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Q & A / Re: Help! Am I doing this wrong??

« on: May 31, 2017, 12:54:59 PM »

Hi!
Chinchillas need a lot of time to get used to a certain person and they take a lot of time to trust someone. Some chinchillas also don't like to be picked up or handled at all.. You should try some things to bond with your chinchilla like speaking to him while he is in his cage, place your hand in the cage and let him smell it. If you let your chinchilla out for playtime you should try to sit on the floor, chinchillas are very curious so he will come up to you.

I personally don't think not leaving him out for play time would help your situation, but that's just my point of you. I have had my chinchillas for over a year and after almost 8 months I was able to pick them up and handle them. I recently got a new chinchilla and I was able to pick him up after a week. Some chinchillas take more time then others and some chinchillas like to be handled and others don't..

I hope this helped.

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Q & A / Re: How to introduce a new chinchilla

« on: May 25, 2017, 05:29:12 AM »

I replied to your post, I have had them in the hamster cages for two days now and everything seems okay. They are sleeping together now and when having play time my female does not chase him around anymore. I am still keeping an eye out to check but so far everything seems to be fine! You should try this method aswel with your chinchillas!

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Q & A / Re: Trying to get 4 chins to play and get along

« on: May 25, 2017, 05:24:37 AM »

Hi!

I am not a chinchilla expert but I had a similar problem! I have had two chinchilla girls for over a year now and I was looking on a second hand site where I found a male chinchilla who was living in a rescue so I decided to adopt him. He is only 3 months old, my two girls are both over a year, close to two years now! I started by placing the cage with the new chinchilla next to the cage of my 'older' chinchilla's with three inches between them so they could not attack one another. After three days I put a small hamster cage with the new chinchilla in it, in the cage of my two girls and I have left him in there for 1 day, then i switched it up and placed my two girls in the smaller cage and placed my new chinchilla in the big cage so that his smell gets all over the cage and they could get used to each other. If you try this method you should place the hamster cage in a corner so if one of the chinchillas tries to attack the new chinchilla, he can go sit in the corner where he can't be harmed. I did this during two days and then I let them out together for play time and they are okay with one another now. If you put them all three together in the cage you should take out all accessories and food bowls,... and clean them very well so that they can't get territorial over those. If this method does not work for you I have read that you can place all four chinchilla's in a very small cage together, like a carrier, where they have no place to move so that they can't attack one another and you should leave them in there for a couple of hours during the day time so that they are 'forced' to be friends and apparently this method works a lot of the times as this is a method that a lot of breeders use to introduce the chinchilla's.

It is not guaranteed that your chinchilla's will get a long, if it doesn't match it doesn't match and we can't change anything about it.. It is totally possible to have four chins living together but in some cases it doesn't work.. If i were you I would try the methods listed above and if they still attack the new chinchilla, it isn't meant to be and it's best to keep them in separate cages..

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Q & A / How to introduce a new chinchilla

« on: May 24, 2017, 01:30:36 AM »

Hi guys!

My question for you today is: how do I introduce a 3-month old male chinchilla to my two female chinchilla's who are both over a year old? I have already put them next to each other in a neutral environment and everything seems to be okay. The only thing is that one of my female chinchilla's chases the male chinchilla around.

The breeder where I got my male chinchilla from told me to put a smal cage into the bigger cage and place the new chinchilla in the smaller cage so they can get used to each others smells, is this an okay way to introduce them? How long should the new chinchilla stay in the smaller cage?

Thank you

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Q & A / Bonding two chinchilla girls with a new chinchilla girl

« on: February 26, 2017, 11:21:16 AM »

Hi!

So I am wondering if it would be easy to bond two chinchilla girls with a new chinchilla girl? I already have two chinchilla's who get along very well. Now my friend is giving away her chinchilla because she can't take care of it anymore. The chinchilla was always housed alone and is 9 months old.. I really want to adopt her and give her two new friends but I am wondering if this will be an easy proces and if it will even work? Do you guys have any experience with this?

Thanks

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Q & A / Re: My chinchilla started acting weird

« on: January 22, 2017, 01:33:33 PM »

I've had them for a week and a half now and I bought them as a couple so they are together in the cage. There are no signs of fighting. I have a hamster which is in the same room but his cage is in the other side of the room.

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Q & A / My chinchilla started acting weird

« on: January 16, 2017, 01:42:15 PM »

Hi guys!

So I got my two chinchilla's last wednesday, I have a white mozaïek and a standard chinchilla. My white chinchilla really started opening up and started eating treats out of my hand en hopping on my legs, three days later she didn't come out of her cage, while my standard chinchilla did and she just stayed in her cage. The day after as well, and today she got out of her cage but she is acting really really scared while she wasn't acting like that in the beginning. What is happening to her?

Thanks..