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Q & A / New Cage and Behavior Change

« on: November 12, 2009, 11:24:54 PM »

Hi everyone,

My Chin has just gotten a lot bigger, so I got her a new cage. The first night I set it up and brought her down to it, and let her play in it to see if she seemed to enjoy it or not. She bounced around and seemed to like it better then her old cage. I brought her back upstairs and put her in her old cage (because it was late and I didn't feel like cleaning the old cage, setting up the new cage, etc). The next day I get the new cage ready and put her in it. She now refuses to leave from it. She lets me pet her through the cage bars, but if I put my hand in the cage, she sparys urine at me. Now, my chin has always been very loving, she likes being held and pet, and normally hates being in a cage. She doesn't seem to hate this cage, she seems just to love it too much. So I was wondering what you guys thought.

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Q & A / Chewing Question

« on: July 09, 2009, 07:56:07 PM »

Hi, I just got my Chinchilla seven days ago, she is absolutely fine ( I believe ) as her eyes are clear, she eats, drinks plenty of water, and exercises and is extremely curious. However, she doesn't chew that much, she chews her food, but I brought her lava rocks so she could chew on them for her teeth, and she didn't pay any attention to them, so I got her wooden chew block thingys, the moment I gave her one, she nibbled on it for a bit, but now she is completely ignoring them again! Once in a while I see her take up her bedding (aspen bedding) and give it a little chew, but she throws it down after a moment. I am just wondering why she isn't chewing that much. The only thing that has changed a little is her eating habits. The first few days I got her she gobbled up all her food, now she eats a good portion of it, but not as much and not as fast. I don't know if this is just because she knows she's going to get food from me, so therefore she stopped gobbling up as much food as she could.  Anyway, any advice would be apperciated!