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Conformation and Quality / Re: Beige and an ebony

« on: September 06, 2010, 12:21:43 PM »

Finally the answer I was looking for! Because I don't know my chins lines at all. You finally explained what I was trying to ask. And now I know that I must separate them. As far as my two standards go, they can't be. The guy that I got them from has had them together forever.
Where do I need to go to find a chinchilla show. I would really like to look into them?
And what do you mean by compliment each other? Is personality or gene traits?

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Conformation and Quality / Re: Beige and an ebony

« on: September 05, 2010, 05:55:59 PM »

Wow... I just got on here to get a more of an opinon, and to learn. I really don't need responses that don't help. As I have gotten diffrent answers from other people. My goal isn't to breed show chins. Just chins that are a good quality. As my local petstore buys my standards from me. And it would be nice to have other colors. And I read that a mutation to a mutation was not a great idea. So I was not sure after reading that if I should separate my two or not. I tried to post pic earlier today, but I don't have good internet.

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Conformation and Quality / Re: Beige and an ebony

« on: September 05, 2010, 11:33:27 AM »

I know that they are old enough to breed, as they are well over a year old. But in the post on the brown velvets, and it was said that you should not breed a mutation to another mutation. And my beige came from Wolf Swap down in Indiana, and my ebony came from a diffrent breeder from Indiana that I got from family. Just reading that post made me think that mine were breed from a mutation to another mutation, as I know my beige is a few months older than the ebony. And they are the same size. You can tell that my standards are bigger. My ebony and beige are not bad chins. They have nice thick coats, a nice white under layer. They meet everything, they are just not as big in size. And it makes me wonder if they ever breed if their kits would not be as good as it would be a mutatin with a mutation. Even they would produce a standard, that standard would not have as many quality genes. So it makes me wonder if I should separate them. But at the same time they both cry when they are apart. And right now my female doesn't let the male breed at all.

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Conformation and Quality / Beige and an ebony

« on: September 05, 2010, 07:28:07 AM »

So I have a begie and an ebony together. I know both are over a year old, and I am fine with them not breeding. I was just reading the thread about brown velets. And there was a ton of great info in there. Now I have a good idea on why my two chins are small. My beige and ebony are only half as big as my two standards. I really need to post pics of chins on here. Anyway reading all that info makes me think I should seperate them. Sadly I can't do that until I move in the spring time. The other sad thing is that these two chins are great friends... Should they be seporated so they don't produce bad kits?

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Health / Re: Found something weird in my cage

« on: September 04, 2010, 08:22:11 PM »

Yes she is a male. They have been buddies for a long time now. My female Kabe has never bred before. So maybe a miscarriage seems right for a first time, but I don't know much about breeding. The night before I found this blob in the mid morning she was out of her cage running around in her ball for a few hours. She has never let the male breed, when he tries she yells at him and then its over, and then they go back to their normal play and hanging out.

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General Breeder Chat / Re: The babies arrived finally! 2 white mosaics and a standard gray. EDIT: OMG O

« on: September 04, 2010, 11:47:15 AM »

Aww! You're so lucky! Congrats! (not sure how old this is)

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Health / Found something weird in my cage

« on: September 04, 2010, 10:24:09 AM »

Do female chinchillas have a menstral cycle like other animals or people? Because this late morning I found a blob of bloody looking stuff, and I am concerned as I have never seen this before.

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Breeding 101 / Re: Breeding pair and new neighbors?

« on: September 04, 2010, 10:10:04 AM »

Thank you. Thats good news. I really enjoy haveing babies. I love raising them. 

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Q & A / Re: Bonding Advice?

« on: September 04, 2010, 12:38:49 AM »

I like to sit on the floor near my chins cage with rasins, and I let mine hop around my room free for a while. They enjoy going on adventures, and then run back to me just make sure I'm still there. Thats usually when mine get a rasin or two. Its great for them as they get to run about out of their cage. They also love running around in a ball. That way you can keep an eye on them in a bigger room, and they still have fun running around.

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Guestbook / Hi

« on: September 03, 2010, 09:54:33 PM »

Hello everyone! I just found this forum, and I can't wait to learn more about my fave pet. I own four of them, two standard greys, and one male beige, and one ebony female. One of my goals is to learn about breeding. And one day I hope to become a breeder myself.

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Breeding 101 / Breeding pair and new neighbors?

« on: September 03, 2010, 09:39:04 PM »

I have four chins. Two per cage, and I have my cages layered. So one on top of the other. My standard pair that I bought together have had two litter of kits. And by now they should be due for another litter, but my question is will they stop breeding for a while if they have neighbors they are not used to? When they had their first two litters with me they we liveing at my boyfriends place, until I was able to make room for them at mine. So I was just wondering if new neighbors would change anything?