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General Chat / New Chinchilla Behavior Questions
« on: May 21, 2012, 08:13:52 PM »
Hello, I am new to the forum and new to owning my first chinchilla. My chinchilla(Gizmo) is 11 weeks old and I have had him for two weeks now. He is an adorable little guy and I am already growing attached to him. But I just have a few questions to those willing to help me. So first off he started off not biting, then he would start to do a little nibbling but recently it has grown to a bite. He has drawn blood only once, but when I put my hand in his cage he will come up and it's okay then he will start biting. We have been letting him out to play, not too long but for a little while, and recently I read that you shouldn't let them out until they are 6 months old. I am not sure if this is true or not so if someone could confirm I would appreciate it. But since starting to let him out every time I open the cage he tries to jump out even off the highest level. He will try to jump over my hand and if I stop him he will start biting, could this be the reason he is biting or can it be something else. Those are my main concerns right now, and I just want him to like us back. If anyone could help we would much appreciate it. Thank You