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« on: February 20, 2017, 02:59:15 PM »
I have adopted an older female chin named Lou Lou, she is 9 yo. She had two homes before me and was left in a small wire bottom cage most her life with little time out and human interaction. She is my first although I have ferrets in a different area of the house. She loves to be petted but gets really scared if she thinks someone is going to pick her up. I let her play in the room her cage is in ( witch I got her a spacious 5 layer cage ☺ï¸) so she gets out and goes back on her own when I am supervising. My main questions are should I attempt to pick her up anyway to show I won't hurt her? Or give her more time? I have had her 4 days and she will come up to me to be petted. Also I like for my pets to have a companion of the same species to interact with. Overall I just think they have a better life with known interaction. But given her age she may not accept a friend? I have done allot of research, have gotten her a good chinchilla food and timmothy hay, apple sticks and things safe for her to chew and her dust bath and seems allot happier than she was before. I just want what's best for her and would like advice from experienced owners please. Any help should be very much appreciated. Thank you!
