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Chinchillas => Q & A => Topic started by: psycho_ash on February 24, 2010, 07:28:45 AM
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The other day, I was talking to Tia with the door open, just feeding her hay from my hands and such. She leaned up on her hind legs to groom her belly quick, and in that flash of time I saw something that looked awfully like boy parts.
Yesterday, I decided to inspect for myself. I got Tia out - she did very well, although she was hard to catch - sat her on my bed, and lifted her onto her hind legs so that I could see her belly. I only was able to look for about maybe five or ten seconds (she was having none of this!), but I made a diagram of what I saw.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/abunai_usagi/diagram.jpg)
I know what the anus looks like, but there was also that long thing... I know female chinchillas have a urethral cone, but isn't that really long for a urethral cone? It extended to around half an inch (1.3 cm)... so...
Is Tia actually a Mr. T?
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The sure way to tell is if the part that looks like a penis is practically touching the anus or if there is an area of skin between them. Here are some pictures on my site that might help:
http://www.huggablepets.com/huggablepets/sexing.shtml
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Oh my , I guess you'll have to try and take a picture.
yes females & males look very similar, though you can't pull back the skin on a females, and she would have a slit between the penis & anus, that are very close together. In a male there is a definite gap.
Jamie's pics are great ad should give you a better idea.
So do you still this she is a he ?
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I looked again and I think Tia is a she - the cone is very large, but there's no gap between it and her anus.
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;D I remember it so well, so easy when you have one of each to compair.