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Chins Can Scare You!
« on: July 26, 2006, 02:40:38 PM »
::silly::Giget, mom to my quads, scared the be-gee-bees out of me yesterday morning!

I open the blinds and see all four of her kits huddled together in a corner away from her ...This is NOT normal!!!

She's got her head in the PVC pipe ... she's on her back ... legs up in the air and I can't even see her breathing!  I called her name 3 times, she never moved ...

Expecting the worst, I opened the cage door.... head came out of the PVC pipe, she jumped up on her feet and ran to me ... she wanted a treat and wanted out!  Bless her heart ... to go to such extremes to get me to let her out early!  The kits must have been very trying during the night ... the way they were huddled in the corner, I bet they got a good fussing at, too.

     I'm sure you all have things that happen that have been nerve racking ... let's hear about it!

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Re: Chins Can Scare You!
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2006, 02:45:53 PM »
aww, i would have been crying, :'( but i bet Daisy would do that to! :D
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Re: Chins Can Scare You!
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2006, 02:55:16 PM »
OH, you know I have had this scare more than once!!  I even wrote an article about it for the magazine. Chinchillas are great at sleeping so soundly they look dead!!! :o
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Re: Chins Can Scare You!
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2006, 03:02:34 PM »
how did Giget get into a PVC pipe?

....What is a PVC pipe anyway?
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Re: Chins Can Scare You!
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2006, 04:38:36 PM »
::silly:: A PVC pipe is the only 'safe' plastic for chinchillas.  It can be gnawed on, but comes off in very fine pieces ... almost like a powder.  It's very hard.  You can find it in most plumbing sections of stores like Home Depot, Heckengers, Northwest Hardware and other hardware stores.   We get it in 4" and 5" diameters usually.  The "T" and "Y" shapes are great for them to hide, play and sleep in.   ::nod::
    Inside, it is dark, close quarters and cool ... something all chins love!   They are wonderful to put in a cage with kits when the daddy is returned ... they will seek refuge in it if mom and dad get a little rowdy.  I like to put them in the cage about a week before mom is due, just encase she delivers early ... it's a safe-haven for the kits.  No accidental deaths from being stepped on. 

I'll have to do a better look for pictures of the Y & T shaped ones ... but here's one of Smokey ... escaping(a short break) from kits with sharp teeth and nursing.  She's in a 3" tube of PVC pipe. 

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Re: Chins Can Scare You!
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2006, 05:52:52 PM »
:::grins:: ChinPo is a really good sleeper, Ping bits the bar when he sleeps with his littel hands holding it. ::)
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Re: Chins Can Scare You!
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2006, 10:04:55 PM »
My chin Chloe scared the poopoo out of me when I first got her. I had Berry for a couple of months, and he never made any noises, well around 2am, I hear this loud crying noise (Chloe doing the warning call) and it was so loud I could hear it from the bedroom. I jumped up and thought the worst had happened to my new baby, and raced to her cage, and she was sitting on her top shelf just making that noise. She was just fine, I think she was a little scared being in a new cage in a new house... ya know the usual. Poor thing, she makes it every once in a while now... just for attention. Yep, I still run to her cage to find out if she's okay. She's definately got me trained. LOL!
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Re: Chins Can Scare You!
« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2006, 10:11:26 AM »
;) Hi sounds like My chins. they make the noise about 4:00am, I do the same thing lol. ::silly:: ::silly::
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Re: Chins Can Scare You!
« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2006, 10:25:24 AM »
mine are quiet jsut a little mumble here and there is all I ever hear
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Re: Chins Can Scare You!
« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2006, 10:59:06 AM »
I've only heard Maggie make a noise twice, but my husband said he's heard her make the noise several times. It's totally weird.

My husbands parents have a dog Tipper. Tipper has a squeeze toy they call Porky, I think its a hedgehog... well anyways the sound Maggie made sounded just like Porky.
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Re: Chins Can Scare You!
« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2006, 11:29:21 AM »
aww that's so cute
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Re: Chins Can Scare You!
« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2006, 01:12:39 PM »
;) My Husbend Say's they sound like little toys. ::silly:: ::silly::
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Re: Chins Can Scare You!
« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2006, 03:26:30 PM »
I heard mine talk just after I wrote that last post! it was so cute I guess they do talk I just never hear them

speaking of scare you
everytime mine lay on thier sides I get scared thinking thatsomething is wrong and then I remember seeing som of them in the pet stores doing that so I think that that is ok?
right?
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Re: Chins Can Scare You!
« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2006, 04:54:18 PM »
Sure,
I even have some that sleep on their backs!
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Re: Chins Can Scare You!
« Reply #14 on: July 27, 2006, 05:00:22 PM »
;) My Chinpo love's to do that,the first time I saw him do I about had a harttack ::silly::
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