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Changing Seasons....changing chinchillas?
« on: October 03, 2006, 08:13:20 AM »

Over here in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the weather is completely changing.  A few weeks ago it was totally warm and I had the air conditioning on.  Now it gets to about zero (celcius) at night and it's chilly in our apartment.  I have noticed that my chinnies are eating so much....I can't put enough pellets in their bowls!  My chinnie TBone (whom I have talked about being skinny and mousey) has suddenly become a big fatso of a chinchilla ::fruit::!  He has rounded out and his fur is thicker.....making him look like a fatso  :) ....no problem with that here!

Has anyone else noticed that the seasons affect your chinchillas as well? 

And I am wondering if I should put as much pellets in the cage as TBone will eat?  He's  about a year and a half and the pellets are good quality Oxbow pellets....I feel I should just let him eat as much as he wants, especially considering he has been needing to gain weight.
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Re: Changing Seasons....changing chinchillas?
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2006, 08:33:39 AM »

I didn't think about the wether, but Roo for a few weeks now has been eating a lot more than normale and Buddy is eating a good bit more but not as much as Roo.

Taz is also eating a lot more than what I thought he would. I gave him the same amount as Buddy and when I got up his bowl was empty and there were no pellets in the bottom of the cage. So I filled his bowl up and I will be feeding him more at night now.
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Re: Changing Seasons....changing chinchillas?
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2006, 12:53:32 PM »

I've been calling them growing spurts, like I'd see in the kids.
Could be the change in seasons.
 I would guess in the wild they'd eat up what they could before the warm weather ends, and food is harder to find.
Yes mine go through spurts of eating and eating and eating.
I always add more the next night if dishes are empty, and less if there is feed left. ::nod::
I've never heard of a chin over eating pellets.
I wonder if they would?
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Re: Changing Seasons....changing chinchillas?
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2006, 04:58:56 PM »

Well Daisy Has been gaining Wieght and also shes Beagon Started Having little tufts of hair And she looks like a Horse with a winter hair growing in! I cant help but laugh.  ::hah::   Of course when i'm out of the room
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Re: Changing Seasons....changing chinchillas?
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2006, 09:09:47 PM »

::silly::Glad to know it's not my imagination ... most of mine have done the same.
If they are holding to their instincts from the wild as they do so many times, I would think it is the seasonal change.
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Re: Changing Seasons....changing chinchillas?
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2006, 09:27:30 PM »

 :chin: Mine to are doing same thing.  :2funny:
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