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Q & A / Good vacuum for chin cleanup?
« on: November 30, 2013, 11:55:04 PM »
Hi all!

As part of my weekly cage cleaning routine, I went to vacuum tonight, and noticed that suction was completely gone, despite the vacuum running completely fine.  I spent about an hour cleaning filters and disassembling various parts of the vacuum, and while I was unable to find any specific culprit, one thing was very clear.  The vacuum is dead.  Long live the vacuum!

Before I go out and buy the same one again, I thought I'd do some research and see if I can find one better suited for its purpose.  Surprisingly, Google didn't seem to have much to say on the topic, and searches for 'pet vacuum' mostly came back with models designed for hair, which is not really a chin issue.  I vacuum once a week, and don't put a whole lot of effort into keeping things inside the cage.  So there's a lot of shavings, droppings, some hay, and various other tiny things that get kicked around the cage.  I'd need something good at picking those up, and I'd also prefer if it was particularly easy to empty, since I usually do that right into the same trash bag as the discarded shavings.

So does anyone have any experience with this?  Anyone have any notably good and especially long lasting experiences with a particular model of vacuum?  Any insight would be wonderful.  Thanks! :)

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Q & A / Re: Safe fabric for chewing?
« on: January 18, 2013, 03:02:39 PM »
Tshirts, polos, jeans, pajama pants, towels, you name it!  It's actually quite possible that he's more interested in taking them all apart rather than eating them, but it seems like such a risk when I can't keep an eye on him 24/7.

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Q & A / Safe fabric for chewing?
« on: January 15, 2013, 11:13:36 AM »
Hello all!  I'm new here.  I've had my chinchilla Vyse for almost a year now, and I haven't been able to find an answer to this question through standard internet research.  Vyse loves to chew things, no surprise there, but his favorite chew toy seems to be fabric.  He will literally try to eat the shirt off of my back over any other chewable option available to him.  So I'd like to get him some sort of fabric item that I could put in his cage and he could chew to his heart's content.  But I'm afraid he's going to actually eat the fabric, which I imagine can't possibly be good for him.

Is there anything out there for this kind of dilemma?  I imagine it would either be something fabric-y that would be safe for Vyse to both chew and eat, or something that could survive the wrath of chinchilla teeth.  Any other suggestions would be welcome as well.

Thanks! :)

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