Chinchilla- Totoro, All are welcome!
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 May 29 2008, 09:44 AM
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on your wooden house package, does it state what type of wood is used?
also, the wood should be untreated (i.e. no chemicals etc applied to it) one way to tell whether or not the wood has been treated is to scrape the surface with ur finger nail, see if there anything comes off.. if its treated, most likely you will see some transparent plastic-like flakes when u scrape the wood. |
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May 29 2008, 04:08 PM
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actually, since we're on the topic of air-conditioning.. i was wondering, if i allocate 1 room for chinchilla, and air-con the room 24/7, won't it get stuffy and smelly? will it be better to turn on the air-con during the day, and switch to fan at night so that i can open the windows and air the place out? will the chins be ok with fan at night?
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May 29 2008, 08:14 PM
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Helena, did you buy your chinchilla recently from Pet Safari?
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May 29 2008, 10:50 PM
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QUOTE(Chinchillas @ May 29 2008, 05:22 PM) For air cond on a room, you will need a tiny gap of space to let air going out or coming in(personal choise). For me I have few window have small tiny gap that it cant close, when I open the door, air will be suck in or out. Secondly, you need to on a fan as well when the room is with air cond for better ventilation. For me i need to wash the netting every 5-7days. I make sure air is circulate well in the room. netting? in the air con, you mean? hehe too much hair flying around issit   |
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May 30 2008, 09:07 AM
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QUOTE(shingin @ May 30 2008, 12:09 AM) 11Jan: Yea, I went with my fren on sunday and she got 2 chinchilla (1 male cinamon and 1 female black). Me... I like chinchilla but I still prefer rabbit... >< sorry to say that, chinchilla has to put a lot effort to take care, I think rabbit is a lot easier to handle. Last weekend I just adopted one rabbit from the adoption thread. Hehe i'm a bunny person for now, too. How many bunnies do you have? I have 2 spoilt bunny brats at home |
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May 30 2008, 03:41 PM
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pigs?? hahaha rats maybe, but i've never thought of them as pig-like
 whatever it is, they are just too cuteand yes, please post more pics all you lucky ppl with chinchillas at home! |
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Jun 1 2008, 01:39 PM
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yea i saw them yesterday! there was a mosaic coloured one which i really like! and a couple of chins looked really really young...
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Jun 2 2008, 08:56 AM
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Shingin, they are soooo cute!!! now you make me wanna go buy chins!!
Helena, i saw that mosaic too. very nice, right? i really like mosaics Chinchillas, is it hard to treat fungus on chins? |
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Jun 4 2008, 09:16 AM
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QUOTE(kelvin_faye @ Jun 4 2008, 01:49 AM) Went to petshack in subang to buy things for my gerbils.. then head to PW in MV.. saw 20+ chinchillas there.. normal grey n cream/beige colour.. beige being 2 to 3, the rest being grey.. in a tight display.. n fur getting like tercabut d.. there's one beige chin's ear turn very reddish with red veins.. must be too hot there.. kesian lo.. sumore got ppl book d 2 chins n being kept in another display.. pity pity.. good on you!! i then tak tahan d.. i say to all ppl there, as if i own chinchillas, ferrets, and sugar gliders, dat the animals there are not properly handled n taken care plus they r underaged... the staffs really terkejut n din do anything as i was in the middle of the crowd.. haha  dunno what got into me...   we have told many pet shops before that their animals are too young to be sold.. no one cares. it always falls on deaf ears. have you seen the baby rabbits in Pet Safari, Ikano?? they don't look more than 4 weeks to me and baby rabbits should only leave their mothers after 8 weeks. Last week i saw 2 baby chins there which looked underaged as well. And their sugar gliders too.. sad... oh, and Petswonderland at MW actually sells a chin 'package'. you get the chin, a cage and a bag of pellets. clearly they don't know anything about chins cos the cage that comes in the package has plastic ledges and ramps inside. and the pellets they are giving is Sluis crap pellets |
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Jun 4 2008, 04:21 PM
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Chinchillas, do u know where these petshops are getting the chins from? i'm also quite surprised to see so many chins suddenly.. previously, i haven't seen chins on sale for a long long time
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Jun 5 2008, 04:16 PM
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Chinchillas, you mean you asked the petshop to help you import? they are so nice??
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Jun 5 2008, 05:04 PM
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oh, tumpang their shipment.. hahaha i thought they imported just for you
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Jun 8 2008, 04:25 PM
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OMG that is so terrible!! they were just simply experimenting with your chin!! i hope your chin is ok, please let us know..
the vets in msia generally only know how to treat cats & dogs. these days, they know a bit more about rabbits, but even before i bring my rabbit to the vet, i will do some research first so i know roughly what is the right treatment, and what is wrong.. i'm not trying to bad-mouth msian vets, i believe they just need time and experience, since chins are still very new to msia. in the meantime, we as the owners will have to do as much as we can to make sure our pets are not given the wrong treatment at the clinics hope to hear good news about ur chin  This post has been edited by 11Jan: Jun 8 2008, 04:26 PM |
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Jun 9 2008, 08:55 PM
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omg!! its awful that GMC's chin had to die just because of fungus!! the vet is a disgrace!!
 if anyone knows of any vet who has better knowledge of chins, pls share the information. and also share info on vets who don't know anything about chins! hopefully we can avoid such unnecessary loss in the future. but most importantly is.. research research research Added on June 9, 2008, 9:17 pm QUOTE(kelvin_faye @ Jun 9 2008, 10:42 AM) [attachmentid=492825] where did you find this cage?Size: 28" x 21" x 51"H Is this cage OK for a chinchilla??? This post has been edited by 11Jan: Jun 9 2008, 09:17 PM |
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Jun 10 2008, 10:06 AM
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oh, yea i know about petshack. thanks!
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Jun 11 2008, 02:58 PM
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QUOTE(Chinchillas @ Jun 11 2008, 02:00 PM) Sure.... hey!! i am in queue too!! don't forget about me |
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Jun 11 2008, 03:07 PM
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yay!!
how many different types colours do u have? i'm still learning all the different colours  |
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Jun 11 2008, 05:26 PM
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tell la
what do u have now and what are u aiming to develop? i'm interested in colour genetics |
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Jun 11 2008, 06:07 PM
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me.. 2 rabbits
but quite a handful! spoiled brats |
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Jun 13 2008, 11:44 AM
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hmm.. leave it in an open bag, in a well ventilated & cool area (like on a high shelf as opposed to leaving it on the ground).. should last quite a while.. i bought 2kgs from chinchillas about 1 mth ago, still got 1kg left and still smells ok
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