Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.

1

Q & A / Re: New meal.

« on: October 29, 2010, 03:03:02 AM »

He is eating his new food, slowly but surely he is getting used to it. His droppings are normal as far as I can tell. I will try the treat offering, I am hoping he gets a little less stubborn, but he tends to be like that. Thank you for your responses

2

Q & A / New meal.

« on: October 28, 2010, 02:28:04 AM »

Originally when I got my chinchilla Dusty I bought the food at petsmart and wasn't aware it was mostly treats, after finding out I just bought Oxbow chinchilla deluxe because I read it is good for the chinchilla. Ever since I bought it he has barely touched his food bowl and is very angry at me and won't come to me when we play like he used to. Is there anyway to fix that or do I just have to wait?

3

Q & A / Re: Home.

« on: October 05, 2010, 03:23:01 AM »

Haha, yeah he seems to like sleeping against whatever wall I am closest in the room. A few more quick questions. I heard that toilet paper rolls could make interesting toys for chinchillas, so I am stuffing some with hay and giving it to Dusty. He chews the roll almost in half in one night and it seems to be his favorite chew toy, but I just want to make sure it is safe for him to do that. Also, recently he has been sticking his nose out of the cage and dragging his teeth on the wires, is that normal? I know they chew on something but it seems like he is going frantic when doing it and will nibble at my fingers if I put it near him during that. And last but not least, I bought some raisins from the store the other day, but they are the sun-maid raisins, are those fine for them? I want to start giving him treats when I bring him back from playtime so he doesn't get mad at me.

4

Q & A / Re: Home.

« on: October 03, 2010, 01:30:55 PM »

Yeah, I have been thinking about getting some cardboard boxes and making a fairly large playground for him in that room with levels. I usually let him play for about 30 minutes at a time a few times throughout the day. Sometimes I am in there with him, sometimes I just let him enjoy running around by himself. He does a lot of wall bouncing, where he jumps off one corner to another wall and then runs clear across the room to the other side to do it again.

5

Q & A / Home.

« on: October 03, 2010, 03:57:02 AM »

I just got my first chinchilla Dusty, a few days ago. He is about 7 months old and pretty good so far. The only thing is, the first day he slept fine in his little hut, ever since then he has been only going in there for minutes at a time and then climbing to the top tier closest to where I am and resting against the bars and sleeping. Is this normal? Is there anyway for me to teach him to sleep in his hut? I think I am pretty lucky so far, if I put both my hands in he hops into them when I want to bring him out to play. I have an extra room in my house that is completely empty, so I put a towel, his rolling ball and a toilet paper roll in there. It is a pretty big room, about 15 feet x 8 feet. He runs and hops all over the walls. The first day he was pretty good at letting me hold him, now sometimes he struggles, but it is not an always thing. Also, I read a million different things on dust baths, I have given him only one so far, but am thinking about leaving it in his room so he can use it when he plays, he tends to only spend 5 minutes max in it at a time. He also eats a large amount of hay and not a great deal of pellets, but he can eat about 2 hay balls worth of hay a day. I think this is due to me giving him about 2 hours of run around time in his room. Sorry for blabbering on.