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General Breeder Chat / Re: In labor?

« on: May 04, 2013, 03:35:46 PM »

Thanks so much for all the information Jo Ann! Last week she started chasing the male around the cage and pulling his hair out so I have now split their cage in 2(critter nation) so they can't get to each other. She obviously was not in labor and I have seen she just likes to sleep on her side

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General Breeder Chat / Re: In labor?

« on: April 21, 2013, 07:02:25 AM »

Thanks, i've never had a possibly pregnant chin so I just assumed it was signs of labor. I have never had a chin lay on its side or lay flat on the bottom of the cage either so wasn't sure what was going on. She had been running up and down the cage though so maybe she got pretty warm.

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General Breeder Chat / In labor?

« on: April 20, 2013, 03:25:17 PM »

As some of you have seen I got a male and female pair last Sunday and the lady said she was 90% sure the female was pregnant and probably a month away from having kit(s). Well I am wondering if she is wrong because the female just started about 10 minutes ago laying flat on the bottom of the cage and laying some on her side. This is the first signs of labor right? Now she is eating hay and chewing on toys like nothing is wrong but I have noticed her scooting her butt some and looking down there.

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Cages / Re: Cage setup for possibly pregnant chin?

« on: April 18, 2013, 08:41:37 AM »

Thanks so much! I actually have another male chinchilla and he also has a critter nation cage and I have taken the divider out of the cage and he has lots of ledges to get on and a bridge. I have read though that pregnant females shouldn't climb on high up ledges so I wasn't sure what to do about ledges. The ladders do have ramp covers on them and I have sewn the top of the ramp cover up because my other chinchilla had actually broke his leg on a ladder so am hoping to get these ladders out of their cage ASAP. The picture attached is a picture of my single male chins cage (have since added a long hammock on the one side beside of the ladder so will catch him if he falls), doubt this would be good for the pair though since she might be pregnant that was why I was trying to figure out what I should do with the cage. According to the lady I got them from they have been back together for a few months and she said she is probably a month out from having them if she is actually pregnant.

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Cages / Cage setup for possibly pregnant chin?

« on: April 17, 2013, 08:44:18 PM »

I just got a male and female chin Sunday and the female is more than likely pregnant. I was planning on separating the male and female as soon as I got them home but they are so attached to each other that I was afraid I would stress them out even more then they probably already are from the move. They are in a double level critter nation cage and right now it just has the ledges and ladders that come with the cage in it. I've noticed they have been bouncing off the walls of the cage though and not even using the ladders to climb up or down in the cage. With the female possibly being pregnant what would be a good setup for her?

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General Chat / Re: New here, does this sound expensive for 2 chinchillas and cage?

« on: April 16, 2013, 06:02:36 PM »

She couldn't even remember who she got them from! She said she thought the womans name was Kim in Columbia SC, not sure how you forget the person you get them from but guess everyone is not like me and remember everything. Oh well like I said I didn't get them to breed them so it didn't matter to me if they were from show lines or not. I will be shocked if the female is not pregnant though because she seems pretty big, could be she is just a bigger chinchilla but i'm not too convinced of that. She only had 1 kit last time and the lady kept it and it actually was a very nice looking baby and is 10 months old.

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General Chat / Re: New here, does this sound expensive for 2 chinchillas and cage?

« on: April 13, 2013, 08:12:02 PM »

I didn't even see that you were from SC! She said the brown velvet female came from columbia,sc but I was looking online and didn't see any breeders there. Will for sure have to ask her now though because I am curious if she might have came from you.

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General Chat / Re: New here, does this sound expensive for 2 chinchillas and cage?

« on: April 13, 2013, 10:08:11 AM »

Thanks so much I am in North Carolina (sorry forgot to add that) and all I know is that 1 came from a breeder in SC and the other from TN (not sure who, she didn't say). What I have seen there is not many breeders around here. I don't know if she bought them for breeding originally or if she just got them to be pets. I am basically getting them for pets so don't really care about all of that, I just wanted to get them before they go who knows where. They are suppose to be very friendly and have never bit anyone. I know if she has any kits they will just be staying here so couldn't be breeding her or I would have a house full!!

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General Chat / New here, does this sound expensive for 2 chinchillas and cage?

« on: April 13, 2013, 06:53:11 AM »

Hi everyone I am new here and already own a male standard chinchilla. I am looking at possibly getting 2 chinchillas but not sure if the price seems really high for them or not as I don't know how much their particular colors usually run. The male is a mosaic and the female is a brown velvet and they are both under 3 years old and come with a critter nation cage. The female is thought to possibly be pregnant. Does $350 seem really high to any of you? The breeder I got my standard chinchilla from only charges $100 for mosaics but she is pretty cheap on them from what I have seen and not sure how much brown velvets usually run and the woman that is trying to get rid of them claims she paid $280 and $300 for them each when she got them. I thought I would ask all of you since i'm not too familiar with prices and don't want to get ripped off.