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Chinchillas => Health => Topic started by: Nezumi Kmee on September 04, 2010, 10:24:09 AM
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Do female chinchillas have a menstral cycle like other animals or people? Because this late morning I found a blob of bloody looking stuff, and I am concerned as I have never seen this before.
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chinchillas do have a monthly heat cycle but they do not typically leave blood in the cage is she with a male? It could have been a miscarriage you found although usually the females clean that up. It is not normal to find a bloody blob in the cage
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Yes she is a male. They have been buddies for a long time now. My female Kabe has never bred before. So maybe a miscarriage seems right for a first time, but I don't know much about breeding. The night before I found this blob in the mid morning she was out of her cage running around in her ball for a few hours. She has never let the male breed, when he tries she yells at him and then its over, and then they go back to their normal play and hanging out.