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Chinchilla Supplies
Supplies for keeping a chinchilla include a large, multi-leveled cage, dust for dust baths, Timothy hay and Timothy pellets and some sort of shavings to serve as bedding. Collect the proper...
How to Take Care of Chinchillas
When taking care of chinchillas, always keep them in a cooler environment, provide regular dust baths, and feed them a nutritious hay and pellet food. Keep a chinchilla happy and active with...
How to Tame a Chinchilla
Taming chinchillas requires offering raisin treats, getting them used to your smell and handling them often to get them comfortable. Create a happy bond between chinchilla and owner with helpful...
Buying Chinchilla Cages
When buying a chinchilla cage, look for a large cage with multiple levels so that the animal can jump, crawl and navigate around its cage easily. Find the perfect chinchilla cage with helpful...
How Do Chinchillas Clean Themselves?
Chinchillas clean themselves by rolling around in a shallow pan of volcanic ash to absorb oils and dirt. Provide a chinchilla dust bath several times a week with helpful information from a...
What Is Being Done to Save Chinchillas?
Wild chinchillas are being saved by certain rescue foundations that are trying to help them breed and exist in the wild after they were over-hunted in the 19th century. Find out how wild...
Chinchilla Habitat
A natural chinchilla habitat is in high elevations, cool weather and a dry climate where they have access to fruits and vegetables that make up the majority of their diet. Explore the habitat...
Information on Chinchillas
Chinchillas originated in the Andes Mountains, but the domestic chinchillas available as pets were bred in California. Find out more about these nocturnal rodents with helpful information from a...
Chinchillas Life Cycle
The life cycle of a chinchilla usually lasts an average of 10 years, but they have been known to live up to 20 years in captivity. Explore a chinchilla's life cycle with helpful information from a...
Adopt Free Chinchillas
Chinchillas may be free for adoption at an exotic pet rescue center, but be sure it is a compatible pet for a particular lifestyle. Consider adopting a chinchilla with helpful information from a...
Causes of Chinchillas Hair Loss
Chinchillas can lose their hair if they are kept in too warm or too moist of an environment, if they have been attacked by another animal or if they have not been provided a dust bath on a regular...
Owning a Pet Chinchilla
Owning a pet chinchilla requires doing a bit of research to fully understand its lifestyle, as they are nocturnal, they live off of a hay-based diet and they can live for up to 20 years. Discover...
How to Tame a Chinchilla
Taming chinchillas requires spending lots of time with them, handling them often, holding them close to the body, petting them and allowing them to roam free in an enclosed area. Help a chinchilla...
How to Breed Chinchillas
Breeding chinchillas is usually done in a colony where the male can choose which female he wants to mate with. Understand the process of chinchilla breeding with advice from the manager of a pet...
Chinchilla Supplies
The supplies necessary for caring for a chinchilla include a large cage, a water bottle, bowls for food, dust for baths, an oil-free bedding and the proper food. Collect all supplies required for...
Adopt Free Chinchillas
Adopting free chinchillas can be difficult to do, but checking Craig's List regularly, as well as local human society Web sites, is a great way to save money when adopting a chinchilla. Find...
Chinchillas Cleaning Themselves
Chinchillas clean themselves by rubbing their bodies in a specially-formulated dust bath, which softens the fur and cleans out the skin. Provide the proper supplies for a chinchilla to stay clean...
Feeding a Chinchilla
Chinchillas should not be fed anything too high in protein or anything too fruity or sweet. Offer a standard chinchilla diet, and supplement it with Timothy hay or orchid grass, with advice from...
What is a Chinchilla
Chinchillas originate in South America, where they are avid climbers and live in caves. Understand a chinchilla's natural habitat in order to care for it adequately with advice from the manager of...
How to Treat Cat Flu
Treating a cat flu requires giving the cat prescription antibiotics and fluids through an IV, as sickly felines will often avoid eating and drinking, causing them to worsen much more quickly. Seek...
How to Keep a Fish Tank Clean
Keeping a fish tank clean involves making sure the filters are working properly, using a gravel vacuum to eliminate dusty water, adding an algae eater to the water and using specialty sponges to...
Symptoms of Cat Virus
The symptoms of most cat viruses include sneezing, coughing, ocular discharge, nasal discharge, loss of appetite and fever. Identify the signs of many feline viruses with helpful information from...
