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Breeding 101 / Can you breed two chins that aren't cage mates?
« on: November 06, 2014, 03:58:26 PM »
I am new to the forum. I have had impersonal experience with chinchillas over the past ten years through a friend who used to have a breeding pair that were also her pets. I recently got two female ebony chinchillas that I absolutely adore. They have fantastic personalities and are a joy to watch bounce around.
It seems though, that all of the breeding information that I can find, is if you have a male and female that are bonded or that you want to bond and to be cage mates. My two girls are sisters and are about a year old and have never been separated. I do not wish to separate them now just to introduce them each to a male partner and have them bond to two new chinchillas. Are you able to use 'stud' males (not quite sure what the accurate terminology would be) and if it is possible to mate two non bonded chinchillas would my two girls be likely to kill one another's babies?
Thanks for any information!
It seems though, that all of the breeding information that I can find, is if you have a male and female that are bonded or that you want to bond and to be cage mates. My two girls are sisters and are about a year old and have never been separated. I do not wish to separate them now just to introduce them each to a male partner and have them bond to two new chinchillas. Are you able to use 'stud' males (not quite sure what the accurate terminology would be) and if it is possible to mate two non bonded chinchillas would my two girls be likely to kill one another's babies?
Thanks for any information!