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Health / Re: Biting, and other attitude changes in my chin
« on: January 22, 2010, 08:39:16 PM »
Thank you for the replies 
If she is pregnant, this will be her second litter. The kit from the last litter is almost a year old now (sidenote: I sold the kit in May and the owner stopped by with her to visit a few weeks ago.. it was the best thing ever to see her fully grown happy and healthy!) and I kept the mom caged alone for about 3 months after the kit was weened. She doesn't play nice with other chins, but you could tell she was very lonely, so we were lucky enough to find a young male that she just adores. The space between the litters is enough for her, she is perfectly healthy so i am not concerned there. We did want these two to mate, she is just so picky we figured it would be longer.
Steven, I have never found the mating plug either. With this female and her first pregnancy she had no weight gain or signs at all, the only reason we guessed that she was pregnant was because she liked to be held and seemed to want to be around someone at all times, which is not her normal behavior at all.
Well, since this may be a few months till she clams down, does anyone have an suggestions on how to co-exist with an upset momma chin? I'll be honest, the other 5 are all sweet and love to be social, I had no issue getting them used to being handled by me and my fiance with in a week or so. I have tried every day sitting on the other end of the room and reading to her for a little bit, and offering her pellets, hay and treats through the cage to see if she will get used to me again. She just takes the food, and if i linger any longer she will try and spray or bite. i will put a dust bath bucket next to me and she will bathe near me, but if i move at all she will pee (bath time is the only time she will come out of the cage on her own). I have to cover my hands when i feed her or take her mate out and i have to put a blanket over her to take her out to clean the cage. Any suggestions i can try, or anything that may work better?
Thanks again everyone!
If she is pregnant, this will be her second litter. The kit from the last litter is almost a year old now (sidenote: I sold the kit in May and the owner stopped by with her to visit a few weeks ago.. it was the best thing ever to see her fully grown happy and healthy!) and I kept the mom caged alone for about 3 months after the kit was weened. She doesn't play nice with other chins, but you could tell she was very lonely, so we were lucky enough to find a young male that she just adores. The space between the litters is enough for her, she is perfectly healthy so i am not concerned there. We did want these two to mate, she is just so picky we figured it would be longer.
Steven, I have never found the mating plug either. With this female and her first pregnancy she had no weight gain or signs at all, the only reason we guessed that she was pregnant was because she liked to be held and seemed to want to be around someone at all times, which is not her normal behavior at all.
Well, since this may be a few months till she clams down, does anyone have an suggestions on how to co-exist with an upset momma chin? I'll be honest, the other 5 are all sweet and love to be social, I had no issue getting them used to being handled by me and my fiance with in a week or so. I have tried every day sitting on the other end of the room and reading to her for a little bit, and offering her pellets, hay and treats through the cage to see if she will get used to me again. She just takes the food, and if i linger any longer she will try and spray or bite. i will put a dust bath bucket next to me and she will bathe near me, but if i move at all she will pee (bath time is the only time she will come out of the cage on her own). I have to cover my hands when i feed her or take her mate out and i have to put a blanket over her to take her out to clean the cage. Any suggestions i can try, or anything that may work better?
Thanks again everyone!