Fur chewing is
usually due to stress, boredom, or lack of nutrients when it starts in the adult stages of a chinchilla.
Are you keeping a lava stone, pine chew sticks and hay in his cage at all times?
What brand chinchilla food do you use?
Do you have any other chinchillas?
Has Chinch's cage been moved any where other that the same place, in the same room, and at the same height?
Has their been bug spraying?
New/different bleach, detergent or softener?
Rug cleaning?
New fragrance air freshener?
New perfume/cologne?
New deodorant?
Visitors?
Temperature change?
When did you turn the heat off and the airconditioner on?
How often do you give him a dust bath?
Has your routine changed at all?
Are you keeping the volume relatively low on your t.v. and radio?
Is he drooling?
Are his eyes watering?
Is he eating the normal amounts of food?
Drinking normal amount of water?
Are his poops normal? dark? large? oval? moist, but not mushy? firm, but not dry?
Jo Ann
P.S. Fussing or fighting between family members will stress a chinchilla.