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I had to make the decision to let Willow go this afternoon. Due to her rapid weight loss and refusal to eat, it was told. A few weeks back she was diagnosed with dental disease, her roots were overgrown. We tried to supplement feeding and pain meds. I could tell just looking in her eyes... she...

Chinchillas can come in all shapes and sizes :) but congrats on the beauty. She's a a stunning mosiac, which would be her mutation. I also have a mosaic and she has a bit of a more "mousey" face with a longer snout and tail while my brown velvet I refer to as little miss piggy nose, she's got a...

What a cutie! Congrats to you and him.

Thank you, I'm hoping to get a look at the xrays soon. I noticed something off about two years ago, weepy eyes, but when I took her to a vet they said her teeth looked fine and that it looked like irritation. Her eyes seemed to clear up after eye drops. That was after calling 11 vets over three...

It's been a while since I've posted here but I'm a little at a lose on what to do. I took in my 10 year old chin because I noticed something odd on her jaw line. We had get checked out by an exotic vet, she seemed confident on that she just needed a tooth trim but we decided to schedule xrays...

For three of my girls I use the old plastic dust houses, I'm not sure if they make those anymore. I'm going to switch soon to a glass container. For the fourth I use a Pyrex mixing bowl. She used to have a house but she kept getting wheeping eyes after dust baths. I switched to something more...

Oh my gosh, 23 years old! Wow, she must have the most excellent care, any tips or advice? I was not here for Chins and Quills, I started in 2013 with my now 13 year old chin. Welcome back!

We had our roof done this past January(complete tear off too). I agree with some sort of white noise, we did a loud fan, although I know that probably didn't help much when they were above their room. They didn't seem to really mind. I'd pop in when I could and they were usually sleeping.

I'd say if your willing to have two separately caged chinchillas if it comes down to it, go for it! She could really like a friend, like I said before they can be pretty unpredictable. There are some great threads on here about bonding methods that you could read up on too.

Hello! Maybe you could try a Chinnie Buddy to see how she'll react with it for a start. Chins can be pretty unpredictable when it comes to how they'll react to other chins, especially if they aren't used to them. Just know you may end up having to house them separately if things don't work out...

I call that The Sleepy Ear.

It sounds like you have an awesome selection of toys already. You can get them on chewy.com, it looks like they may be on sale too, if need be but by the sounds of the chews you have if they happen to run out of lava ledges for a bit they will be okay.

Hey everyone! It's been forever since I've posted on here. As of right now I'm stuck at home for two weeks or so. I've decided this will be a great opportunity to revamp my girls cages and actually move them each into their own full ferret nations! Right now I have one Chin on each level(4 girls...

I've had both and completely go by FN. I used CN as my quarantine cage, but gave it away once I decided on no more chinchillas (for now). The FN does have sturdier bars and I found some ledge hardware and water bottles hard to fit through the smaller opening(I have lixit bottles and like to keep...

What is the weirdest thing your chinchilla has snatched up and ran off with? I've gotten glasses stolen off my face and my phone dragged away. Tonight took the cake, I was getting some grooms(my eye lashes/brows) from my youngest chinchilla Sage after cage cleaning when all of a sudden she...

One of my chinchillas,Lily, had a massive tuft of fur on her hind end. I've never seen one this big on any of them. She's a chin that likes to keep to herself, and I recently changed up her cage a little bit, could that lead to stress? None of the other chins can get to her.

Sweet Baby Sage

Well, I'm back with two new chins I don't think I've shared! The first one is my violet Willow, she's such a sweet/evil girl. She likes to sit on my shoulder and chirp and groom, but as soon as the opportunity comes around BAM she books it across the chinchilla room and plays hard to get. I...

My first was a hamster, then a guinea pig, then a hamster again, and then chinchillas(we also recently adopted a guinea pig and I forgot how loud they can be haha.). I have to agree with Cass- chinchillas are by far my favorite rodent.

I used to do Oxbow but it was very pricey after I got my fourth chinchilla. I now use Manna PRO SHO, I've never had a problem and we also own a large rabbit(who was on Oxbow as well) so we split the food up and freeze what we don't use right away.