Death of cagemate, signs to watch for, bonding a trio or senior to a new chin

I lost my sweet Lilly on Sunday. It was very sudden, appears that she was eating out of the food bowl and passed. As she was a rescue as an adult that had changed hands several times, I am not aware of her age, but think she was about 15. Heartbroken, but we have put her to rest and I am now concerned about ensuring the happiness of Cindy, her cagemate of seven years. She appears to be doing okay, she's eating, moving around the cage, showing interest in scratches and treats, etc. She was also a rescue and I believe is older than Lilly, so her activity level is not a huge indicator as she was not much for running on the wheel or popcorning around the cage even when she still had her "sister" with her, Lilly was always the more active one and Cindy was the pleasant observer.

What I'm wondering is what I should watch for in her behavior that might indicate a negative impact from this. I honestly would prefer not to get another chin, but I will if she needs another partner.

And related to that, if it does appear that she needs companionship, I'm curious about the possibility of creating a trio with my other two girls. They've been next to or above/below each other for many years so they are used to each other's scents. There was no spraying or signs of aggression when the cages were next to each other. I have never tried a combined play time though so I don't know how they would react to each other.

If that doesn't work, I've heard it's best to bond an adult with a kit, but is that always the case or would I be better off finding her another senior? She and Lilly were both adults living as single chins when I bonded them and that process (using the side by side/split cage method) went very smoothly!

Any advice is appreciate! Thank you!

Chinchilla not wanting to go out in playtime? Is this normal?

Hi,

So I have two chinchillas, both female.

Lola - more stand off with people (doesn't care to be pet and is more jumpy)

and

Zoey - likes to have chin scratched and isn't very jumpy around people

I am a bit worried/confused about Zoey.... Lola loves to run around the classroom (I have a pen that I put around their cage and have a little step set up so she can come and go as she pleases). I normally let them have the option of going out once everyone has left, or if we are just reading or doing something very quiet.

Zoey on the other hand never wants to come out! If I do take her out (she will let me pick her up if she is in the cage) she just sits in a space under her cage and only moves about a bit, where Lola is running around everywhere. I also find that she hides a lot more than Lola. Lola prefers to sit on top of hides, while Zoey wants to go in them.

I am worried about Zoey not wanting to go out in playtime, is this normal? I just find it strange that she appears to be the less skittish one while in the cage but its polar opposite for when it comes to going outside of the cage, Zoey wont even try to go out and Lola goes in and out quite a bit.

Sorry if this is nothing to be worried about, I just want to make sure I am not missing any signs in case there is anything wrong with her!

rehome

i have a chinchilla needing to be rehomed .

What is the correct cage for a 3 month old chin?

My chin is just over three months old and I have him in a ferret nation style cage with 5 levels and a hammock. He has been sleeping in the hammock at the top of the cage and has levels/stairs to get on and off and is doing fine with it/hasn’t been running jumping around too much and usually just stays on either the bottom where his chinchiller/hide out is or the top with his hammock. I have read online today that at this age they should still not have many ledges. Should I take some off him? I am unsure about what to do would like to know everybodies experiences) thx

Hello All

Hi everyone! I started my Chin story about 15 years ago. I got a female chin that had been badly neglected, she was about 6 years old at the time. I was totally in love. She never cared to be messed with but I made sure she had a good life (she lived to be~16)... At least from the information I learned and knew at the time. I'm now a chin mommy once again and see there is so much out there now and still SO much to learn. I'm happy to have found a place that I can ask questions and see that others may be experiencing the same things.

Face Injury, Very Painful and Not Eating

Hi, looking for a bit of advice to help my poor 8yr old boy Pedro.

On Monday he was out for playtime, I didn't hear or see anything strange but when he went back into the cage he had a line under his left eye, not bleeding or broken skin, just a line in his fur. Thought a bit odd but he didn't seem too bothered by it so I didn't either.
The next morning he had nearly all of his food left in his bowl but seemed chirpy and had a bit of shredded wheat for bfast. Thought he'd maybe just filled up on his new hay.

By Wednesday he'd barely touched anything 'hard', I soaked a bit thinking maybe he was a bit sore from the possible bang to his face. He ate a bit.
Thursday wouldn't touch anything, even a bit of soaked shredded wheat (his fave). I gave him some metacam hoping may perk him up a bit and help with any pain. And started syringe feeding as worried he wasn't eating.
And got into the vets as he looked a little swollen around his eye.

