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[chinchillalover101]

As some of you may now, my chinchillas strongly disliked each other. Now that my younger one is bigger than my older one, they're finally starting to get along. I started to take them out together on a couch and let them into neutral territory. I found that they didn't bark or fight. I did that for a couple of days and recently brought them into a bathroom. They did fur bite for a little, however, now they seem to be mutual. They will get stand on two legs and stand tall and bark once but afterwards, they just squeek and run around. I put the stairs back into their cage and they both went into each others sections.I did this for 20 minutes then closed to off again/  Im going to continue to this and see how it works out and hopefully they will get along. I have a question. Sometimes they will pull out each others fur but they won't bark or anything. Also, they go nose to nose. what does this mean?

[GrayRodent]

That doesn't sound it's working out very well to me. When chinchillas pull hair out of each other it's recommended to keep them separate. Fur pulling is quite often a precursor to bloodletting. Maybe you should try again in two weeks.

[BLS Chins]

Standing up means they feel threatened and are very defensive. The kacking is a them showing disgust and telling the other chin to leave them alone. Chasing and or pulling out the other chins fur is them openly attacking, so not a good sign. I would personally stop the intro before one of them gets hurt. They are giving you clear signals that they dislike each other