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Yes he is! 🤪 Such a cutie fluff butt

I adopted Mr. B last December and it's been such a good decision for me! After not having had a pet since I moved away from home (10+ years) its so nice to have another critter around now. :) Especially now that I'm stuck working from home all day (hope I don't make too much noise for him...

I have a single chin and I've read that it's really helpful for them to have a TV so that they're not all by themselves with nothing to do at night. Does anyone have an opinion on this? I play with Mr. B at the very least, every other night. Usually try to play with him ever night for about 45...

If you get another chinchilla it might help if their separate cages are just in the same room so they can at least "talk" to each other. Although as UnhappyRefrain said, they might not ever get along! So that could mean having two separate cages if you can swing that. They might possibly get...

This is the dining nook in my apt. Lately it's become Mr. B's playground! He loves the space and does so many popcorns when it's playtime! I think it's because he gets to be underneath the table and benches, makes him feel safe. Sometimes he'll jump onto the benches and table top, but...

A few weeks ago I bought some apple wood chew sticks off of etsy for Mr. B. When I got them in the mail I noticed he looooved these apple sticks. Normally he is quite picky and won't chew about 1/3 of the ones I have. But today I noticed when making another applewood purchase, that these...

Yeah my chin's face was pretty gunked up after he got anesthesia and molar spurs removed. It took a few weeks for it to go away, best thing you can do is let them have dust baths!

I think he's about 3-4 years old, I adopted him Dec and the lady said he was 3. Okay! Good to know there is most likely not a problem! I'll check again to see if there's any wetness down there, it might have just been that time I was looking. From what you described about the fur, it sounds...

Lately I've noticed my Chin Mr. B hasn't been cleaning his privates at all (I used to see this occasionally and laugh). And normally he is pretty enthusiastic about making sweet love to his plush friend during play time, but for the past month or two he'll only mount/grasp the toy, but that's...

Oh no! I'm so sorry. :(

I've switched my chin to Sherwood. At first he would eat the pellets but then he started to prefer his usual Oxbow and pick those out to eat. So I did a cold switch and at first he didn't eat much of it but eventually started to eat the regular amount. I emailed the people at Sherwood and they...

So I've been buying hay from rabbitholehay.com and it's good hay that my chin loves. But I recently ordered a batch of 2nd cut timothy hay and it came looking very much like 3rd cut. :/ I contacted customer service and they said sometimes a batch of 2nd cut can be more like that. My chin, Mr...

I tend to play it safe and give no fresh vegetables. Only dry chin safe treats! I wonder if her stretching was because of bloat? The grinding sound may just be her grinding teeth. Not sure what the shaking is about. If she's a new pet it's probably a good idea to get her to an exotics vet...

I tried feeding Mr. B Sherwood's pellets and he actually really liked them! His poops have been great too. I think I'll try switching him over to that, and also saw they have a urinary tract health supplement that I'm going to try out too. It has lots of good reviews, so maybe it'll make a...

I buy hay from rabbitholehay.com, Mr B gobbles it all up! Except for the first cut timothy. The mountain hay they sell is just one type of grass, not a mixture. The grass blades are thin and long. I'm gonna remove the mountain hay from his diet for now too so he's just on orchard and 2nd cut...

I only feed him a little bit of Oat hay but I'll remove it from his daily hay. The mountain grass is pretty high in protein too (12%), maybe I should lessen that as well? He peed yesterday night during playtime and it didn't look milky like it did yesterday, so I guess this isn't something...

Yikes, I was hoping Mr. B was in the clear now after having had molar spurs! Maybe I should get pet health insurance for him.. these visits ain't cheap! In the mean time is there anything I can do right now about his diet that might help? Would it help to switch to timothy hay based pellets...

Are there any games your chinchilla likes to play with you? Mr. B and I recently discovered a new "game" he likes to play! When it's playtime, there's a pumpkin in the corner of the space we play in (it's from halloween.. never been carved! Still hasn't rotted yet!). He'll jump up on top of...

A while ago I had posted about Mr. B's urine leaving a white chalky residue (and it turns out that was not abnormal), but just today when we were playing he pee'd and I noticed it looked yellowish and cloudy.. which I heard can be problematic! The urine didn't smell bad and he hasn't been...

I would keep feeding her critical care. When my chin was on antibiotics I had to force feed him about 4-5 syringes of food 2-3 times a day (sometimes I had work and could only feed him morning/evenings), I think that was like 25-30ml per meal tho? It was about 4-5 syringes of cc. 10ml seems...