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Tubby Loves Carpet

February 28th, 2010

The chinchillas have their daily out-of-cage playtime. When I put Tubby back to his cage after his playtime was over, I discovered this:

Tubby's jizz

Yeaaaaaa … I guess Tubby got a little too excited and relieved himself on the carpet. Mind you I discovered this a little after the deed was done, so the substance was already hardened. Not to mention this is carpet! How I cleaned the mess: I poured hot water and vinegar over it, let the solution sit in the carpet for a little while, then soaked the liquid with paper towel until it’s all dry.

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Valentine’s Day 2010

February 14th, 2010

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Winnie Valentine 2010

ps: Winnie is supposed to be holding a heart-shaped paper.

Tags: chinchilla, valentine's day
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Peek-a-boo

January 25th, 2010

Silly Winnie sure loves hiding!

Winnie hide

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Happy Howl-o-ween!

October 31st, 2009

From the chinnies (since they haven’t been featured on the blog lately):

Winnie Halloween 2009

Tubby Halloween 2009

ps: these pumpkins have been sitting in the fridge for too long, that’s why the face paint on the large pumpkin is peeling off.

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Angry Tubby

August 22nd, 2009

Having a lot less out-of-cage playtime these past 2 weeks due to my busy schedule, Tubby managed to devise a way to get back at me:

Tubby sharp apple

Yep, the ever-so-sly Tubby created sharp threatening tools out of apple sticks just to get back at me, I’m sure. I’m scared .. that one of these nights he’ll escape from his cage and really attack me.

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Summer Goodness - Strawberry

August 2nd, 2009

Leaves that is!

Tubby strawberry leaf

The chinchillas love dried strawberry leaves! They can’t eat the strawberries because they’re too wet (& may lead to diarrhea). Since I don’t have a dehydrator (which is on my wishlist), I wash the leaves clean and just air-dry them. I have a tupperware full of strawberry leaves that I picked from my garden. Hopefully that’ll last for awhile.

To see how the garden has progressed throughout the summer, see here.

Tags: chinchilla, chinchilla food, chinchilla foods, chinchillas, garden, gardening, strawberry, strawberry leaf, strawberry leaves, summer
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Summer Goodness - Cilantro

July 22nd, 2009

Since it’s summer, I’ve been keeping a vegetable garden growing all sorts of things. One of the things I’m growing is cilantro & my cilantros are going crazy! They keep going to seed every week & I have to keep trimming them. That’s surely a good thing for the hamsters

DH cilantro
Daddy Hamster (above) & Baby Hamster (below) enjoying freshly picked cilantro

To see how the garden has progressed throughout the summer, see here.

ps: the chinchillas also like cilantros, but they like them slightly crispy & dry.

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When It’s Hot ..

July 2nd, 2009

This is what the chinchillas do:

Tubby cooling on tile Tubby cooling himself off during playtime by lying flat on the terracotta tiles

Winnie cooling on cage bars Winnie cooling himself off after playtime by lying flat against the cool cage bars
Winnie’s ears turn bright pink whenever he’s hot