How to Take Care of a Sugar Glider
Caring for sugar gliders is not suitable for everyone, as this exotic pet requires a large cage, a specific diet and prescribed amounts of contact with humans. Understand how sugar gliders...
How to Adopt a Wild Animal
Adopting a wild animal can only be done by a licensed individual who rehabilitates the animal before letting it back into the wild. Find out why wild animals should never be tamed or domesticated...
Types of Exotic Pets
There are many types of exotic pets available for purchase, but many of them aren't legal in any state. Find out how to always research exotic pets with information from a veterinarian in this...
Skunk Mating
When it comes to skunk mating, in general, the males are polygamists that prefer multiple female partners. Find out if a female skunk is a delayed fertilizer with information from a veterinarian...
Skunk Pet Rescue
A person should never try to rescue a skunk from the wild, mostly because it could have rabies, which can be fatal to humans. Harbor pet skunks much like other small pets are kept with information...
Pregnant Skunks
When breeding skunks, remember that it can take anywhere from 60 to 75 days for gestation to occur. Discover solutions for possible labor problems with skunks with information from a veterinarian...
Skunk Farms
A skunk farm is a domestically bred skunk facility in which skunks are bred in a similar way to dog facilities. Find out how to de-scent a skunk at birth with information from a veterinarian in...
How to Take Care of a Chinchilla
When caring for a chinchilla, remember that they are crepuscular, which means that they are more active in the twilight hours of dawn and dusk. Base a chinchilla's diet around grasses and hay with...
How to Train a Skunk
Skunks are considered to be pretty smart animals that can be trained in a similar fashion to how dogs are trained. Discover how to reward a pet skunk with food with information from a veterinarian...
How to Care for Exotic Pets
Before caring for an exotic pet, remember that all pets have unique dietary and housing needs and not all veterinary clinics will see exotic pets. Learn how to do research and prepare for the road...
How to Buy a Pet Raccoon
In order to buy a pet raccoon, a person must first find out if raccoons are considered wildlife in their state. Discover what licenses are required to breed raccoons with information from a...
Giving Medication to Pet Sugar Gliders
Learn how to give medication to your pet sugar glider in this free video on sugar glider ownership and care.
Picking Cages for Sugar Gliders
Learn how to set up a cage for your pet sugar glider in this free video on sugar glider ownership and care.
The Importance of Pairing Your Sugar Glider
Learn how to pair and introduce companions to your pet sugar glider in this free video on sugar glider ownership and care.
How Much Attention Does a Sugar Glider Need?
Learn how much attention and care a sugar glider really needs in this free video on sugar glider ownership and care.
How to Build Front Panels on a Bat House
Build your own bat house front panels with these directions and plans. Learn how to build a bat house with three front panels in this free bat conservation video.
Build the Base of a Bat House
Make a base on a bat house to keep out predators with these directions and plans. Learn how to build a bat house base in this free bat conservation video.
How to Build the Roof of a Bat House
Build a bat house roof to protect the roosting bats from weather with these directions and plans. Learn how to build a bat house roof in this free bat conservation video.
Cutting Down the Back Panel for a Bat House
Build a bat house with good design for roosting bats. Learn how to build a bat house 13 inches wide in this free bat conservation video.
Cut the Ceiling & Floor of a Bat House
Build a bat house with a good roof and solid base to protect roosting bats from predators. Learn how to build a bat house protected from predators in this free bat conservation video.
How to Add Mesh to a Bat House
Put mesh in your homemade bat house to helps bats climb and roost. Learn how to build a bat house with mesh in this free bat conservation video.
Cut Angles in Walls of a Bat House
Angle the sides of a bat house to slant the roof for protection from weather. Learn how to build a bat house with an angled roof in this free bat conservation video.
Cut Front & Back Panels of a Bat House
Make a bat house 24 inches wide with front and back panels to support roosting bats. Learn how to build a bat house with panels in this free bat conservation video.
Cutting Down Side Walls for a Bat House
The height of a bat house sets how far from light and weather bats can climb. Learn how to build a bat house with walls wide enough for 100 bats in this free bat conservation video.
How to Prevent Illness in Tiger Salamanders
Learn tips for preventing illness in tiger salamanders in this free video clip about raising salamanders.
Caring for Ball Pythons
Learn how to take care of a Ball Python in this free exotic pet video.