The vet advised to carry on what I'm doing and I picked up some more Oxbow Critical Care. Was worried about doing an X-ray as he's not been eating and has lost a bit of weight, and possible head injury as has obviously banged it pretty badly to be causing these problems. He said he's not as responsive in his left eye as in his right one. Will go back in a few days if not improving.

His face/eye area on the left has swelled more over the last couple of days, yest looked terrible but looking a bit better this morning.
He's on the highest dose of metacam I can give but still looks quite miserable and not really wanting food. Will lick a bit of CC off a spoon but I'm having to force feed as nowhere near what he needs.

When I'm holding him he acts normal (a mad man! Hates being held!) but when he's in the cage acts very sad :(
I've never dealt with head/face injuries with chins (teeth probs yes), I can imagine the swelling's very sore and if he's had a bang to the head prob not feeling his best. Also guessing it has to get worse before it gets better as it's an injury/bang that's causing swelling.

Very worried though :(
Just looking for a bit of advice from anyone that's possibly dealt with anything similar? Feel terrible for him but really don't know what happened.
I'll carry on what I'm doing but should I let him out for playtime to cheer him up? He was out for 30mins on weds and was really happy running around like normal and having a bath. He just seems very depressed and not his usual cheery self. Must be in pain/feeling rubbish from meds/head and face injury. Just want to do what I can to try and get him through this :(

Sorry so long, thanks for reading.

Possible eye infection?

A while ago I noticed that my chins right eye looked wet like she had been crying. Whenever I noticed this before I would just tidy up her cage and she'd be fine the next day. But now it's been a few days and it hasn't gotten any better. Last night she let me remove a bit of eye booger (she's still a baby and we're still working on trust) while she ate and when I came home from work today there was even more boogie than before and it looks a little pink. Her left eye is also slightly wet but for the most part it looks normal. I've read up about malocclusion and I don't think it's because of her teeth. She has plenty of apple sticks at all times and even a few wooden rabbit toys. Heck, her cage is hand made out of wood and the little bite marks are proof that she's got enough to gnaw on. She's never greasy, I make sure she gets clean dust all the time and I deep clean her cage every week. Her poops are normal and she gets plenty of food and water.
The only thing I can think of is that the light from my turtle is irritating her. I was thinking about hanging a sheet up between the two but I don't want to put holes in the walls if I don't have to. The way the two are set up makes sense because the eye that faces the tank (she always hangs out in the same spot) is the one with the problem.
Saga is my first small fuzzy pet and since she's still a baby I'm really new to this. None of my dogs have ever had problems like this or at least something I couldn't Google easily lol. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Air travel with chinchilla

Hi. I have to relocate to Boston from Houston at the end of November and I would like to bring my chinchilla with me. The only way for me to do so is to fly her with me. However, researching all over internet and looking through many airline restrictions, it seems that none will allow chinchilla to be in the cabin and all of the airlines that have direct flight between the 2 cities won't even allow chinchilla to be in the cargo section. My choice is so limited now so I am wondering if anyone here have any suggestion or experience as to how I can fly or ship her to Boston. Many thank!

Fleece over ramps

Hi guys, I’m trying to put fleece over Wilbur’s cage but I don’t sew and I’ve tried binder clips which don’t work with his cage.. it’s a Percy animal cage. Any suggestions or thoughts ?

New chin owner :D

Hi guys, my bf and I are new to owning a chinchilla. We adopted a 3 year old male who came from a home with two little girls who manhandled him from what I saw. Wilbur has now moved to a big leveled cage and is being fed just Timothy hay, pellets and water with oats as a treat. He seems to be adjusting well, we have given him time to adjust to us and get to know us through talking and occasional pets and scratches when he’s been willing, we also just recently picked him up for play time not wanting to handle him too much until he’s ready. Today he seems grumpy and hiding in his cage not wanting any attention. I’ve read before that Chins can be moody.. does anyone have any advice or insight on this??

How much pumpkin is safe?

Hello,

Does anyone know how much unsweetened canned pumpkin is safe mixed with critical care? Can I do 50/50?

