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Chinchillas => Q & A => Topic started by: Fearground on June 11, 2015, 12:47:45 PM

Title: Identifying Gender.
Post by: Fearground on June 11, 2015, 12:47:45 PM

Hey.
2 weeks ago I adopted 2 (what i thought were) Male chinchillas. They were called Mario & Luigi.

They've just become friendly enough with myself for me to be able to pick them up and when doing so I made sure they were males - I checked google images and to my surprise I think they're both females, but came here for clarification.

I've attached an image of both chinchillas - one is a lot smaller than the other and also has a lot shorter tail.

Thanks for looking.

(http://i.imgur.com/e5Y6OD4.jpg) (Smaller 1 of the 2)

(http://i.imgur.com/B3RJJRF.jpg) (larger one)

Title: Re: Identifying Gender.
Post by: BLS Chins on June 12, 2015, 04:29:21 PM

If there is a gap it is a male, no gap means a female. They look female in the pic but it is hard to tell sometimes. As long as they look the same in person to you, then no worries.

Title: Re: Identifying Gender.
Post by: Chinny7 on June 29, 2015, 07:01:32 AM

Hello, I'm new on the forum and I would need some advice.

I've got two chinchillas. One 7 year old female (Standard) and one 2 year old female or male (Beige).

I got my beige chinchilla a year ago from a couple who told us she was a female. Both chinchillas never liked each other so we kept them in two cages. It's been 2 months that they both decided to be friends and are really getting on! :) Patience is a virtue!

However, we started having doubts about the beige chinchilla being a female. I had 8 chinchillas in total and to be honest, I'm not sure if this chinchilla is female or male.

My beige chinchilla tried to climb on top of the other one just a few times but not all the time. To be honest, comparing to the male chinchillas I had before, I'm not sure...

I'll take pictures tonight or tomorrow.

If you could give me your opinion, it would be helpful as I'll know if they can live together or if I'll have to bring him/her to the vet to be neutered.

Thank you in advance.

Title: Re: Identifying Gender.
Post by: GrayRodent on June 29, 2015, 09:16:03 AM

Not a problem. Remember that photos must cropped and compressed to fit the 128KB limit for each photo. If you have a hard time with this please e-mail them to me and I'll make it work for you. admin@chinchillaclub.com.

Title: Re: Identifying Gender.
Post by: Chinny7 on June 29, 2015, 03:16:39 PM

Thank you.

Title: Re: Identifying Gender.
Post by: GrayRodent on June 29, 2015, 05:29:23 PM

My opinion is that is female. A male usually has a noticeable gap between that cone and the anus. I hope you can a second opinion with someone more experienced but I'm pretty certain it's going to be female.

Title: Re: Identifying Gender.
Post by: Chinny7 on June 30, 2015, 12:44:20 AM

Thank you. I'll get a second opinion from either a breeder or my local vet soon.

What made us doubt was the fact that she was trying to go on top of the other chinchilla. Was she just trying to be dominant?

Thank you for your help though :).

Title: Re: Identifying Gender.
Post by: GrayRodent on June 30, 2015, 08:50:56 AM

Yes, that's not uncommon behavior for chinchillas, even female chinchillas.

Title: Re: Identifying Gender.
Post by: BLS Chins on July 02, 2015, 06:22:15 PM

Yup it's a female. Mounting is a dominance thing. Both sexes will do that