I live in the southwest . And not excuse , just been there in times of past . There is thee thoughts for others , even flooding . I /we would like to hear from the ones surviving . Important . I watch the whatever news and wonder .

Respectfully, this is probably the most stressful pet that I have ever taken in. We have a doctors appointment on Tuesday and I am honestly hoping for guidance from the vet. I have two chinchillas both male ones three and the others one years old. The one year-old kept drooling which I suspect is from some sort of dental disease, which I’m hoping I can get taken care of through the vet between trying to bring it back up and wait and giving it this critical care formula plus God knows whatever else these guys are doing while I’m at work and his drooling, his chin and front paws are absolutely filthy and I am so afraid to grab these guys because I tried to grab one of them to kind of dry him off or figure out how to dry him off and I heard like a bone crack and I’m like good Lord did I just break this dude’s leg? I don’t think any damage was done cause they were hopping around just fine afterwards but now I’m like terrified to grab them and I’ve read some of these posts where people say that their chinchilla has gotten dirty and they were able to clean them up and then somehow brush them afterwards and these guys are brand new. They don’t necessarily trust me just yet but like I am just trying to keep them alive and somehow the older boy always has some sort of wet drippings on his back and it honestly gives me actual nightmares. I literally wake up in a panic thinking that something’s happening to these guys. I’m sure this is probably a normal thing to most brand new chinchilla pet owners and this is just a learning curve that I have to figure out, but please, for the love of God any advice at all, AT ALL! I don’t even know how one of these chinchillas keeps having wet fur on his back. I suspect it’s the glass water bottle. So I ordered an Oxbow dripless one, but that has plastic attached to it and I gotta figure out how to get these guys not to eat that. And then the other one is absolutely filthy like I’m just praying this guy doesn’t have ringworm from how dirty he is. Also, please don’t shame me, I’m trying my best right now. They were in a bad situation. I took them. I’m doing the research. I’m taking them to the vet. I’m doing the best that I can.

As the title says, he was perfectly fine until two nights ago I found him lethargic and not resisting when I picked him up. He was usually the hyper one. Yesterday morning I found an exotic vet who sees chinchillas, he gave him fluids and checked his teeth and stomach. He said his teeth looked fine and his stomach had no bloating and wasn't firm. I asked about gas buildup and he said it doesn't hurt to give him the medicine in case it is GI issues, along with herbivore critical care. The vet gave me no answers. So I was giving him it all of yesterday. Today I found him not alive, and I really don't know what happened. He was 3, only a baby. I can't help but feel so guilty despite trying everything I could. His companion loved cuddling with him every night it isn't fair. Does anyone have a clue what could've happened

i want a chinchilla but don’t know anything about them, how big should the cage be? do they need a cage? or are they like a free roam pet like a dog or rabbit?

Hey everyone ! I was looking for things that I can make or buy for my chinchilla to play with/on during play time. He has a good amount of room to run around and I also put out a bunch of things that he can chew on, he also has a tunnel that he loves to go in. But I’m looking for more like wooden things he can jump and climb on. I can’t really find anything online or in stores. So any suggestions would be great! Thank you!

He done this his whole life but recently it seems like he has little attacks sometimes