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Q & A / Re: New chin owner, bites
« on: January 21, 2009, 02:50:10 PM »
That actually makes a lot of sense, I will start doing that and hopefully will see results.
Thanks you.
Thanks you.
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Q & A / Re: New chin owner, bites
« on: January 20, 2009, 04:01:36 PM »
Well she still has the same problem as she likes to bite. She goes to the top of the cage as you said and if I go in my room even for a quick second I stop and talk a bit.
Her problem with biting though, I don't chase her at all. She will come up to my hand and bite it. Sometimes it a little nibble, but other times she will bite and break the skin just a mm or so. It might be more I've never been able to feel bites of animals too much. She loves to bite the knuckles of my hands only too, it weird.
Her problem with biting though, I don't chase her at all. She will come up to my hand and bite it. Sometimes it a little nibble, but other times she will bite and break the skin just a mm or so. It might be more I've never been able to feel bites of animals too much. She loves to bite the knuckles of my hands only too, it weird.
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General Chat / Re: What is you favorite chinchilla color?
« on: January 18, 2009, 01:54:29 PM »
I think they are all cute, but I really have a soft spot for the darker grey ones.
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Q & A / Re: Boxes safe to chew?
« on: January 18, 2009, 01:47:33 PM »
After I read this a few days ago I gave my chin a piece of cardboard box. She looked the other way but I came back a few hours and it was torn apart and moved through out the cage. If I put a new piece in she run to it and takes it out of my hand before I can put it down. She gets more excited about it than eating raisons or even oats.
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Q & A / Re: New chin owner, bites
« on: January 06, 2009, 10:43:02 PM »
Whenever she bit me or went to bite me I always calmly pulled my hand back slowly and closed the cage and walked a few feet away and watched tv or finished homework.Since I posted originally that I can tell I bonded a very small amount but not the greatest. Today I tried feeding her a raisin and she ate it out of my hand. She always eats hay right out of my hands now too. She eats it out of her bowl too but she really seems sure that I'm giving her something edible. I picked up one of her chew stone (volcanic stones) and I was moving it because it was in an odd position. She came up to my hand and started chewing it while I was holding it. I am not sure if this is an improvement but it seems so. As before she used to be really scared and hid in one corner, but now when she wakes up she'll jump around and stand on top of her little home or towards the top of the cage and look out.
Once I know shes really comfortable with me I might start handling her and possibly grooming her so shes used to it. Shes not going to be in shows but I like to keep all of my animals looking nice. As I've read a lot the bonding process is a long and possible treacherous one, but I know it will pay off in the end.
Also a question about exercise wheels, would it be too early to introduce one to my chinchilla. Shes less than 4 months old, petstore doesn't have birth date on her. If it isn't how would she react to it and is the flying saucer the best choice?
And as for feed I want to switch because I've found out that vitakraft isn't too good. Is mazuri a better feed.
Sorry for all the questions under this post.
Once I know shes really comfortable with me I might start handling her and possibly grooming her so shes used to it. Shes not going to be in shows but I like to keep all of my animals looking nice. As I've read a lot the bonding process is a long and possible treacherous one, but I know it will pay off in the end.
Also a question about exercise wheels, would it be too early to introduce one to my chinchilla. Shes less than 4 months old, petstore doesn't have birth date on her. If it isn't how would she react to it and is the flying saucer the best choice?
And as for feed I want to switch because I've found out that vitakraft isn't too good. Is mazuri a better feed.
Sorry for all the questions under this post.
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Q & A / New chin owner, bites
« on: January 05, 2009, 07:58:00 PM »
I got a new chin 6 days ago. I grabbed her from petco and she was frantic there but not entirely aggressive. The first day or two I kind of sat back and let her get used to the new cage and home. Being a new chin owner I wanted to give her a treat. She refuses to eat the treat and will come up and sniff the treat, than she starts sniffing me and just bites me. I sit a lot next to the cage as I do homework, build puzzles, watch tv. I let her out twice in my bathroom which was a huge hassle to get her back in. I want nothing more than to just bond with her. I know it requires patience and time. But has anyone else ever had this problem and how did they resolve it. Or is it just she has to slowly get used to me.
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