Thanks

Chinchilla had a Kit unexpectedly

I've had Sasha for around 2 years and their cage mate, Mort, for about a year. When I got Sasha I was told they were a boy, same for when I got Mort. I even had the person at the shop double check that they were male.

Well, yesterday my wife found a dead Kit outside of their cage. Apparently a part of it was uneven and left open, which I fixed right away.

Sasha hadn't been letting us hold them/pick them up the past two or so months, and my wife thought they had been getting bigger, but we didn't think anything of it. Everything else was normal and they still let us pet them.

I'm calling the vet as soon as they're open to get more info, but for the time being I need advice on how to care for the mother Chinchilla.

I have them separated from and I know not to give them dust baths for at least 10 days. Im giving them things for calcium as well, 1/4 of a tum.

Sasha has been acting loving and is letting us hold her again. She's moving and running around as normal as well. I just want to make sure I'm doing everything right. I'm only posting because when I went to search online I kept finding things for taking care of the kit instead of the mother.

Any advice would be appreciated!

Is Goji berry wood safe?

Hello, I have 2 very large goji berry bushes, and was wondering if the wood from the bushes is safe fro them.

Thanks!

Chinchilla breeders near me

Hello! I have been looking for chinchilla breeders, and saw AZ chins, I was wondering if they were still breeding chinchillas. If you know of any breeders in Utah, Arizona, or Idaho, could you please tell me, I am having a difficult time finding breeders near this area.

Thanks!

Greetings!

Greetings! I am not a chinchilla owner (yet), but I am hopefully going to get one soon! I have joined this forum to learn more about them!

My chin is soo sick please help!

Help! My chinchilla has a really bad cold and every vet around me absolutely refuses to help as they are not familiar with chinchillas. I clean her nose out and I’m giving her water through a dropper and making sure she is eating. She is so sick. How can I help her stay comfortable and help her feel better

High Pitch Squealing in Chinchillas?

So my female chinchilla has been abruptly squealing extremely loud and high pitched. It only lasts for a second or two and tones down like a squeaky toy near the end of the squeal.

I have read a few posts on here and blogs etc. on other sites but nothing seems to be fitting for what my chinchilla is doing. I have taken her to the vet twice and nothing has been found to be wrong with her.

I got her about 5 years ago as a rescue, she was presumed to be young maybe 3 years old, so possibly now around 8. I think she was fixed as I got her from the SPCA but I honestly haven't been able to tell over the years. She is always energetic and I do not have a male around her.

So what has been happening has been for about 2 years now. Its not often, maybe once or twice a month if even that often. Sometimes though it will happen a few times pretty close together, within 10 or so minutes. It mostly happens when she jumps down from one ledge to another.
What confuses me is it sounds like she is in pain, but doesn't act like it at all. She will just happily jump around afterwards. She hates her hips being touched but also doesn't seem to actually be in pain, more like it tickles and bothers her. And the vet said with xrays nothing appears to be wrong with her and she has fine mobility.

I read it can be because she wants attention but that also doesn't seem to be the case. A lot of the time she will just jump around or go sit in one of her houses afterwards. Anyways it appears to be common but I don't know if I should still be as worried as I am after all this time.

Thanks for any info :)

chins history

I like chins...

Chinchilla lost in appartement

Hello all,
Sunday when me and my girlfriend were taking a nap our2yo female that we had since june managed to escape from her cage. We followed the little poops she left behind and to our horror found out she went under the kitchen counter. We also found out that one of the plank from the floor under there was broken. We also saw with a phone taped to a broom that she went in there because of the poops. However, we do not hear her and she won't come back. We tried making the hole bigger so that she can jump through easily. We put treats and fresh hay next to the hole. She usually never eat anything that is not dry so nothing has a strong smell. Any tips on how we can find her/ make her get out of there?

Swollen genital male parts

Hello,
I just registered here bc i am concerned about my chin. I have a male chine who just turned 1 last week.
I noticed today that his genital parts were swollen. There is no exotic vet in my country and i dont trust the ones we have so i thought i would ask here first.
I am attaching a pic so u can tell me if its normal or if not, give me some advice on what should i do.
I have searched for an online vet but I haven’t had any problem till now.

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Tooth/Gum Injury

I have a 14 year old chinchilla who has been lucky enough to have avoided teeth problems so far.

