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Q & A / Re: rebonding with chinchilla?

« on: January 05, 2011, 07:37:25 AM »

Poor little fynn I hope he ll be ok, i m keeping my fingers crossed !

 I tricked Gorgonzola last night into getting in the cage. I forgot about their major disadvantage , being so curious ! So i started played with his food in the bowl, making noises with it, so naturally, after 15 minutes of thinking, he came to see where all the noise was coming from. And then.. zip ! I closed his cage. I fed him some of his food and hay through the bars, and he seemed a little calmer about being in there.
 I ll see how it goes there days.

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Q & A / Re: rebonding with chinchilla?

« on: January 04, 2011, 01:48:58 PM »

AAAAAAAAAAAWWW, i imagine they were really sweet together .  I ve talked to a girl who s a breeder or something like that and she ll bring a little black chin for me, from another city, so sadly i can t choose him. But maybe it s for the best, cause she surely knows which are  the girls and which are boys. In any case i sure hope she knows.
 I m really sorry for what happened to your Chinchi, i can only imagine how painful it was and how much you miss him. I d die if anything happened to my Gorgonzola.
 
 Anyway, if you have his babies, aren t you worried they ll start making babies themselves? Or do you keep them in separate cages? I thought of getting a girl, but i don t want babies all the time , and i couln t keep them apart.
 For Bruni, the new chin, i d have to buy another smaller cage, at least for a little while. I really can t wait, that girl is bringing him to me at the end of the week. I m counting the days already 

 I was thinking about getting him a friend for a long time, but i wanted a white chin, couln t find a male, so eventually i thought that after all, i want a friend for Gorgonzola , and he doesn t actually care what colour his new friend is So i said i ll take whatever i can find.

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Q & A / Re: rebonding with chinchilla?

« on: January 04, 2011, 08:00:47 AM »

Ok , so no more raisins. Apple tree branches i can find, also boil and bake them, that s not a problem. No willow balls at out pets shops, but i think i sau a metal flying saucer of some sort, somewhere, so i think i l buy one for him. I m not sure what expensive means, but i paid 200$ on his cage, so, for me, that s pretty expensive. In any case, he s my whole life and i d pay anything for him, so money is not a problem.

 I ll try all the things you ve recommended and get back to you. Thanks !

 I m also looking forward to buying his new little friend, so i ll be reposting ! Hope they get along.

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Q & A / Re: rebonding with chinchilla?

« on: January 03, 2011, 06:52:23 PM »

Well he has a gianormous cage, with a little house, a hammock, those ledges to jump on, and a little  tunnel. I  always want to buy lots of toys for him, but where i live there aren t many options , just diferent types of food, vitamins, and a few colored wooden toys for him to chew on. I live in Romania (which sucks btw) and most people here don t even know what a chinchilla is, thus not too many chinchilla toys.

 About letting him out of the cage while i sleep, it s definetly wrong, but he looks so sad in his cage, (i think i definetly spoiled him) that i can t resist. I m like " that s it, you were out for a whole day, now you should stay in your cage ! .... ooooh, ok, out you go ! and here s a raisin too ! *kisses* ".

 Anyways, i m getting him a little friend, so i hope once they ve befriended they ll stay in their cage together , so that Gorgonzola won t be bored anymore.

 Tell me please how many raisins do you give yours? I ve read a lot of thing on the net, people are saying one raisin per week is ok, others give their chinchilla one raisin per day, so i m kinda confused. Anyway, thank you dianah for the advice , thanks very much !

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Q & A / Re: rebonding with chinchilla?

« on: January 03, 2011, 11:22:09 AM »

Hey thank you so much for all the advice. The problem with us bonding while he is in the cage is that he hates being in there, and while in the cage, his only occupation is chewing the bars and getting out.
 I kinda spoiled him and he hates staying in the cage, mostly at night.
 So if i try to massage him through the bars he bites me, and i can t talk to hiim because he s so agitated and nervous 

 I give him 2 raisins per day, is that too much? Also, while i sleep at night and he is loose, he likes jumping on me, and he s nibling on my socks.


 I ve seen some clips on youtube with people calling their chin, like "chinchi, come get your treet" and the little fella comes.

 for example this one : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2moc2sRTKK0

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Q & A / rebonding with chinchilla?

« on: January 02, 2011, 06:52:38 PM »

I ve had my chinchilla for 8 months, he s a little boy named Gorgonzola. And he s my first chinchilla so i didn t actually know how to act around him and play with him.
 So he never comes to me if i call him, only when he hears the jar of raisins, he takes one and runs away. I thought he just doesn t like to stay with me because i know they re not like cats, who stay in your lap and purr, i know chinchillas are a bit independent and don t like being held in ones hands.
 But he always runs away from me, and there were times i didn t have time to call him or trick him into getting in the cage, so i had to run after him and chase him.

 Do you think i can do something so that he can trust me? I mean after 8 months, could i change his/our habits? Or after such a long time there isn t anything i can do ?

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Memorials / We love you Hurley

« on: July 03, 2010, 08:15:08 AM »

 I bought Hurley yesterday.. he was doing ok, and he slowly got very letargic and couldn t move.. we went to 3 diferent doctors in one night, no one could figure out what he had.. he died today, crying in my hands.. rest in peace Hurley, i love you and i will never forget you, even if i had you for only one day. I will keep you in my heart .

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Health / Re: gorgonzola has an ear infection of some sort

« on: May 22, 2010, 08:55:21 AM »

 I m not actually sure it s a fungus, his ear is itching so naturally he s scratching it, and it seems like the furless portion is bigger every day, so i m a bit desperate. I ve been using those eardrops and ointments for 3 weeks and no visible effect.  The vet said it s nothing serious, but i really don t want him to end up bald 

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Health / gorgonzola has an ear infection of some sort

« on: May 20, 2010, 08:34:16 AM »

the fact is that 2 weeks ago my chin has a sort of crust in his ear, and his little fur came off right under his ear. i took hiim to the vet and he gave me some drops for his inner ear and an ointment for his neck, which is now furless. he said the infection of fungus or whatever it is might be caused by this which has a lemon fragrance ? has anyone experienced something like that with their chin ?