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Common Chinchilla Ailments

Although chinchillas are relatively robust and hardy, they do succumb several common health concerns, most of which are preventable. The most common illness that a chinchilla will succumb is going to be...

55 comments    chinchilla chinchilla abscess
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Chinchilla Health & First Aid

Chinchillas may look foreign and exotic.. Well, that's because they are. They're not your average fancy rat or lop bunny, but in terms of anatomy, they do have the same basic anatomy of the smaller sized...

17 comments    first aid chinchilla
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My Favorite Animals

Animals are a major group of multi-cellular organisms that make up the Animalia kingdom. Animals can range in a variety of sizes, shapes, colors, amongst other varieties. I will say that this kingdom amongst...

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Hamsters With Wet-tail

Hamsters are not the only small animal that can get "wet-tail," but they are the most common small animal to succumb to it. Chinchillas, rabbits, gerbils, rats, and mice, can all get wet-tail, as it is caused...

260 comments    mice rat hamster
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Chinchilla Basics

Chinchillas are very unique amongst the small animal pet world. They look like a cross between a squirrel, rabbit, rat, and who knows what else, but in reality... It's just a chinchilla. A cute ball of fur. ...

31 comments    diet pets animals
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Caring for Small Animals: Hamsters, Mice, Rats, & Chinchillas

When referring to small animals as pets, it tends to represent any small mammal pet, such as hamsters, gerbils, mice, rats, guinea pigs, rabbits, ferrets, chinchillas, degus, etc. Small animals are great...

17 comments    pets hamsters pet rat
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Rabbits as Pets - All about Your Pet Rabbit Care

Rabbits are known to be an excellent indoor pet. These cute and cuddly creatures are not only a joy to hold but make a good companion for any family as well. Rabbits are also quick to form close bonds with...

3 comments    pets pet rabbit
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Are You Ready to Own a Chinchilla

  Chinchillas are part of a group of pets known as exotics.  An exotic is simply a pet that is not common like a dog or cat. Chinchilla are not an ordinary pet they were just recently domesticated as...

2 comments    pets pet cage
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Fur or Fur Free?

Where do you stand on the fur industry?

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Chinchilla Facts - You Should Know Prior To Getting Your Pet

Did you know that the chinchilla was named after the Chincha people of the Andes region of the Andes Mountains in South America. Chinchilla actually means "little Chincha". Around the end of the 19th century,...

9 comments    family pets exotic animals
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