i wish... money is not the biggest problem. housing them in proper environment is the main problem. i can just sell 1 snake or 2 to get a chinchilla but i cant give it the best environment. no air cond and no big space coz living with students in apartment. kinda hard. probably in future i will consider getting one. i am poisoned to read 16 pages in 2 hours. hahahah

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?

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.

well...
thank for ur advice chinchillas...
i will try to look for the chew block this weekend at pet safari...
i bought a female one... but i also being poisoned by the male one but at last i make up my mind and taken the female one... will take some pic in future.. i know air con is important for chinchilla... the most suitable temp is abt 25 degress c is not mistaken..
when i come back from work she will be inside air con.. which is abt 5pm.. then when i am aboutto sleep i will put in the living room.. as the area is so big.. and i guess is well ventilated.. but without fan.. at nite so i think should be okies...
i want she to sleep together with me in the same room.. but during night.. she is damn noisy.. lolz.. as during my working time.. i also put outside.. but is without fan.. so i quite worry.. i cannot on the fan.. or wat.. or else my housemate gonna kill me.. for wasting their electricity fees..
btw yea.. i feed she with timontly hay.. she like it a lot.. and this weekend also must buy the bath salt.. hope she like it..
but there is one problem with me.. i havent give her a name yet..
zzz...
in future will try to get a better cage..

i wish u all the best and hope for pics too. =.= hehehehe

Chinchilla is a night animal, they are active at night, i think you must buy her when you saw her for the first time. Chinchilla will prefer a fix place, try to find a fix place.

You also can spend more time research on the care fact of chinchilla, will be very much useful for you and your chin.

This post has been edited by Chinchillas: May 29 2008, 07:43 PM

Helena, did you buy your chinchilla recently from Pet Safari?

yea just bought recently from there...
fixed place huh.. really hard to find a fixed place..
sigh~~

netting? in the air con, you mean? hehe too much hair flying around issit

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.

Helena1509: I am not sure whether you are the gal that I met on sunday or not. I saw a gal who booked 1 male and 1 female chin... both are cinamon, but finally she only took the female. Is that you? If you are that gal, then I can tell you that my fren took the male chin... If can I will ask my fren to post some photo for you to see. Have fun with you new CHIN ^^

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Added on May 30, 2008, 12:20 amChinchilla: Can you pls recommend my fren where to get a proper wood house for her chin? She told me that her chin cried for whole nite and one has squeezed out from the cage on the next day morning (curi curi keluar, hide behind the cage and still crying)... Then she went to pet safari and bought a 3 story high bird cage and big wooden house (for bird oso) for her chin. Finally her chins are alrite now. But now I feel a bit worried that the wood material might be poison for her chins. Can you pls advise.

This post has been edited by shingin: May 30 2008, 12:20 AM

i think is not me lor...
i am with one guy one... and i book one male and female cinamon...
but is not black one...
at abt 5 pm i go over there... suddenly change my mind dont want to buy.. but when reach home at 9pm then suddenly rush back to buy the female one...
will plan to get one male next batch i guess...
bird cage.. abt how much.. big?

erm.. i got a question..

Anyone know of a anti-fungus dust that is added to the dust bath for chinchilla to prevent fungus ?
I am searching for that anti-fungus dust but i dont know where can I find.. anyone have any idea of any brand name that is good?

Thanks in advance

Hehe i'm a bunny person for now, too. How many bunnies do you have? I have 2 spoilt bunny brats at home

pls dont go off track from chinchilla. haha... bunny is another thread. well, chinchillas, can u post all ur chinchilla pics if u got time? wanna see how many different colors u have. =.=

hi helena

i am waiting to go back home to see ur chin

Shingin, I can truely understand your friend and every pet owner will have a super temptation when you decided to buy chinchilla not just 1, but 2 in difference sex.

It is a bad bad ideal to bough male n female for the beginer, another to start WANT TO BREED THEM. Chichilla can get pregnant at 4 months age, when they get pregnant at this stage they babies and them will not be survive due to the female not fully develop to adult hood, I will suggest you quickly tell your friend to seperate them to difference cage untill they are 1 yrs old. Meantime reading is the only way to help her to understand more about the habitat and nature of chinchilla.

From what you tell me about the cry of chin, chin not crying, it is normal for them is active at night time, especially mid night, and they will jumping here and there in the cage and making noise. A wooden house, you can get from Pet safari or pet wonderland, they have some imported wooden house which is 'colour' in every side of the house, that house is OK to use. just dont buy tiny hamster house and thinking your chin wont grow big, it will.

Pet safari chin is only 4 week-7 weeks old(beside one standard grey is 2 months+), is tooooooo young to take out to sell, so be more watchful, PLEASE PLEASE JANGAN GATAL TANGAN TO FEED THEM TREAT, like grapes, fruits or anything else except they PLAIN pellet and timothy hay and controling feeding alfalfa hay.

3 Story high is not suitable for your chin at this moment, cut to 2 level. young chin not fully develop they sence of discernment of high, they will jump down from any platform they feel OK at that point. once accident happen, your chin's back bone will be very easily break or broken, and you can do nothing but wasted your money and sitting in front of the cage and cry.

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Added on May 30, 2008, 11:31 amYa, nettting that inside the AC, need to wash.

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Added on May 30, 2008, 11:33 amGo farmacy, any farmacy, ask then saying you want anti fungus in POWDER form, if they dont have go to another shop, you can get it there.

Can you show us your chin? dont be shy if your chin is really infacted with fungus, picture will tell the most easily.

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Added on May 30, 2008, 11:34 amI will try. They hate my camera very much.

This post has been edited by Chinchillas: May 30 2008, 11:34 AM

hmm chinchilla's look like really cute pigs....

hahahah... Thanks.

I would like to invite for all who already or recently own a chinchilla, please post up your photos and have CHINCHILLA PARTY SHOW HERE!!!

pigs?? hahaha rats maybe, but i've never thought of them as pig-like whatever it is, they are just too cute

and yes, please post more pics all you lucky ppl with chinchillas at home!

I also got 2 bunnies in the house... 1 female and 1 male (neutered).

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Added on May 30, 2008, 8:01 pmhaha... I am very sure that person is you already. I said my fren bought a black and a cinamon and you booked 2 cinamon but finally only bought 1 cinamon female. Read my msg again. ^^ Later I ask my fren post the male cinamon for you to see. If possible may be you can also post the female for my fren coz she loves the female too. Wow, super coincidently!!!

PS: You bought your chincilla at approx. 9.30pm and pay by cash (just to reconfirmed)

Erm... I need to ask my fren woh, coz I was not with her when she bought the cage (she bought the cage herself)



Chinchilla: At first I also quite worried that the female Chin will get pregnant but my fren said "Aiyaa.. you think chin so easy to get pregnant meh!" So end up I don't really think about that issue oledi. In fact I am the one who encouraged my fren to get 2 chinchillas. That were the last 2 chinchillas in the cage and I just felt very bad to separate 2 of them (2 of them were sleeping together... looks so cute). Thank you so much for your info , I will inform her and faster solve out this issue. I think I need to sponsor her a cage liao

This post has been edited by shingin: May 30 2008, 08:22 PM