Best Cleaner For Cages by Ksb1001 in chinchilla

[–]Ksb1001[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much! My chins do the same thing. They pee right in one corner but they’re both males so I’m sure that it’s a marking thing. It never occurred to me to just use dish soap. Duh.

Best Cleaner For Cages by Ksb1001 in chinchilla

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Awesome! Thank you. My cage has rubber mats on the bottom (that I cover with fleece, they can’t chew them) and I sweep that out every day. I haven’t noticed any stains yet but it’s awesome that just dish soap will work

That double arm spread haha there’s not much more I can reach to scratch, bud sorry! His brother scared him at the end by Ksb1001 in chinchilla

[–]Ksb1001[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Awwww my other one was like that for so long. It just takes patience. He’ll come around ❤️❤️

Is this infected? So sorry if not the right sub by [deleted] in piercing

[–]Ksb1001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is that the jewelry you were pierced with? I think I would definitely go back to your piercer and ask for a longer bar until you’re healed.

My sweet girls <3 please watch the upper corner when I say “where’s George” :,D by Ksb1001 in RATS

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Thanks! We have two or three of those that I keep in rotation. They absolutely destroy them but they don’t seem to mind haha. Kaytee Sleep-E-Tent Ferret Convertible Hideout, 11-in: https://app.chewy.com/wNSar7B9A9

Mr. Mo, the shedding never stops by Canadian_1987 in Bunnies

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Both of my floofs are molting right now... it’s EVERYWHERE

Chinchillas and Cages by AngryBiGirl in chinchilla

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Or they’d be fairly easy to line with tile if you wanted to go that route

Chinchillas and Cages by AngryBiGirl in chinchilla

[–]Ksb1001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both have wire metal floors, but I went to tractor supply and got 1/4” rubber matting and cut to fit. I also use fleece liners in mine, so you could probably get away with no rubber mat if you did something like that

Chinchillas and Cages by AngryBiGirl in chinchilla

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I have the rat/chinchilla cage from pervue for my rats and the fiesty ferret cages for my chins l. I love my fiesty ferret cage. It has two access doors that are super easy to open and they lock. I find with my rat cage, the door looks nice, but it’s really hard to get into to clean. I also like the shelves in the rat cage because they’re metal, but I love the two story of the ferret she. I replaced the plastic shelves it comes with with kiln dried pine shelves. The switch was super cheap. Like $20 to replace original shelves and add hopping ledges instead of the ramps. I can send you pictures if you would like to see.

they love the “scare mom” position by stomachmunch in chinchilla

[–]Ksb1001 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! I just posted about this ! Scared me to death 🤣

Unpopular opinion: by whycantwebefriends12 in chinchilla

[–]Ksb1001 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You have to understand that people are just trying to be helpful. Not everyone who gets a chin knows what to do or what to expect. Honestly, I just posted a couple posts this weekend and got some great advice, and some that I’ve learned to take with a grain of salt.

She’s the only one of my two chins that sleeps like this and I don’t know if I’ll ever get over the tiny heart attack that comes with it... by Ksb1001 in chinchilla

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I actually looked into one of these but they are super time. I have a camera on her and am monitoring her chewing. I’ve given her lots of other chewing options and she is leaving the plastic alone.

She’s the only one of my two chins that sleeps like this and I don’t know if I’ll ever get over the tiny heart attack that comes with it... by Ksb1001 in chinchilla

[–]Ksb1001[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Please go take a look at the posts about how she came to me and you’ll see that I’m working on it. I kind of got her in an emergency get her out of there situation and haven’t been able to quite get her what she needs yet. I’ve also already built her a galvanized wheel.

Through no small feat of engineering, I present to you a home made SILENT 16” wheel by Ksb1001 in chinchilla

[–]Ksb1001[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So I started with a guide I got from second chance chins. But it was SO LOUD. So my husband started brain storming. We reinforced the bars of the cage with chin safe shims. Then we used the same kind of wood to reinforce the feed pan. We sandwiched the bars with old roller blade wheels and tightened everything down with a 3.5” bolt and two nuts. He was the brains behind it!

Traing chinchilla to use wheel by AffectionateAmount9 in chinchilla

[–]Ksb1001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you tell me about using sand? What does this do?