The effects of York...

[Ash]

Ok, so I've got quite a few pics of "after York". These include pics of my two newest girlies, Piper and "Cage 100".

First, "Cage 100". This girl from Silkrhein took a 1st, although my pics don't do her justice, and come after she had a run in with the water bottle.

Next, my new ball of lightning, Piper. She doesn't sit still and getting pics of her was a huge pain!

 

[Ash]

Another of "Cage 100"

Next, pics of the cages filled with new goodies from Tiff which are a hit.

 

[Ash]

And some randoms.

Piper running from the camera

Noon and Piper are getting along awesome, now that Noon has given into Piper's harassing. She wouldn't leave Noon alone at ALL last night.

 

[Ash]

I will definitely have to get better pics of everyone, especially the boys, enjoying their new toys from Tiff. They can both fit in the tube, so it's awesome! And my older girls, Hash and Smokie, are loving having fleece again. I think Hash has missed having a tube.

 

[threewingedfury]

Everything looks great, Ash

Congrats on the new addition. What did Keith say btw? lol

 

[Ash]

Hahahaha.... We're still winning him over...

 

[AZChins]

Ashley! That all looks like a lot of effort! Congrats on the new little ones. They look wiggly! Not to mention that they probably all don't know what to do first when it comes to playing in those cages.

 

[Sandi]

Piper is adorable and Eb sends a big kiss to Noon! Where's Bella? Did I miss her somewhere?
Oops, forgot to add that the fleece looks great!

 

[Ash]

She's hiding. She is in the second cage pic, by the tent. Bella is refusing to talk to me after yesterday's torture. And Noon needs some of big brother's size! She got knocked for it like I expected her too.

 

[Sandi]

LOL, there's Bella! Sorry about Noon, I'm sure she'll go through a growth spurt now that the show is over :banghead:

 

[Ash]

Probably! I really hope so, she looks like she'd be good with babies. She's all over Piper, cuddling, etc.

 

[starleomach]

Good to see Piper all settled in

 

[Dragonflye]

Piper is very cute Ash, BUT aren't you taking a risk by bringing in new chins, especially from a crowded show hall, without observing some form of quarantine?

 

[Ash]

They were all in the show hall together, and the car on the ride home, etc. These are all from reputable sources, good breeders. QT after a show isn't very common. Honestly, quarantine would've been pointless considering the fact that they were all within a 2'x3' space together for nearly 3 hours.

If it were an animal from CL or a pet store, I'd be more concerned with quarantine, but not a show.

 

[AZChins]

I agree, once they have been in the car and in the same carrier together...they probably have each other's cooties anyway. It would be pointless and letting them go in with each other as buddies can be beneficial because of the whole bonding out of the trauma of going to a new home.

Do people normally quarantine the new chins they get at shows away from their herds? Just asking...because...I don't know!

 

[Dragonflye]

Do people normally quarantine the new chins they get at shows away from their herds? Just asking...because...I don't know!

That's more what I was referring to, sorry I didn't make that clear. I didn't realize that Noon went to the show...

I have brought chins home from shows before and I QT them...granted I am only a pet owner. Even though they come from reputable breeders, their bacterial flora are different from my herd. Better safe than sorry...

 

[Megan]

I showed 7 chins, and brought home a chin I purchased a few months ago. They all went back into the chin room as normal into their regular cages. Honestly, I've never quarantined after a show(other then my first show that I added someone when I was still "just a pet owner"). I think most people just put their animals back into their regular cages like normal, honestly.

 

[starleomach]

I don't QT the animals I have shown from here. And depending where they came from I do Not QT I use my best judgment with each situation. I do not throw them in with their future cagemates normally. I keep them separated or if buyinh multiples from the same place I will pair them. Like The animals I got at nationals went right in the chin room, but went into 2 cages. I brought 4 females 2 from becky and 2 from 6kes I gave them some time in pairs with each other.
Right now though they are happily settled in their colonies. Rescues which may come in once in a while are isolated completely. New animals are watched very closely though. But The animals I picked up from the show were in the same room, next to mine, in the same car with air circulating and with the ones I show after such a stressful event they do much better back in their homes.

The main reason I do not add the new animals right to their groups is so I can be sure they are eating drinking and pooping. But they do go into the chinchilla room to my smaller cages in pairs, they seem to be less stressed with a buddy.

 

[AZChins]

It's definitely a good idea to make sure to quarantine rescues.

It's interesting that everyone puts the new chins in with a buddy...I try to do that as much as I possibly can. Sometimes when I come back with 10 or 15 rescues all in one day I am just too tired to scrub up a new cage to put them in separate cages. It's a good idea to use your best judgment. If there's a chin that is sneezing or has suspicious runny eyes, it's best to keep that chin by itself away from other chins...

 

[starleomach]

yup rescues do not go into the chinnie room until there is no way in heck they have anything...and even then they do not get mixed in...
only once did I put them right in and that was with a female with a kit she could not feed. I tried to foster the kit out as soon as they got here. But that is why she left where she had been and came to me, but previously that female had been rescued by someone else in the area and had in effect been qureentined