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« on: October 03, 2010, 03:57:02 AM »
I just got my first chinchilla Dusty, a few days ago. He is about 7 months old and pretty good so far. The only thing is, the first day he slept fine in his little hut, ever since then he has been only going in there for minutes at a time and then climbing to the top tier closest to where I am and resting against the bars and sleeping. Is this normal? Is there anyway for me to teach him to sleep in his hut? I think I am pretty lucky so far, if I put both my hands in he hops into them when I want to bring him out to play. I have an extra room in my house that is completely empty, so I put a towel, his rolling ball and a toilet paper roll in there. It is a pretty big room, about 15 feet x 8 feet. He runs and hops all over the walls. The first day he was pretty good at letting me hold him, now sometimes he struggles, but it is not an always thing. Also, I read a million different things on dust baths, I have given him only one so far, but am thinking about leaving it in his room so he can use it when he plays, he tends to only spend 5 minutes max in it at a time. He also eats a large amount of hay and not a great deal of pellets, but he can eat about 2 hay balls worth of hay a day. I think this is due to me giving him about 2 hours of run around time in his room. Sorry for blabbering on.
