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Guestbook / Re: How much do they eat?

« on: July 11, 2006, 10:17:52 PM »

Thanks for all the great advice. He is eating food, a lot of hay and a little water. I think most of the problem of him not eating was the fruit stick that was in his cage, he ate quite a bit of that before it was taken out. He's such a joy to watch.

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Guestbook / Re: How much do they eat?

« on: July 08, 2006, 02:44:15 PM »

Thanks for the eating advice...he does eat a lot of the hay. The food is by Kaytee, Timothy Complete Chinchilla food made with Timothy Hay, it was the only one I could find. The food he arrived at my house with said nothing about feeding it to a Chinchilla. I also think that the fruit stick didn't help. I love animals and would never turn one away to go back to a pet store, so now I need to know everything I can to make sure he lives a healthy, happy life.  I'm not a fan of getting (or giving) a live animal to someone that didn't ask for it, but I would never turn an animal away so that it could go back to live at a pet store. I prefer to purchase an animal from a breeder or a shelter. Anyway, thanks again for the advice, I was really worried he would get sick if he didn't eat the food.

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Guestbook / How much do they eat?

« on: July 07, 2006, 03:20:29 PM »

My daughter was just given a chinchilla two days ago. He came from a pet store and was not socialized. My concern is that he is not eating. He has been eating the hay but not the food (it's chinchilla food) he has a water bottle but drinks very little. He has wood blocks & sticks to chew on and a lava chew. He had a fruit mixture in the cage when she brought him home and I told her to take it out. I know nothing about these little guys, I've had rabbits, hamsters, dogs, cats, fish, turtles, etc...but never a chinchilla. If anyone could inform me about the food habits I would appreciate it. I've read a bit here and there but nothing that says how much they eat. I don't even know how old he is. According to what I have read, he is still a baby. Thanks!