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I new to having a chinchilla but I am taking care of him the best way I can but he never leaveas his cage and How many treats a day should give him i try to give him one cracker or his treats like 2 rasins a day no more then that. ONe for morning and the other a night in I am new to this taking care of a chinchilla. My name is Tessa for short. My chinchilla name is Tinker becasuse he gets to anything but I try not to do not that is way i am him that He is like a real child like they cry, they make sounds like a baby does when are sick and more but my does not yet he will soon. later Tessa And thank You
My Chinchhilla does not eat the pine. She just plays with it!!!!!! Yeah paper bedding can be bad We used it on our rabbit and it's
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Hi Deanna,
That would be greatly appreciated! As of right now, I am using a mix between aspen and pine bedding, about 50/50. He seems to take 5-6 pieces of pine bedding over 2-3 days, and after awhile, he will leave the bedding alone for the rest of the week. In fact, he seems to enjoy the bedding in the wooden house I've built him.
I have a new question, if anyone can answer. Most recently, my friend brought in her chinchilla, a very old one, around 5-6 years old. Hes extremely calm, and is not easily scared, even in a new surrounding. When I bought my chinchilla (a he) to meet him, gradually in cages of course, they were EXTREMELY aggressive to each other. The older one not so much, but mine, the younger one, just snapped and hissed at him like insane. I only decided to bring in another chinchilla because mine seemed extremely lonely, but it does not seem to be the case now. Does anyone have any experience having "play dates" for chinchillas?
I got a chinchilla for my 13 year old daughter for christmas, he was 12 weeks old. For the past month, we have given him 4-5 raisins daily for treats (usually in the am, I shake the raisin box and he comes right to me), dust bath, chinchilla food, water, alpha hay, and we use aspen pellet shavings for his cage. Yesterday, I got up, gave him his morning treats as usual, his dust bath for a few minutes and I left for work, my daughter left for school. He was acting normal, eating normal and running on his wheel like normal. When my daughter came home from school, he was laying in his wheel and no longer breathing. She is needless to say devastated. Could you please help me explain to her how he could have died so suddenly and so young (he is about 20 weeks old now). I was told that chinchillas live up to 20 years. Please help, I don't understand how this could have happened, we did nothing different than we usually do and he was perfectly fine when we left.
We are just in a state of shock of how this could happen.
Mybe the chinchilla was sick or there was something he ate he wasnt suppose to eat.
Chinchillas are diabetic at birth you may have given it too much sugar. i'm really sorry.
Chinchillas are diabetic at birth too much sugar is really bad they should only have at most one raisin a day.
Chinchillas are diabetic so they should only have at most two raisins per day.
Hi Diane
One reason he could have died is because you gave him 4-5 raisins daily. Raisins are very high in sugar and shouldn't be fed to them anyways. Rosehips are a better way for chins to get their vitamin C. Chins should be givin treats only 2-3 times per week.
Another possibility is: did you get him from a pet store? Many chins in pet stores carry diseases and may die.
Also: Did you check him for fur rings around his private parts every month? Almost all male chins get them and they are very painful, and can cause death.
Hope this helped, and very sorry about your loss.
-Breanna
it must of been the raisins. 4-5 raisins a day is a big no-no. Even for a full grown chin. i only give mine 2-3 spread over a week.
chin poo should be firm and dark brown. Soft, light brown poo means too many raisins. It is not recommended to eat alfalfa hay for chins as there is too much calcium. Timothy hay is much better.
my mom doesn't like animals that stink but i want a chinchilla. do u think it would make a good pet for me and my mom???
Chinchillas don't smell. However, you do have to clean their cage regularly to keep their cage from smelling.
Is pine bedding if consumed, deadly for my chinchilla? I have read on various websites about pine being a possible bedding, but with my chinchilla, he will eat anything.
Hello Raymond,
I am actually inquiring the same thing about the pine bedding, and searching everywhere on the internet, and saw your question. I had a chinchilla for about one month shy of 13 years, and Chilli always had pine bedding.....however, he never ate it. I now have a baby chinchilla, Snowball, who is eating the pine shavings like crazy and it is raising concerns for me as well. I have asked two different vets, who had two opposite opinions about the matter. I have also gone to various websites, and also saw contradicting answers.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has, from what I have been told by numerous people, an excellent exotics department and the professors are phenomenal. I plan on calling there tomorrow to ask if the pine shavings as bedding, or if eaten, are toxic or safe for chinchillas. I will post what I find. Remember, to keep your chinchilla healthy, prevention is the key! Not too many treats!! Always observe droppings daily! Be in tune with how your chinchilla acts; they should be active and alert after dusk. Never be afraid to call your vet too much.......it's not possible!! These little guys or gals depend on us to care for them!!
My chinchilla is 15. I used pine shaving for a while then switched to paper bedding. I heard conflicting stories as well. The paper bedding is soft and very absorbant. no dust no smell easily recyclable. And he doesn't eat it.