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Chinchillas => Q & A => Topic started by: romeroom on March 19, 2009, 01:11:43 PM
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Just got a new female Chin yesterday. Two years old. Tame. She came from a breeder who took great care of her. She served as a mom and was put up for sale due to a miscarriage.
Live in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Right now she's in the basement, which is a bit cool. So, the quick questions:
1. Is the basement and OK place to keep her? It is cool, but not cold. Is there a minimum and maximum temperature for her living quarters.
2. What should we do to make her transition to our home the best possible?
Our kids are 10 and older. Other current pets: 2 parakeets and 2 hamsters.
Anything other suggestions beyond the two questions accepted. Thanks.
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Congrats on your new little fur ball.
55- 72 is the best temps, and as long as it's dry the basement is fine.
So as not to stress her let her come to you. Open the cage door and see what she does.
Offer her a treat and a dust bath, but don't force anything onto her just yet.
I like to give my customers something from their cage like a house,tube or piece of fleece that they are used to.
Give her time to get use to the new smell, sounds, and surroundings.
Don't change anything with her feed until she is settled.
Don't give her too many treats.
They have their own little ways of telling you what they want and don't want.
For the first couple of weeks pay close attention to her behavior, eating habits, and her out put.
This way you'll know if a problem should arise.
If she's pretty tame she may not mind the move and be very happy with all the attention.
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::silly:: I agree with everything Debbie said ... about the only things I could add would be time, patients and allot of TLC! ::silly::
Since she had a misscarriage, I don't think I would want to take the chance of breeding her. (If she has had more than just the one.)
Do not put the birds near or in the same room with your chinchilla ... in the wild, birds were one of their prey ... the noise birds make, usually startles and will stresses the chin.
Spend as much time with your little one as you can. Just acknowledge it's presence anytime you are within eye site of your new little furby.
::wave:: Jo Ann