Hi! And Welcome to the Chinchilla Club Forum! They are beautiful white mosaics!
I would strongly suggest getting a whelping cage a.s.a.p. if she is pregnant. The cage she is in will allow the new kits to fall/crawl out between the wires. If the fall to the floor does not kill them, they could get chilled and die, or starve. These little ones can go much futher, much faster than you can imagine. They love quiet dark places and may not be found in time to save them.
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whelping cage must have wire
1/2" x 1" or smaller and be no more than 15" high. for the kits to be safe. When kits are born, they are born with the eyes open and fully furred. Usually, within an hour, they are playing. Within 24 to 48 hours, they will climb to the top of the cage. They can climb up, but not down, soooo ... when they reach the top, they turn loose and fall to the bottom ... the fall can kill ... or hitting anything on the way down can kill them. Whelping cages also need bedding. (Pine, Aspen or recycled paper ... no cedar and NO added odor controllers)
The lethal factor, should the male you have now be the sire, is a factor. BUT ... the lethal factor does not mean dead kits or deformed kits ... it means that 20 to 25% of the eggs will not be fertilized. Whites are also usually slower to breed ... but there are always exceptions to the rule.
*Do you know how long the two chins were at the pet store together?
The pet store you got the two chins from ... is it a national chain pet store or a 'mom & pop' pet store? If it is a national chain, as a general rule, the chins would be
less likely to be related ... national chain pet stores usually get their chins from a distributor that gets them from several different breeders. Usually the mom & pop (privately owned) shops will buy from a local breeder, when possible.
I hope that plastic water bottle has a metal shield in front of it ... chins will often chew a hole in the bottle making quite a puddle on the floor.
If there are little ones on the way ... there's lots to learn ... quickly!
Do you have a way of weighing her by gram weight? Logging her weight will also help let you know when the time is getting closer for her.
Have you felt any babies moving? (DO NOT poke, press or palpate to try to find out ... you can endanger/kill the kits.) You can feel them move by placing her in your lap ... give her a treat that will take some time to eat ... like a dried rose hip or papaya or bite-size mini wheat. Place one hand, palm up with your fingertips towards her tail ... allow her own body weight to let her tummy rest in your fingers. The first time you feel a movement (if you check daily) is usually about 2 weeks before the kits are born.
If she is a first time mom, you will notice the teats become pink and elongated and a little fur surrounding each will fall away.
She will also increase the water intake about 24 to 48 hours before time to deliver.
This a tiny bit of the information you need to learn.
Jo Ann
Post questions you might come up with and do a search on pregnancy posts in this forum ... there's lots of good info.
Check out websites of breeders. If you see conflicting information ... just ask us here ... we all have opinions on most everything.