I just bought a new wheel for one of my chins.  I left town for a few days and while I was gone, the wheel was excessively squeeky, so my roommate decided to oil it.  I usually use a little spay cooking oil on the back, however, my roommate couldn't find it and dumped regular cooking oil all over the back and inside the wheel ( Read more... )

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I'm bragging, and crossposting, so sorry if this shows up a couple of times:
http://petoftheday.com/

Chinchilla lovers, I come to you with a request for aid, or advice. Or both...

( Trigger warning for (not-so-borderline) animal abuse. )

Hey Ya'll ( Read more... )

Hello! I haven't posted here before, but I'd like some opinions about the behaviour of my chin, Tommy ( Read more... )

We have both a chinchilla and a rabbit. They get along and we let them play together. Recently, as of last weekend, we decided to take out the split between their cage and house them together since our chinchilla gets lonely and barks in the middle of the night sometimes ( Read more... )

I've had this song on my playlists for YEARS... I don't know why I haven't shared it with you folks yet!
The music video's a little weird, but the lyrics are great :D

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Satan sucks, but you're the best ( Read more... )

Hello, everyone out there in critter land! I'm cross-posting this between the Ratties community, and Chinchilla_love, Chinchillin, 'coz I'm looking to see if these snacks are suitable for my snugglebums ( Read more... )

I would love to hear if anyone has any advice as to how to better bond with a chinchilla? We let him out to run around and he usually comes up to us, snuggles for second, and then is off again. If we pick him up he will crawl all over us. He is not a fan of being pet, but will tolerate it. Still, lately he seems a bit more independent than "part of ( Read more... )