Chinchillas

A single chinchilla should live in a cage about two times the size as guinea pig cages on the market. And if you are keeping two chinchillas, they should live in a cage about 3x the size. This is all because chinchillas do need to jump and run about and if you but them a properly built running wheel these can be rather large!

Yeah, but like with every other animal, you have to introduce them slowly and let them get used to each other. It's best to have them in a neutral play area for a while, so they can smell and get use to each other, and neither has territory there. Then it's best to put them in a neutral cage together, again, territorial issues.

They love to sleep in little hammocks if you own one.

In the wild, however, they sleep in huddles in a burrow or a rock crevice.

No because they can choke on them and they can not eat sugar.

Yes - don't let them be alone.

Or, you could keep the chinchilla in a box all the time.

fruits like apple cut up or vegitables such as carrots, fresh green beans are good to feed your guinea pig when you are out of food. you don't want to substitute this with the food you buy at a pet store though. the foods you buy have a well balance diet for your pet and is the healthiest way to go. you could also try some oat meal but not the flavored instant type.

I've kept and bred gerbils for nearly 40 years. They do not purr. The previous answer stated they have vibrations. Gerbils are prone to seizures and tremors although this genetic anomaly has mostly been bred out. It's helpful to think of yourself as a giant amusement park ride to a gerbil. When you go on one it upsets your sense of balance and you get really nervous and nauseous. Gerbils are small and sometimes being carried or handled has the same startling effect.

Yes. They will poop a lot and you will have to clean the whole cage with water and a washcloth. Heres a little list from what i can remember when I had a hamster:

1) food

2)water

3)happy

4) excersise

5)clean

Also make sure that any larger animal comes near the cage or it could kill it.

Ok all I know is therevis a pet store chain called pets at home where they sell all sorts of animals for good prices i got my gerbil there for £6 and she was still young i do know they sell chinchillas look them up online!

Ajay, Andes, Addy, Arthur, Arnold, Bixby, Baxter, Bosley, Chinchi (This is what i named mine), Charlie, Cutie, Davie, Dana, Daryll, Edie, Griffy, Garvin, Iggy, Joshua, Jane, Jake, Kary, Kooky, Lonnie, Mason, Mokie, Nodvin, Ooby, Pooky, Pokey, Peggy, Ryan, Reggae, Raggy, Susie, Susan, Sarah, Toady, Tooky, Travis, Wooby, Xavier, Ziggy, Zaggy, Zany.

^^^^ not good ones exept 4... charlie, Jake , an maybe chinchi honestly thoo..

Not for long periods no. Your chinchilla should only be kept in heated out buildings, if not then only if it's summer and you want your chins briefly outside, if so give your chins lots of cooling granite tiles in the cage and ice packs near the cage.

They are legal in all states. Chinchillas are considered an agricultural product because they were originally primarily used for fur farming, so they don't fall under the "exotics" heading where you have to have permits or special set ups to have them. A while back there were one or two larger cities trying to ban them, I have absolutely no idea why, but it didn't go through. I'm sure more will try though, they always do.

It depends on whether or not you take care of them. If you feed them bad food or don't bathe them enough they might stink.

A mink coat will normally cost $3000 to $15,000. There are American and European minks.

A sable coat will cost much more, typically $30,000 on up to around $300,000 +.

The sable is the most valued and rare of all furs. It is native to Russia and the most valuable fur is that of the winter coat when the fur is darker and longer.

Sable fur is unique among furbearers because it retains its smoothness no matter in which direction it is stroked. The fur of other furbearers on the other hand will give an impression of roughness when stroked in the opposite direction of the grain.

Only extremely wealthy people or some world stars like Madonna have sable on their shoulders. Only top designers like Chanel or Ferre dare to use it in their collections. Generally, sable is combined with high quality fabrics and used for small pieces giving an aristocratic look, such as stoles or for trimming.

chinchillas bathe in a special kind of dust

you can buy it at the same store you bought your chinchilla at. And im also sure that someone at the store can explain it to you in further detail.

i Hope this answered your question.

Actually they problaby can-if their dried out. I have a chinchilla myself and I give it a cheerio and a raisin every day and she loves it. But an apple may have too much sugar or other ingredients that may hurt it. Look at the ingredients first and make sure its safe. ----

chinchillas are a big responsibility, you need to be about 16 years old to own a chinchilla. when you establish trust your chinchilla will love to be held closely or sit on your shoulder and give you a little kiss/nibble to your ear (i've owned many chinchillas ,my fave was my little girl Kisa)

yes. chinchillas were highly endangered in the 1900's but now they arent so rare. wild chinchillas are endangered a little i think. but now they have chinchillas in some pet stores so they cant bt TOO endangered!

Because beavers need their teeth to chew in logs to make a river dam or to just eat. I suppose they could eat with small teeth, but it would take them hours and hours to eat just a stump of a branch. Sorry Prettydoll27

Chinchillas need to have good quality pellets (do your research not just any pellet at the pet store labeled for chinchillas is good for them), fresh timothy hay and filtered water. If the water isn't filtered they can get giardia. Just because something says it is safe for chinchillas, doesn't mean it is.

they eat pellets twice a day (morning,night). their teeth should be yellow if their teeth are white this may mean the aren't getting enough calcium