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Q & A / Re: I wanna help this chinchilla

« on: July 25, 2012, 09:21:42 AM »

After putting all this work into the chins cage, you should adopt it! It's great to see you helping it, but the owner needs to step up to the responsibilities of owning a chin. They're high maintenance and need to get out and run around and play. That cage is entirely way to small. I have a 3 story cage and I feel like it's to small for mine lil guy sometimes!

I've found that my lil guy loves Lava Ledges to chew on, cardboard tubes to chew on once in a while and he also has wood ledges to hope around on and chew. Chewing is important so their teeth don't over grow. as long as he gets out and can play and chew things and has a healthy diet, everything should work out for the better.

Again, I'm glad someone is willing to help a chin in need!

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Q & A / Re: My Chins recent behavioral habbits

« on: July 21, 2012, 10:37:45 PM »

I sat with him today for about 30 mins keeping my hand in his cage near him. He sniffed it and started nibbling on my fake nails, which he does quite often.. Not sure if its because they're harder? He seemed to like my hand in there after a little while and stopped attempting to pee on me. Then I started letting him smell  my hand and he let me pet near his little arm and pet his head. I think we made some progress today

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Q & A / Re: My Chins recent behavioral habbits

« on: July 21, 2012, 11:24:03 AM »

Well let me tell you, sometimes he gets some height with peeing... So I just keep my hand in front of him trying to tell him I'm not going to move my hand because your attempting to pee on me. Then he'll run around his cage and jump on his lava rock and wood ledges. It gets quite annoying actually...

I thought he was a boy! 

I've been trying to take him out more, especially when he misbehaves because I don't want him to think he owns me lol...

How long does these habits usually last?

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Q & A / Re: My Chins recent behavioral habbits

« on: July 20, 2012, 05:38:05 PM »

This is the awkward picture... lol

I'm pretty sure he's a he... But you guy tell me.

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Q & A / Re: My Chins recent behavioral habbits

« on: July 19, 2012, 08:30:15 PM »

Thank you.. This does help. I try to always let him know I'm there and keep the door open... He has zero problem running out of the cage to roam my room without permission... 

as for him being a she.... I might be pretty positive on hes a boy... lol unless girls have things that stick out too? haha..

I give him special treats I bought for him, dandelion treats, he loves them. When he's good and doesn't try to pee on me I give him one and then pet him.

Thank you again 

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Q & A / My Chins recent behavioral habbits

« on: July 19, 2012, 06:59:58 PM »

Hey guys,

I am new to this forum stuff so sorry if this is a double post...

I recently just got a chinchilla, he's six years old. My friend wasn't able to attention him as often as she wanted so she had to give him away. Luckily I got him! He was pretty shy when we first got him and he would click at me. But this ended soon after because I wanted to always play with him, he was new.. But as time went on I noticed whenever I would try to take him out, he would click again and then starting this annoying trying to pee on me deal... He does this very often now but he also stomps at anyone who walks near his cage. Sometimes he's fine and lets me pet him through his cage but for the most part he runs around the cage and tries to pee on me...

I want to tame him more and play with him but he makes it very difficult to get him out!

When I do get him out, he sheds alot which I know is him being scared.. When I put him in his ball he runs around for 30 seconds then just sits there... does he not like it in there? Is that boring?

PLEASE HELP.. I want to enjoy my chinchilla...