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Guestbook / Re: hi everyone!

« on: January 21, 2010, 11:50:43 AM »

thanks.  i'm gonna try these tips & i'll keep you all posted on my progress.
i knew going into this they might not get along.  i just wanna make sure i'm trying everything before i give up.

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Guestbook / Re: hi everyone!

« on: January 20, 2010, 10:46:42 AM »

Would having two happy cats have something to do with two chinchillas that are not happy?   

Are the chins both female or both male or one of each?

teehehe.  the cats don't like the chins actually. they're more interested in the squirrels and birds outside.
they're both ladies

Have you placed them in cages side by side so they can get used to each other?

when i first brought kricket home- she was quarantined for a month downstairs and monkey was upstairs.  then i moved kricket to the other side of monkeys room.  i slowly moved the cages closer and closer until they were right next to each other- but kricket tries to attack thru the bars.  now we live in a small apartment.  so i divided monkeys cage into a top and bottom and they both live in there divided by a solid sheet of wood.

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General Chat / Re: tips on befriending 2 chins

« on: January 19, 2010, 10:19:18 PM »

Get a small carry cage ... this will be the "time-out" cage ... the one to start the fight/scuffle gets a 5 minutes time out inside the cage while you play with the other one.  They are smart and will soon realize fighting gets you stuck in a small cage, with no privileges, while mommy plays with the other one.

i really like this idea! thanks Jo Ann

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General Chat / Re: tips on befriending 2 chins

« on: January 19, 2010, 10:17:00 PM »

put them in a situation that would force them to want to be together more than facing the situation

sounds like you're suggesting something i read up on called "smooshing"  ...?  which in theory makes sense- but sounds too dangerous.  the only other technique i've read that i haven't tried is cage inside a cage.
what i need is a chinchilla whisperer.  i swear they are just getting more and more resentful of each other

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General Chat / Re: tips on befriending 2 chins

« on: January 19, 2010, 10:10:52 PM »

Now you have two alpha females, and I'm guessing, trying to get kricket into Monkey's cage.

i bought her a ferret nation cage a while ago so we'd have room for a second chin.  i've always felt bad that she was all alone.

Do both girls trust you? Can you do what ever you want with them, with out either being fearful of you?

they both have their moments with me.  monkey doesn't mind me cleaning her cage. she doesn't run away from me- even when i'm pushing her out of the way.  she loves being pet and kissed. and she doesn't try to escape.
kricket is getting better and better about being touched. she'll stay to be pet under her chin for a minute or 2 at a time. she eats the broom when i'm cleaning and doesn't mind me pushing her away. and once in a blue moon she'll climb out on my hand and up my arm.  but if i pet her back- she squeals a bit and runs away. she'll climb up to my head when i'm sitting at play time. she would jump out of the cage if i wasn't looking though.
and she also does this weird thing i've never seen before: sometimes she grabs my hand and squooshes it into her chest and perches on my hand. and then she'll press my hand in tighter, and just stands there.

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General Chat / Re: tips on befriending 2 chins

« on: January 18, 2010, 11:12:50 AM »

thanks for the advice.  now i know to have a towel to throw on them and also wear leather work gloves to break them up when fighting.  but i don't want to put them together like that anymore.
is there anything i can try to make them like each other?
i realized they might not get along when i bought kricket- but that's why i took monkey to meet her.  they should've told me then if they weren't gonna get along.  it's not fair because now i love kricket too.  she tricked me.

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General Chat / Re: tips on befriending 2 chins

« on: January 17, 2010, 07:30:56 PM »

i've tried bathing them in dust and lots of baby powder before neutral playtime to get rid of smells.
- one time they got into an actual blur of fur fight.  i just stuck my hand in to grab one and got bit. i was so scared that one of them would get hurt i didn't know what else to do. the whole think probably only lasted 10 seconds. but i cried because i said they were never gonna get along.  that was months ago.
i've also put cages at seperate ends of room and gradually moved closer and closer. kricket kept spraying monkeys cage.  so i kept them apart.
i tried switching dirty cages so they can smell the other one for a half hour at a time.
right now they live in the same cage seperated in the middle by a solid piece of wood. one on top and the other on bottom.
when i hold one of them near the oposite end of cage- the other one tries to bite it thru the bars- even though it's way too far away.

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General Chat / tips on befriending 2 chins

« on: January 17, 2010, 07:19:26 PM »

can anyone give me some pointers here? need chins to be friends
i'm at my wits end with these 2.
i've had monkey forever. she's about 9 years old.  i've always wanted her to have a cagemate and i'm at a point where i can do that now.  so i picked up kricket on fathers day who was supposed to be a year old.
when i first saw kricket she had a newborn.  and i visited them all the time.  i would've loved to take the baby home, problem is i needed another girl. & since i don't know how to sex a chin, i couldn't risk the pet store being wrong (again)
-when i got monkey they said she was a boy.  she stayed that way for almost 7 years.  even her first vet didn't know any better.
before i purchased kricket- i took monkey to the pet store and they were put in a booth together.  they didn't care about each other to much. neither of them bit or peed on the other & neither of them acted scared.
kricket went to the vet and quarantine, although they already met.
then when it was time to meet in the play ring- they peed on each other and ran to seperate corners

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Guestbook / hi everyone!

« on: January 17, 2010, 06:43:38 PM »

i am new to this forum trying to get help with a situation i have goin on.
i have a 9 year old chin.  got another one about a year old -at the time- on fathers day.  and they don't like each other.
so i need to fix that.
& i have 2 happy cats.