so, I have my only chinchilla who I have had for almost a year and he always uses the bathroom in his food bowl! its weird because he still eats the food and I don't want anything to happen to him because he is eating it. anyways just recently I got another food bowl for him and I thought hopefully it might just be how the other food bowl looked. he ate out the other one but then he tipped it over because he is a bit heavy. Then I put bedding in his other food bowl (the original) and sure enough he used the bathroom! but then it was in the middle of the night and I checked on him and the was eating the bedding! so I took out the bedding and put in food. the cycle just keeps going! I'm not sure if he is trying to tell me that he doesn't like it but this is the same food the pet store I bought him from is feeding him and I don't think he did that there...... any ideas what I should do or anything thing else?
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Sometimes they just go in phases on wanting to move or destroy everything. After 5 years one of my chins decided he no longer likes where one of the food bowls is placed, and throws it out of the way every single night. I put it back, he move it away again lol.
Going to the bathroom in the dish is a pain no matter how you look at it. Every now and then i find that one of my three girls went in there hay dish /grin. Rather annoying. I just have to wash it out good, and throughly dry it. Still working on a way to stop that.
What type of food do you give your chin?
Sometimes they just go in phases on wanting to move or destroy everything. After 5 years one of my chins decided he no longer likes where one of the food bowls is placed, and throws it out of the way every single night. I put it back, he move it away again lol.
Going to the bathroom in the dish is a pain no matter how you look at it. Every now and then i find that one of my three girls went in there hay dish /grin. Rather annoying. I just have to wash it out good, and throughly dry it. Still working on a way to stop that.
What type of food do you give your chin?
obligatory picture time!
Sometimes they just go in phases on wanting to move or destroy everything. After 5 years one of my chins decided he no longer likes where one of the food bowls is placed, and throws it out of the way every single night. I put it back, he move it away again lol.
Going to the bathroom in the dish is a pain no matter how you look at it. Every now and then i find that one of my three girls went in there hay dish /grin. Rather annoying. I just have to wash it out good, and throughly dry it. Still working on a way to stop that.
What type of food do you give your chin?
I LOVE THE PIC! LOL
anyways, it is in a blue bag and I get I get it at Pet Smart which I believe they feed all the pets just different styles for them. its the kind hew always had. although his food bowl it pretty big so I feel as if its a waste of food but ill get a smaller one 
In a blue bag at Petsmart probably isn't going to be great food. Tradition, Oxbow, Neutrena Rabbit, Purina Rabbit, Mazuri - acceptable foods. You may need to do some looking to find them.
I always recommend getting a hanging bowl or feeder. They tend to pee and poop in it less and it's harder for them to throw around.
I always recommend getting a hanging bowl or feeder. They tend to pee and poop in it less and it's harder for them to throw around.
ashleynicol3
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You can get Oxbow food at PetSmart. That's the kind I went with because it's recommended & I know I can get it easily. You can get Oxbow hay there as well.
My chin doesn't pee in his food dish, but he does occasionally poop in it. Sometimes he eats a piece of poop anyway (gross, but normal, I guess) - so I don't worry too much about that. He has a hay holder, but I stopped hanging it because he pulled all the hay out of it anyway, so I wasn't sure he could reach it well enough. I just sit it on the floor of the cage now. He still pulls hay out. I usually scoop out the loose hay at the end of the day in case he's peed on it & fill up the holder if necessary. He wastes some hay, but not enough to bother me. It's easier/less expensive since I only have one chin, not a whole herd.
My chin doesn't pee in his food dish, but he does occasionally poop in it. Sometimes he eats a piece of poop anyway (gross, but normal, I guess) - so I don't worry too much about that. He has a hay holder, but I stopped hanging it because he pulled all the hay out of it anyway, so I wasn't sure he could reach it well enough. I just sit it on the floor of the cage now. He still pulls hay out. I usually scoop out the loose hay at the end of the day in case he's peed on it & fill up the holder if necessary. He wastes some hay, but not enough to bother me. It's easier/less expensive since I only have one chin, not a whole herd.
