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Looking to breed male chinchilla (western WA)

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kageri:
Even if you knew the necessary info about him you can't just stud out a chin.  They take weeks if not a month or more to introduce.  Then it is very stressful to separate them again.  You never know exactly when they breed.  It's not like my rabbits where I pop a female in with a male and watch for him to breed her hopefully at least 3 times before putting her back in her own cage.  If you are watching the chins all day, every day you might see the male try to breed the female.  You'll never know if it did happen until kits appear.  It's a complicated process with chins.  The risk of death is also fairly high because of how developed their offspring come out.  Although it is better than guinea pigs because the kits are not as bulky.  It's still a serious risk you'll lose the female or the kits.  There's no reason to put a female through that for non-pedigreed kits.

BLS Chins:
You can't stud out a male chin. They don't work that way. Leave him as a single chin or get him a male buddy. He does not need to have a female. There are many genetic things your chin may carry that you and a vet can not tell. Malo, heart murmurs, kidney failure, seizures... are just a few. He may never show signs but you don't know what his parents had since he is a rescue. Do not breed him.

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