 5 months old, so I don't really want her eating it at all now. But is it okay when she gets...

Thanks. No, I don't want to breed her. Was just wondering at what age chins go into heat and if that could be it. I have had female chins, so I know about the moods lol. Didn't know that puberty was so young.

Thanks everyone. She's bonding with us pretty well so far.

We have a four month old chin that we adopted a couple weeks ago. We pet her in her cage. She constantly is raising her butt (while she is facing us) to have us scratch her bottom. She often squeaks (not squeals) and will let out a scent. She likes to be scratched all over and is pretty...

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Hi, Just wanted to let you all know that I had to put Idgie down a couple months ago. But we adopted a new chin last week. I had wanted to get another rescue, but we ended up falling in love with a baby. Her name is Ripley and she is a little over 4 months old. She is a mosaic. (My avatar is...

Welcome! This forum has tons of info! You can search on the top for certain issues. Or just read and learn a lot. Also, ask questions. I would not feed my chin nuts or seeds ever! There are other healthy treats and herbs to give chins. Poplar is good and kiln dried pine (which is what most...

I don't even fill that size since a chin won't drink that much before you need to change it.

Thank you ❤️

I am pretty inconsolable now after finding the strength to put Idgie down. It was especially hard since she wasn't sickly. But her eye was hurting her (we had her on pain meds) and she hated us putting the ointment in her eye three times a day. We did not want to wait for it to rupture-which...

I would have tried it too if we had any hope that it would work. Her disease is degenerative and only getting worse. She has had a long, happy life.

I am not sure if I mentioned that Idgie's eye is making no attempt to try and heal. She has no blood vessels going there. And the ulcer is deep and down to its very last layer. It is quite tenuous and there is no hope that she can get better. But I'm so glad that the treatment worked for...

I did ask my regular vet about it and it requires many, many treatments--not just a simple thing. I even talked to the ophthalmologist about removing her eye, but she did not believe that Idgie would survive the anesthesia or recover well if she did. We really don't want to put her through all...

Saw the ophthalmologist vet. She suspects that Idgie is older than I thought. (She was a rescue). She has corneal dystrophy and degeneration in both eyes with the ulcer in the one. It is due to a blink deficit. It will not be able to heal and grid keratotomy will not be successful due largely...

My chin, Idgie, has a corneal ulcer. My vet and I have been treating it with antibiotic ointment, but there is a lot of tissue build up around it and the ulcer is unable to heal. We are considering a grid keratotomy and consulting with an exotic ophthalmologist to see how effective this would...