Two nights ago he was eating hay and immediately started to act like something had irritated his mouth. He was pawing at it and a lot of other behavior to let me know there was a problem.

He wouldn't eat or drink that night so I gave him critical care via a bowl and offered him supervised water via bowl a few times. He drank quite a bit on that first night.

We went to the vet the next day and they looked at his mouth but no x-ray and he was not put under. She could see a red mark where something might have poked his gums. Teeth are straight and flat. We're on meloxicam now.

He isn't accepting any of the water via bowl anymore but is eating critical care on his own. It's hard to tell how much because we're not doing it via syringe since force feeding him creates other problems, including potentially irritating his mouth. He is still peeing and pooping, albeit far less than normal.

Does anyone know how long this type of injury takes to heal? He's still occasionally grinding his teeth and is definitely not himself. He begs for treats (shredded wheat) but ultimately doesn't eat it.

I put a cam on him 24x7 so I can play back what's he's doing when I am not there. He's not attempting to eat pellets, hay, and he only tried his water bottle once for a second. Last night, I woke up at 3AM and he was hungry enough to eat critical care. He hopped out of his cage to come get it.

We're about 30 hours in... and very concerned. I am regretting not doing an x-ray to be sure whatever caused this isn't there for sure.

Catching chins when play time is over?

So I am on week 3 of having my two chins. They are 2 weeks old and I had gotten them from a lady off of kijiji.

So I’ve been letting them venture out this week into the classroom once the students have left. I started with opening the bottom door to see if they were interested. Them seemed to want to but the jump was high so I used a dust bath to transport them out (they do not like being picked up, and I don’t want to chase them around the cage).

Now I have found a way to use a mini chair as a step for them on their way down, so I open the door after the students are gone and they come out when they are ready to.

But it’s getting them back in is what the problem is....

One of them I can use the dust bath trick (she still freaks out and bites me a bit when I cover the front but seems fine once she is out). But the other one seems to be learning the trick... she will only stick half her body into the bath! I tried to scootch her bum in but the exact opposite happened... she panicked tried to get out but hit my hand and then got so scared of me and wouldn’t go near the dust bath again... it ended up with her in a little cubby barking at me while I was trying to get her to go back in. I have never felt so bad in my life. I could tell she was scared and after almost an hour of trying a combination of letting her calm down, getting treats and out smarting her I got her. But I knew she was not a fan of this procedure. Once I got her into the gate she seemed fine (even grabbed a snack). And once she calmed down when she was on the floor she would come and sniff my fingers and stuff so I don’t think she scarred tooooo much. Or I hope not anyways.

My point is, I don’t know what to do to get her back in... and I don’t want to deter her from dust baths. But she really does appear to enjoy going out of the cage... especially since she makes the journey her self.

Any suggestions?

Got my new chin, and thinking whats normal and whats not.

So, me and my wife got a chin a month ago. We never had one, but she had a rabbit for a while. Oh and we named him Goku :D According to pet store workers hes around 5months old.
So, after we got him, we did read almost everything on this forum, it was very helpful. So when we got him, gor a first week he was always barking when we approached him. Then he settled down. Now he almost doesnt make any noise, except for squeeking. As always the pet shop gave us crap food and wheel, because thr wheel was only 11". The food was only balanced chin food, which is different pieces. Had no problem with getting the proper food here in lithuania, but theres nowhere to get a 14-16" wheel. But found a guy who will make it for us.. anyways, we just got a bigger cage, with more room, and more stuff to do. And now hes not as active as he used to be in a small cage with only a house. He often sleeps on the side or on the stomach, not moving when wr try to pet him (he did used to move and sniff the arm), its as if hes playing dead. He always was active from 00:00 too 9 in the morning, but now hes sleeping almost all the time. On play time, when we let him out hes active as always, but its different when he gets in the cage. Could it be that he doesnt like the cage, or hes not used too?
We feed him only hay grains, hay, and from time to time we give him oats as treats.

Treats? Bananas and raisins?

So I just got two chinchillas two weeks ago from a girl on kijiji. She was giving them bananas and raisins as treats, however I have been learning that she really did not know much about chinchillas... So I am wondering if giving them 2 banana chips a week, and 2 raisins is too much? Or if these are even okay treats to give?

