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Chinchillas => Q & A => Topic started by: jreichle64 on February 12, 2012, 08:02:58 PM
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Hi I have 5 chins and 2 of them are 3 week old baby girls. Right now I have mom and the girls together and we put dad with mom and babies during the day, and separate at night to spend time with our other girl chin.Our male chin is neutered.
We have a 3 tier ferret cage which can be sectioned off.To give mom a break from the babies, we let mom,dad and our other female chin run around the kitchen, but our mom chin attacks the other chins . Not sure why this happens because they are bonded. When i put dad with mom in the cage with the babies they are fine. We haven't put the other female with mom and the babies yet.
How do i go about introducing the mom, babies and other girl chin. My goal is to eventually have all of them live together. Also when can i give the babies a dust bath. Thanks.
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Females are territorial so it can be very hard to get them together. You also have the issue with size differences between the other girl and the babies. My suggestion would be to wait until you wean the babies and then try to work on getting the two girls back together. Remember chinchillas can kill each other if they are housed together before they are ready so go slow and take your time.
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Thank you for the information. Dad is with babies and mom right now and doing well.