hello...."chinchillas"....
the shaving wood bedding can i change it to the hay bedding?
hehehe....
and do you have any aood vet's phone number around kuala lumpur
in case my chin got promblem i could bring them too the good vet....

Hi saramic,
There is many 'level' of condition of not create a artificial cooling enviroment for chinchilla. I have know many many chins owner, not providing AC. The only thing need to know is is the house temperature is too high. Some houses tent to be very hot even tho is double story, down stay still will feel like an oven, some apartment is hot, some apartment is ok, some single story house also have some spot is in ok level.
A chinchilla live in temperature above 25C will not hv good fur, will eat less, and need dust bath very often to maintain they fur and is not in safe zone of not begin overheat. Because they have about 60-80 hairs sprouting from each hair follicle, human begin have 1-3 hairs sprouting from each hair follicle ONLY. Chinchilla or any pet doesnt not tolerate at all smoking, smoker is definately can't own any animal basically, but the world now is you hv money you can buy the animal. Here you can do a simple test to see how warm it would be for your chinchilla in a particular place- Dress 3 t-shirt + 1 sweeter in a corner/place that you going to place your chin, stand there for 15mins.
I see the time you reply, is 4:22AM! I think you are very suitable with animal that is nocturnal(awake at night), provided you not a smoker.
Create an artificial enviroment of their kind will definately be a yes to chinchilla.

Thanks for the quick tip on testing the temperature.
Will try it out once I've moved into my apartment.
Yes I'm nocturnal & that's why I decided to get sugar gliders & because of that too I've quit smoking together with my bf.
Having pets is just like having children & I only want whats good for them hence the reading & understanding the needs of the pet.


heng84
I'm so sorry for your lost...

Thanks for the quick tip on testing the temperature.
Will try it out once I've moved into my apartment.
Yes I'm nocturnal & that's why I decided to get sugar gliders & because of that too I've quit smoking together with my bf.
Having pets is just like having children & I only want whats good for them hence the reading & understanding the needs of the pet.


heng84
I'm so sorry for your lost...

thanks for caring, im still missing something every morning i wake up. haha i always go down and change newspaper every morning and massage him before work, now i have nothing to do    hmmm good luck in hunting chinchilla, but i advised u to get ur chinchilla from a reputable breeder le (hehe you know who), you wouldnt be worried about their background history. you will definitely love it till the max. but make sure you did good research, so that you wont end up like me

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Added on July 27, 2008, 9:42 pmthis type of cage can get in malaysia?. and mr chinchilla where did u buy those woods in the picture. is pine wood?

http://cgi.ebay.com.my/SIMBA-DEGU-CHINCHIL...1QQcmdZViewItem

About the untreated pine wooden house, I special order, you can only get it from me, no other place in Malaysia at this moment you can get.

these cages can ship back to msia , have to pay tax n duty? wood get from other country?

Do you sell the untreated pine wooden house now? If yes, can you show me the picture of it, dimensions and of coz the price. My chin's hay house dying soon... 

Yes can ship in, but you will get tax a bit, how much tax I am not sure. Wooden house get from me.

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Added on July 28, 2008, 10:55 am
Will be getting new stock within this few days, once I get it, will PM you the detail.

ic ic, hMmM... can afford the cage but the shipping fee is a bomb!!!!!!!!!. hMmm, ok how about those wooden floor where ur chin can stand on it u have it too ?

I don't have that.

We all learn together, when ever you put 1 male and 1 female in the same cage, you ARE A BREEDER.

1 of my Hetero Beige chin.

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Added on July 23, 2008, 12:42 pmWithout Flash

With Flash

Babies time.... Very hard to take Black chinchilla photos...

Oh my, the babies are soooooooooo cute i like i likeee, i want to get chin one soon! 
and to heng, im really sorry for you lost.

How I know whether my chin is having diarrhea?

Since yesterday, one of my chin's poo poo is very moist. the shape of the poo still look the same but a bit fatter and some come out like a sausage (connected in a string) some of the poo poo might accidentally stick on the hair. If my chin step on it it will become flat and messy of coz. otherwise the poo poo will dry up and will look like normal poo poo.

I am very worried after knowing Heng 84's incident. Currently my chin's appetite has reduce 20-30%. He will eat the hay instead of pellet (which really worried me, as pellets are usually his favourite). Thank god that he is still active and still drink water.

I read through some website... which recommend to feed the chin with wheat. Thought of going to get some organic wheat tonight.

Just for additional info: I don't give my chins any treats after advise by you, only given timothy hay, alfafa and kaytee pellets. Water is clean too. Sand bath every 2-3 days once. The only thing that I am suspecious of is the hay house (but I have checked, no mould woh). And the other chin is alright (both chin is staying separately)...

Chinchilla... I really very worry. Pls advise me something. If you need to look at the poo poo I can take pic to show you. Thank you

maybe u can stop giving alfafa hay for a while.

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Added on July 30, 2008, 4:02 pm
Don't worry, diarrhea is very common happen. Yes, as stardust said, you need to stop feeding alfalfa hay right now, just give him pellet and lots of timothy hay. It should be be return normal soon. You can cut down the pellet now, like cutting 50% away, this will force him to eat more hay. By now you should know how much pellet he eat a day, cut half, he is ok. You can add orchard grass to encourage eating.

Thank you so much for your advise... I will stop feeding alfafa for awhile.
May be this is the 1st time happen to my chin, so I feel a bit nervous. I was so scared + worried and keep on catch him out and check from the top to the bottom (may be I am too rough and I got bitten and bleed), I think that might be another reason why he has reduce his appetite (not happy with me). I will try not to hold him for awhile and hopefully everything will be back to normal. Thanks a lot, I will follow your advise...