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[prince_medion]

Hi, one of my chins who has got a rather naughtier disposition than the other one, always scratch and pull at the fleece on the bottom of the cage when he wants to come out. He does not chew them or damages it, he just pulls them when it's time or nearly time for cage clean/play time. The other does not do it often and will stop if told no. I have tried blowing on him, telling him no, pointing at him and even ignoring him and he then will stops for a minute, look at me with surprise like "what!!?? what's your problem?" but then carries on till we open the cage.

What else could I do to stop him as it really annoys me.

[GrayRodent]

I don't think there's really a way to stop it. You might try ignoring it. My white mosaic chin does this to the door of the cage sometimes. I just go about my own routine whether or not he does it.

[BLS Chins]

You can't make them stop. Either make it so they can't pull up the fleece or change the bedding type

[prince_medion]

i just found out technology is the way! i've got an ap on android phone called chinchilla translator, which has got recordings of vocalizations and what they mean. i started playing the "this is annoying" sound and that made him stop.

[GrayRodent]

I've downloaded that.
Some years back the dev contacted me and I told him I couldn't promote it because of ads. I was pretty new to the smartphone world then and later realized it really wasn't a big deal. So really I should have recommended it.
That's really neat you were able to use that app like that.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.goallabs.android.app.chinchillacommunicator&hl=en