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Carole (carol.peth@talktalk.net)
Date: Thu 08 Mar 2007 09:51:22 GMT
Subject: Any Ideas?!
  I have 2 chins who happily live together. They come out every night and like any chins they race around chasing and playing with each other. Even though I change their cage about and they have lots of tubes and branches I was just wondering what else I could do to their home to make it more fun for them. Has anyone got any ideas for me please, it would be greatly appreciated.Thanks.
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Katy Shepherd (katyanddan@talktalk.net)
Date: Fri 16 Feb 2007 13:47:44 GMT
Subject: Is my Chinchilla's Ear infected?
  Hi I got 2 chinchilla a couple of months ago (who are both adorable) but I have recently notice Jack (white/light grey with pink ears) has a approx 5mm high x 2mm like growth on his ear at the base (outside)but is not discoloured. Should I be concerned? I have tried to do some research and the only thing I can find is if it was cancer it would be black!! Please help!!! A concerned owner.
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elamer25 (elamer25@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun 28 Jan 2007 03:06:03 GMT
Subject: Anti-social chin
  I have recently bought a 1 1/2 yr old male chin. He is very cute except for the fact that he won't play. Anytime my husband and I are near, or he thinks we are watching from a distance, he hides in the corner under his wheel. He darts around the cage to get food and water. He will eat raisins and hay out of my hand, but freaks if I try to hold him or touch him (other than the occasional head scratch). Any ideas on how to make this anti-social little chin more fun and playful??? Thanks!
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Adele (sabre_toothed_vet@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon 15 Jan 2007 15:00:49 GMT
Subject: Serious fighting!
  Hi everyone, you might remember me asking for help wneh we were trying to find a friend for our little chin Poppy. We found that friend in the shape of Freddie, last year, had him neutered and then introduced him via 'trans intro' by means of dividing their huge cage in 2. Poppy gave hima bit of a rough time when it came to removing the wire and moving him in properly, but they settled down and all was going well. Until yesterday. I came running having heard my housemate screaming me, to find blood all over the cage, and a very traumatised Freddie cowering in the corner, missing 2 toes. I rushed him to the vets and he was treated for shock and given painkillers, and we kept him separate in a cat carrier last night to let him get over the shock. We still didn't know what had happened or how he had been hurt. That became clear when we put him back in the cage today and Poppy repeatedly and visciously attacked him. We can't find anything he could have caught himself on so rapidly came to the conclusion she must have bitten him. We've divided the cage up again as before so they can see and smell each other but she can't hurt him, and were planning to try trans intro again from scratch over the next couple of weeks, hopefully they can live together again but if not I guess we'll have to buy him a new cage. Does anyone out there have any ideas what could have caused this sudden change of heart? Or has anyone had any experience of this and have any advice that might help us encourage them to kiss and make up?
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Juliana Melia (julia.melia@btinternet.com)
Date: Sun 14 Jan 2007 12:40:01 GMT
Subject: Fighting Chins
  Hi, can anyone help me? I have kept chins for over 15 years (mostly boys) and anywhere between numbers of 8-4 at any one time. However, apart from two brothers who came together I cannot seem to get them to accept each other. It would be lovely to have them all play together but they just want to fight so I have to keep them all in seperate cages and give them individual playtimes! Is this because none of them have been castrated? Thanks for any help Jules
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jonathan (libbyandbill@aol.com)
Date: Thu 11 Jan 2007 10:01:20 GMT
Subject: new owner
  im a new owner of a spasticly hyper lovable chinchilla named remmy (short for rabit mouse wich is what my lil sis thought they looked like) im 16 and this is my first pet any advise? i bought the chinchilla starter kit from petco and im gonna make him a pvc house and im going to get the hay feeder tomorrow but the only odd thing ive noticed about my chin is he hates raisons he loves honey nut cherios with a pashion and ive only had him for a day but hell already eat them from my hand but he took a bite of a raison and spit it out but any advise not in a how to take care of handbook would be apreciated plz (yes ive read the book)
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Alexis (alexisdenham@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed 10 Jan 2007 19:23:58 GMT
Subject: Chinchilla Cages
  Do you know any websites where i can get a chinchilla cage? as i would like to buy a new one to attach to my old one. All of the websites have plastic shelves which i don't really want. thanks. Alexis
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alexandra simpson (@martin.gray803@ntlworld.com)
Date: Mon 08 Jan 2007 11:53:22 GMT
Subject: welcome back!
  Just testing to see if the forum is up and running and working! If so, welcome back everyone!
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Dinora (dinora.arredondo@hp.com)
Date: Sat 06 Jan 2007 05:50:16 GMT
Subject: Swollen Chinchilla Cheek...
  Hello... We recently got our chinchilla and have visited your site for advice from time to time. Yesterday, we noticed that our chinchilla's cheek is swollen but can't find anything about it online. I don't think it has been using it's chew toys as much as it should because it's teeth appear a bit longer than when we first got him. Could this be causing the swollen cheek? I think we'll be taking it to the vet in the morning if it doesn't get better by then... Any tips? Thanks in advance.
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Name:
Ian Darlington (webmaster@1adeptweb.com)
Date: Mon 13 Feb 2006 16:33:02 GMT
Subject: Welcome
  Hello and welcome to the new and improved Chinchilla Chat Line Forum.
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