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[andymilo]

hi everyone...this is my first time posting on this forum !! i am the proud parent of a baby chinchilla for almost 2 months now....when I bought him I was told he was a boy...after the lady turned him over, glanced, and said "it's a boy"....i have done a lot of reading that many times they are not properly sexed as male/female genitalia are very similar...i have tried to look online for pictures and I have tried to figure out myself...this reason I am posting is because I tried to do a ring check and I was very unsuccessful....I don't want to try again in fear that it will cause pain or damage...Also by looking at pictures online I am having doubts that he is in fact a boy....the genitalia can be best described as cone shaped and small...I do not see any slits...I know that there is suppose to be separation between the anus and cone in a male...but I'm not sure how far apart is accurate...any help is appreciated...i took some pics...they are not the best..but it was the best i good do...thanks

[Jenova]

Looks like a girl to me but there is a bit of a shadow. What you want to look for is whether there is a gap between the 'cone' and the 'hole'.
If there is a gap then he is a boy but if there isn't then she's a girl. It looks like there isn't a gap, but if she's quite young it can be hard to tell. That's just my opinion.

[Jo Ann]

    From what I can see in the picture, it looks like a female chinchilla.

On rare occasions, a male can be so small that it looks like a female, but you should be able to tell the difference by the time it is 6 weeks old ... I think you said you have had yours at least 2 months, so, it should be a minimum of 4 months old at this time.

   Jo Ann

The kits below are less than 1 week old.

[andymilo]

he is about 7 months...and there is a separation between the anus and the cone...i know that is required for a male...but it is not as far separated as pictures i have seen of adult chinnies...at 7 months is he considered an adult? also the cone is very small...and pointy towards the end...i don't know if this helps...the reason I am so confused is because by looking at pictures my little baby looks like he is inbetween a guy and a girl lol...if that makes any sense?

[ABC Chinchillas]

That really looks like a female. at 7 months they are pretty much almost fully grown.