Thanks!
Christina

Not eating much

Tuesday I took my chinchilla to the vet because he was chewing on his tail and had a bald bloody spot on it. The vet said that she thought it could have been heat that caused him to get stressed and chew on his tail (unfortunately for a few days the AC stopped working and it got hot in the room, and on the third day the tail chewing began) and just to be safe she gave us an antibiotic "sulfa/trimel" 0.2ml twice a day, and a pain medication "meloxicam" 0.15ml twice a day. (syringe feeding meds). She also said he could have gotten a parasite, or fleas/mites/etc and also prescribed some feline flea medicine for once a month for 4 months.

His poop has been a little small for the past 2 days, especially today. and last night he didn't eat much of his hay, pellets, or drink much water. He ate some, but not much. So I was handing him some hay today, and he only seemed to be interested in the brown thin pieces of hay, not the green thick pieces. He was eating the brown hay that I handed him, so I have a little hope. But there is not much of the brown hay in the hay I have.

I am concerned, because although he ate/drank a little bit last night, he always completely goes through all the hay in the container I put it in. But last night as I said, he only went through/picked through a little bit of it. And as I also said, his poops are smaller and less frequent than they are supposed to be. Also some of them are a little bit soft (not diarrhea).

He has been extremely stressed out, because my husband has been having to pick him up in order to give him his medicine. We feel horrible and heartbroken but we have to pick him up, he won't eat the medicine in his cage. He makes angry sounds at my husband, he has sprayed my husband with pee (today). His last dose is Tuesday morning. His wound on his tail keeps scabbing over, but for some reason he keeps ripping the scab off. He also has been ripping off his tail fur (without it bleeding) and eating it. I think that is due to stress that my husband has to pick him up and he is terrified of being picked up.

Should I start trying to feed him critical care? Or is it too soon for that? Only last night he didn't go through all his hay, but his poops have been small for a couple of days now, and today they have been less frequent. He has been eating some of his pellets, but last night he ate barely any of them. And he did not drink much water last night.

Sorry for being redundant I am just all over the place and worried about him. Also, he eats farm Timothy hay 1st cut (meant to buy second cut but got 1st cut) and he eats Oxbow pellets, and for treats a dried rose bud. I am thinking his appetite is either gone due to stress (of being picked up), the medicine (it smells very fruity and sweet so maybe he wants only sweet foods, or as a side effect), or I don't know what else.

If we need to start feeding critical care, how much should I give? Can I home make it? If so, could you please list the ingredients/what to do in detail?


Thank you

Hay feeder ideas!?

So I just got my two chins two weeks ago as a class pet for my grade 5 class. Things have been going pretty well! I had a wooden hay feeder for them but they’ve already chewed the entire front off of it! All the feeders at the pet stores around here (Manitoba, Canada) have either wooden ones or plastic ones, or once’s that say the material is plastic and wood mixed?

I don’t really know what to do as I don’t want to have to buy a new hay feeder every two weeks but I am nervous about getting a plastic one...

Accidentally got syringe medicine in fur

I have been having to give my chinchilla antibiotics and pain medication through a syringe to his mouth, and I accidentally got a little bit of it on the top of his head on the top of his fur. I quickly gave him a dust bath and now it is dried/crusted. What do I do? How do I safely get it off, or will it work its way out?

Not sure what spooked her?

Hi!

Still relatively new chin owner just looking for anyone who might have any answers before I freak out and take her to the vet.

I don't know if this can be explained with "she's in heat" or not. I tend to want to think something spooked her but I watch her like a hawk during play time and otherwise the only visitor to my room occasionally is a sleepy old dog who doesn't even know she exists and that my chin has been pretty used to.

A couple days ago my normally very excited to play chinchilla stopped wanting to come out of the cage. If it's bath day she'll come out for a quick bath and then run back to the cage but even still she looks at the bath like she's wary of going in it. When she comes out she sniffs a bit too and twitches her tail back and forth very sharply & I'd say irritably.

I don't think she's afraid of me. We're pretty chummy and she's always excited to see me. But all she wants to do is get me to come over to the cage so she can perch her front paws on my shoulder from the safety of the cage and groom me a bit, but mostly stay alert for something that's bugging her I guess that I don't see, and get pats and comforts.

