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Health / My new chinny seems depressed. Please help!
« on: October 08, 2013, 09:03:02 PM »
A few months ago I bought a chinchilla from our local pet store and named him Charlie. He's gotten along very well and is happy and healthy. However, when we bought him we separated him from his little roommate. About a week ago I went back to the pet store for supplies and noticed the other chinchilla had still been there even after all this time; so we bought him and named him Geronimo.
Charlie and Geronimo got along sort of okay. Charlie tried to mount Geronimo a few times but we always separated them and eventually just kept them in separate parts of the same cage; albeit quarantined from one another. It's been about 3 or 4 days and I haven't ever seen Geronimo eat except for the occasional raisin treat. He drank a tiny bit of water when I fed it to him like a baby. I don't see him eating pellet chinny food but he may when I'm asleep or at work (?). He also doesn't eat hay or play. He just hides in one spot for hours. At first I thought it was because he's new and scared but now I'm beginning to get very worried. I don't want to take him back to the store - if there's any way we can get him to be happy with us we'll do it.
Any advice?
Charlie and Geronimo got along sort of okay. Charlie tried to mount Geronimo a few times but we always separated them and eventually just kept them in separate parts of the same cage; albeit quarantined from one another. It's been about 3 or 4 days and I haven't ever seen Geronimo eat except for the occasional raisin treat. He drank a tiny bit of water when I fed it to him like a baby. I don't see him eating pellet chinny food but he may when I'm asleep or at work (?). He also doesn't eat hay or play. He just hides in one spot for hours. At first I thought it was because he's new and scared but now I'm beginning to get very worried. I don't want to take him back to the store - if there's any way we can get him to be happy with us we'll do it.
Any advice?