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A new friend and concerns
« on: April 27, 2014, 05:19:29 PM »

We picked up or second chin the other day. She seems to be doing well with our other chin. But the other chin Effie seems more put out and a bit dominate and has been over shadowing the new one.
Now Effie has always been hyper and bouncing around the cage, but even more so now and runs towards the new one and bounces in the air. Sometimes the bounce off each other. There hase been now down and out fighting and they both seem too keep themselfs but we are concerned.

Effie is always skittish when we enter the cage anyway and we have not been able to hold her really. As i don't want to force my self on her to pick her up. But we keep trying.

Mrs K the new one likes to be held and is a lot calmer accross the board.

Pics are the grey is Effie the tannish is mrs K

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Re: A new friend and concerns
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2014, 05:29:28 PM »

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Re: A new friend and concerns
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2014, 09:36:24 AM »

You shouldn't just stick new chins in with current ones.  It's a good idea to quarantine all new animals for a month before letting them near your current ones.  Both to let them settle in and to watch for illness.  Ignoring the suggested quarantine period intros should be done over several weeks anyway.  The cages should be set next to each other for awhile and then free time in a small chin proof room or pen.  The bathroom works well for intros if you close the toilet, pick up anything they could chew on, and make sure the bathtub isn't too wet.  Chins shouldn't get wet.  After they are no longer getting excited or upset in free time then you put them together while you have time to observe them.  I've rolled cages in to the hallway so I could watch them from the computer.  Throwing them together is a bomb waiting to go off.  They may be fine or as the other settles in it may start refusing to be submissive to the old one.  In an instant they can go from friends to someone torn up and needing vet care.
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Re: A new friend and concerns
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2014, 08:36:06 PM »

Thank you for the info. As of tonight the two of them are doing great. They slept side by side all day and they have been playing together tonight.
Both are eating very good and drinking water. Effie seems very happy tonight with mrs k and seems like her old self. As a matter a fact when mrs k was in the house Effie started chirping a bit till mrs k came out then she went over too her and nuzzled her. Then they two looked like they where playing tag lol.
We are a happy chin owning family tonight :-)
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