GREAT! Hope lessilly will be our new CHIN group members soon!!!!!!!!!!!

It depend on how you store, room temperature should be 2-4months.

I think pet safari members card dont have expiry date.(I think)

If you want to get chinchilla from Chinchillas.com U.S, it will cause you a bomb with just the air fair for the chin, US$900. 1-10chins, not included the chin cost itself. Above the amount, each extra chin(more then 10) will charge extra air fair. FOR NOW your chinchilla will be quarantin for 3-4 weeks in our LOCAL CUSTOM before begin release to you. 3-4weeks also need to pay to custom. For Chinchilla, I will be VERY WORRY to let custom take care of them. Some chin will die in custom due to the poor care and enviroment.

Not really. No doubt U.S have some bigger size chin, but Europe have better fur quality chin then U.S.

U.K and Canada also have great chin both in size and fur.

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Added on June 14, 2008, 2:56 pmo.... better go buy more before my card expire!

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Those in the market you can just go with what you think is ok, the only thing is you not sure is their background. Background for weather their are inbreed, have any genatic teeth problem, etc. Look for the active, proper fur, bright eyes if you buy from pet shop.

Ya, last time also purchased more then 80, they give me free member card.

Hi heng
Welcome to chinchilla world. First, you need to continue to read on care fact of chinchilla, cause it will benefit very much on you and especially on your chin, you sound still very raw on basic.
About the afalfa hay, I think the pet safaru even blur then you, if PS doesnt sell timothy hay that is a big laugh to me. Yes, there is difference from Alfalfa Hay and timothy hay, for your young chin you need to feed both in 50%/50% mixture to your chin daily.
About drinking, you cannot use hamster bottle to feed your chin, they wont get enough water from the bottle and will dehydrate and die. Go get a dog use bottle which is a tube head ONLY and can fix on any mineral water bottle.
For any chin/pet, when reaching a new place you need to give them sometime to settle before it get use to your enviroment.
I will encourage you to read all the conversation in this thread and especially the first page links. That will cover a lot of thing you need to know EVEN AFTER you get your chin.
Make sure you give pellet that is PLAIN pellet, no other colouring stuff or nuts thing in it, so far a brand call Kaytee Forti Diet for Chinchilla is your best choise.
Monitor your room temperature, too hot they will get heat stroke, they can't expose to direct sunlight, they dont like noisy place, they SLEEP at day and play at night after 9pm. So just let him sleep at day in a quite place with no body disturb, you will hv a happy chin. Dont hold him now for 5 days, until his is settle.

Share to use your little guy.

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Added on June 17, 2008, 9:29 pm

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His name call VioletStar! heng actuall looking for timothy, there is plenty at pet safari.

Great to hear you get a bigger bottle, just make sure the head is bigger too not only the bottle.

The price is due to the store make up. To difference ship quality, I think at this moment no pet shop hv any quality to be title which for chinchilla.

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Added on June 19, 2008, 10:39 amYa lor. Get hay immediately when it restock. Or get from below, SURE GREEN!

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Chocalten!

Won't poison la, you got "23 Pets In Total, 6 Cats, 6 Gerbils, 3 Syrians Hammies, and 4 Rabbitsuser posted imageuser
15+X5+7Y Pets In Total Died, X(5) Cats, 4 Rabbits, 3 Kalois, Y(7) Goldfishes, 1 Gerbil, 2 Syrian, 1 Campbell, 2 Robo, 2 Fancy Mices.user posted imageuser "

Congratulation to kevin for his new 8 babies girbils, that's totally alot!

Actually pet shop 'usually' allow customer to hold or touch the animal they ask for, cause it will 'stimulate' the customer to buy it. They will be very happy if you want to touch or hold, just make sure dont cause them die.... )

Today I just drop by PS toby, seem like the 2 chin left over there does not look good 'anymore'. 2 weeks ago when I visited there, the standard grey look really healthy and ready to go home, now is getting hunch! that's a sign of poor feed and living condition.

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Added on June 20, 2008, 7:44 pmSave money, save more money soon you will hv 1.

This post has been edited by Chinchillas: Jun 20 2008, 07:45 PM

Chocalten is a medium tan(maybe the screen, he should be look like brownis). Is a he. 11days old.

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Added on June 20, 2008, 10:51 pm

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To judge the condition of a healthy chin is very simple. (But chinchilla is good in hiding sickness due to protect them self to become prey). This is just a simple guide line to buy from Pet shop.

1. See the chin eyes, must be bright and not watery. Any soft poo.
2. Active in the cage. He should be running around or eating.(Maybe when you see him he is sleeping, wait then)
3. Not skinny, not greasy fur.(Usually hard to get without this problem especially their in the stupid pet shop)
4. Go by your instinct.

Yes, chinchilla price affects by the colours for pet shop. If from me, colour, fur and shape.

At this moment I hv few type of colour, like Black Velvat, White, Biege, Dark Ebony, etc. About the fur and shape, you need to see it and feel it only you know, in words hard to tell. You can visit chinchillas.com to see the chin there and the colours variation.

If you want to get a chin, first thing is to check your house temperature, is it too warm. Some houses is too hot to have chin, some is tolerate-able. You will see a very very big difference on chin's health and fur quality when you create the enviroment from where they come from.

As long as no direct, is ok. As long as all the temperature below 30c(tolerate, fighting for life), below 25c(acceptance), below 20c(normal), below 15c(enjoying)

I didnt see your chin, it is very hard to tell, and IT IS IMPOSSIBLE to hv a chin 1 month all at your home. I assume should be 3 months now.

10-12months reaching adult, but size sometime about 15 months. Since you got your chin lately, is good you do more reading on the net, it will be very helpful for you and your chin over all.

Waiting for my mood to come...

Where is other????? They also must share la! All simpan simpan mana boleh!

Red ear is due to heat, too warm or they just wake up from sleep(even in air con). You just need to make sure your room temperature is tolerate-able, if not your chin will be very suffering. You will see red vien on the ear appear if too hot.

For uneven teeth, dont use calcium chew block, use chew wood or chew toy or apple stick or chew block or HAY. Calcium is not something can be given freely, it will cause the chin body to 'think' too much calcium and become calcium lose. So calcium block is not good choise to use for uneven teeth.

We have not see your chin picture, can you show us? we been waiting for sometime....

OK! WE WILL BE WAITING ANCIOUSLY!

Ya lor. Oversea Vet have more exposure to exotic pet compare to our. So all the vet page you visit will be everything also go vet. Most of the vet is thinking of money, but ours vet is even worst...

Is good suggestion, I will write a simple treatment guideline for chin owner, since most of the website is "GO TO THE VET"!