She's even become strange about shreddies. When I give them to her now she thinks about it for a long time before taking it and once taking it she puts it in her mouth and dances around and looks around like she wants to eat it but she's too nervous to or something.

I'm starting to think she's seen a ghost. But more than that I'm worried if I should be thinking about a vet visit or not. She's eating pellets fine, drinking water etc.

Anyone have any idea what could be up with her all of a sudden? She has never ever ever skipped out on playtime before.

Violet Male and Beige female

Violet male, 2 years old. Very friendly and handable. No pedigree but from JAGS lines. $100 pet only.

Beige female. 3 years old. Very friendly and handable. No pedigree. $50 pet only.

Located in Chicago suburbs. Willing to drive a little to meet.

I can email several pictures on request, I’m having a hard time resizing them for this site.

HELLLPPPPPP Fungal infection or rough housing?

Hi I'm not sure if my chin has a fungal infection or not. I have some pictures in the link below. There's some discoloration in the whiskers of one and now I'm noticing a few have broken off. This chin is definitely the more passive of the two but I'm worried it's a fungal infection. I don't see any hair loss in the surrounding area and no pink areas or patchy skin. The only indications I have are the discolored spots on his whiskers and some that have broken off. Please help.

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Fungal Infection or rough cage mate?

Hello,
I have two boy chinchillas and I originally noticed some discoloration in the whiskers of Thumper my more grey- white mosaic. Today I now see that a couple of his whiskers are broken. His cage mate Kiko has long lovely whiskers and I haven't noticed this discoloration. I'm not sure if I should treat them both for a fungal infection and clean everything or if it's just the two of them rough housing. I don't see any pink spots or flaky skin and no changes in behavior. I know Kiko is the dominant one between the two of them and he's pretty vocal about it. I'll attach pictures so you can give some advice. Please let me know what you guys think, I'm worried.

My Chin's Behavior is Confusing Me

Hello everyone! I am new to the forum so nice to meet ya'll.

My name is Alicia and I currently have four chinchillas. Here's some important backstory for my chinchilla family. A little under a year ago I adopted two chinchillas from a friend who could not care for them anymore. Their names are Alfa and Rosa. We were under the belief that Rosa was infertile. She is approx. four years old and during that time shes had two owners besides me: a breeder and my friend. With the breeder, she never conceived any kits and that is why the breeder sold her. My friend adopted her and a male chinchilla (Alfa) under this impression. Fast forward a year or so and I adopted them. Fast forward two months ago and there was a huge surprise in the cage. Rosa had given birth to two kits!

With my very limited knowledge, I sexed them as boys. They both have a definite gap between the cone and such. Some recent events are worrying me. I have mom & kits in a separate cage than Alfa at the moment to prevent any more surprises. While cleaning Alfa's cage today I thought it would be OK for them to hang out for a little bit. Well, I witnessed Alfa mounting the kits multiple times (They are nearly 8 weeks old now).

As they are near weaning age (I think), this worries me because I had plans on keeping the kits with Alfa when fully grown. I don't want them fighting.

Could anyone offer some advice?

Chin Afraid of Hammock

Hey everyone,

So- my wife and I just took a chinchilla from a pet shop in Poland about a week ago. We definitely weren’t planning to take a pet while we are here (I play basketball and this season I am playing for a team in Poland) but we saw him sitting in a bad cage in a pet shop in the local mall and he looked so depressed for two weeks as we walked past him each day that we decided we really wanted to give him a better life. He’s a bit tentative around us but he’s been warming up very well over the first week we’ve had him. The only thing that has really confused us is he is morbidly afraid of the hammock we got him. When we try hanging it up he barks and runs in his home and doesn’t come out for a long time. Nothing else makes him act like this, just hanging the hammock up. Is this a common behavior at all or could it be from conditions he was in before we got him?

Thanks for any help!!

Hiya

Two of my favorites in one photo. Elle the hedge with a strawberry on the side. :bump1:

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Looking for female chinchilla in St Pete FL

Hi I am looking for a female mosaic, white or light silver female chinchilla prefer between 3 to 6 months old. If you or anyone you know has one contact me at Angiekins23@yahoo.com she will go to a good home as I am a Certified Vet Tech and have experience with Chins. Thank you