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I recently adopted two male brother chins from a pet store. They are both six months old. I originally purchased the first one and then after two days got the second one as I thought it would be better for the both of them. The first one is Niko aa timid but super friendly chin and the second is...

I recently got two new degus from the pet store and they were fairly young. So for a while they were skittish since i had taken them away from their mother and they were settling into a new home. Eventually they became more and more comfortable and would no longer scurry away and hide whenever i...

We have a problem with helping our ferrets get along and need some help and advice. We have had Lola for about a year and a half, and she is 2 & ½ years old. When we got her, we had a pair of ferrets named Teela and Datsun. Teela was 5 years old (vet’s best estimate) and was extremely and...

Hi all. I am very frustrated with my degus and need help from anyone who has been in the same situation. I have introduced 2 new degus to my one degu that i had and followed the introduction process carefully and at first, fantastic! Now it seems a couple of days on that my older degu is fond of...

I'm new to the forum but this place has helped me before on various questions so I thought I'd turn here for help. This post is a bit long, but I'd really appreciate the read through and help. Thanks in advance. A few months ago, we had to separate our two female rats (both about 10 months...

I need some advice. I have done a couple of introductory meetings between Squid and my other boys. Squid just tries to hump them all the entire time. With Shiloh and Phineas he chases them around and never gives them a moments peace, until they finally get fed up and try to pin him down, but...

Hi all, yesterday I got 2 male mice (approx 8 weeks old). They have been raised together and seem perfectly fine with eachother. However, this morning we woke to find Frodo (the more adventurous and what seemed to be more dominant one) with a little bald patch on his back. We're worried Pongo...