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General Chat / New chinchilla owner - need help with bonding?
« on: February 09, 2016, 04:26:07 AM »
Hi everyone, my name is Tiffany and my fiancé adopted a heathy chinchilla from his friend. Chinchilla is about 2 years old and is a bit cheeky/a-hole ish. I've had him for 3 weeks now. First week and a bit in, he was a bit shy and skittish which is understandable. Second week in, I've tried bonding with him by playing through the cage game (grabbing pellet or wood sticks and trying to get him to come close or luring him to grab it) he was not interested, he just pushes everything away. I've been sitting / talking / singing/ humming by his cage for an hour+ around 3AM when he's active, he'll come up and rest his hands on me, he'll also let me give him chin rubs/pats. I've tried taking him out for playtime in a bathroom but he doesn't seem to like it... How do I introduce out of cage playtime? I know it takes a lot of time before he can get comfortable. I've only learned two things from him, he doesn't like his butt being touched lol (he barks at me) and he will allow you to pet him if a treat is involved. And he chirps a lot when I talk to him, I don't know if that's a good or bad thing.