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Health / Fresh Vegetables or Fruit?

« on: January 29, 2011, 10:46:23 AM »

Okay, I just had an agrument with my mom and she believes that fresh vegetables and fruit and good for my chinchillas but I highly disagree. Can someone give me a straight answer because I can't seem to find one on other internet sites. Thank you!

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Health / Re: Chewed Whiskers

« on: January 10, 2011, 12:20:30 PM »

That other stuff that's in that food is BAD.  You do not want to be giving them all that extras, its not good for them and with all that sugar it can lead to diabetes.  However boring Oxbow or Mazuri may look, its the best thing you can do for your chinny.  I feed all of mine Mazuri, they are all very healthy and happy and for treats they get a wheat square or a plain cheerio or rarely do they get a nice raisin, RARELY.  Changing food is yet another problem in itself, as you have to do this very slowly and incrementally.  Search the forum and you will find many tips on how to do this.  I had to do it once and it is a very long process if done CORRECTLY.  A boring healthy food is the best thing you can give along with hay and lots of love.  That's what will make your chin love you forever, not all the tidbits in the other food.  Longterm love is better than shortterm with longterm health problems.

Justin

Thank you. I'm going to go today and check out that kind of food. I bet the food you're talking about is cheaper than the one I'm currently buying. Thanks for your help! I don't want my chinnies to be unhealthy.

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Health / Re: Chewed Whiskers

« on: January 10, 2011, 08:56:18 AM »

Yes! The one that I guess is more dominate (Ashy is his name) is more loving than the other one! (Appa)

The kind of food I am feeding them is called "Sun Seed Sunauturals Natural Chinchilla Food". Here is the link to it if you want to see it. http://www.petsmart.com/product/zoom/index.jsp?productId=3076404 I really like this food the best because it has a lot of other great stuff for them to eat besides pellets. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Mazuri and Oxbow I heard are the best brands but I think that's a little boring...

Do you have any brands for vitamins, foods or treats that you especially like to feed your chins?

Thank you so much! This has really taught me a lot.  
Also, does his whiskers being cut or chewed down affect anything at all?

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Health / Re: Chewed Whiskers

« on: January 09, 2011, 10:36:37 AM »

How old are these chins? The one chin that is having this problem is 2 years old, I got him a few months BEFORE the other chin. So, not that big of a difference.

How long have they been living together? They've been living together for almost about 2 years now.

Is this a new occurrence or has it happened from the beginning? Well, I didn't really notice anything until maybe a year and a half later I've had them. It happened the first time and I was really worried but then about a month later, they seemed to be fully grown again. But recently, they went back to the same way they were before.

Are you sure one is chewing it's own whiskers, or could the other chin be chewing them off? That could be happening but they seem to love eachother. :3 But since the chin that is having this problem was here before the other one, wouldn't that make him the dominant chin?

Do you give them extra calcium? I don't know if this makes me a bad chin mother, but I honestly don't know...

Is there any chewing of the fur? There isn't any of that that I see, only sometimes when i'm picking him up, a little bit of hair comes out but nothing that I think would be a concern.

Thank you very much!

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General Chat / Re: I saved a life tonight..

« on: January 07, 2011, 05:33:51 PM »

My one chin died because he got caught under his food dish bar that attached to the cage.

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Health / Chewed Whiskers

« on: January 07, 2011, 12:39:00 PM »

I have two chins and one of them have been chewing or maybe clawing off the ends his whiskers. The other chinchilla is perfectly fine. Is this a sign of stress? They are jagged and really  short. This chin is also more paranoid than the other one. Any advice?