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New Births / Re: What color?

« on: March 04, 2010, 05:16:51 PM »

It's face/ head is all grey. the only dark fur is on the entire rump left side to right side from tail base to shoulders though the fur under the dark in grey.. And everything else is grey except the tail. which is entirely white though I started to notice really dark fur underneath the white on the tail.  My fiance checked gender and said male......I'll check out that site and see if it helps! Thanks

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New Births / What color?

« on: March 03, 2010, 08:32:04 AM »

My Little one was born Tuesday afternoon 2-22-10 (when no one was home!!) we were not sure on the exact day because we acquired the mated pair after she was preg. and the previous owner didn't know anything about chins so she didn't know when they mated either. Perdy had her little one on the one day no one would be home in the afternoon!!!!!! Though EVERYTHING IS FINE!!!!!

since this is my first little one I'm having a hard time telling if its a girl or boy but I think a girl. We will have to wait and see. I check every couple of days to see if I can tell better yet!!

Mommy is a Black Velvet and Daddy is a Reverse Mosaic. Not sure what baby is going to be. Baby is grey with a white belly and darker fur (almost black) on its back but has a White tail base to tip. Does anyone have any guesses as to what color the little one is? I will try to post a picture as soon as I can figure out this new computer!

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Q & A / Re: Advice needed Please!!!!

« on: March 03, 2010, 08:22:50 AM »

I wish I knew the cause of the temporment change. Maybe I could help her if I knew! She was the quite, shy one, the one that loved to cuddle and be held, to sit on my shoulder while I walked around the house. Now Poly don't even want me to hold her and she runs or tries to bite. Since I am the only one who gets her out biting someone else isn't and issue. I moved her cage to an empty room and visit her every evening, let her have free run and try to play with her and hold her. I'm hoping to make a little progress on the temperment this way?
Her sister was more outgoing, liked being held but prefered to run on the floor rather then be held which still hasn't changed, though Rolly seems to not want to even come out of her cage as much.

I named them Rolly and Poly because as 3month old kits they reminded me of those little grey bugs that roll up when you touch them. The kids at the daycare I worked at call them rolly poly bugs, And they helped me name them, LOL. the name just kinda stuck with them  ! and they were so sweet toghether, even after adding the first male Mo, I just don't know what happened this last time.

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Q & A / Re: Advice needed Please!!!!

« on: March 02, 2010, 12:14:20 PM »

NO i def. do not have everyone in the same cage. Mom and baby are in a smaller babyproof cage, near the large cage with the 2 males and one sister. Everyone has been on free roam together with ALOT of supervision and all four adults and the baby are all ok together. but they are not housed together and will not be housed together. I will be putting dad with mom and kit when the little one is a bit older but until then dad sees his girl everynight and can be close through the wires of both cages.

And getting rid of the aggressive one isn't really an option for me. I never have and never will give up an animal I brought home with the promise of a forever home, I have had her for over 3 years. I have moved her cage to a room by her self and she does better. She still tries to bite if I try to pick her up but once I have her she is better. I just feel so bad about them being seperated because the non aggressive sister seems so depressed, even though she is with the other chins.

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Q & A / Re: Advice needed Please!!!!

« on: March 02, 2010, 09:11:11 AM »

yes I have tried letting them out together and the more aggressive one chases and rips fur out when she catches her sisiter. And I say "when" because the other one always goes to her, trying to be close I guess, but EVERY time the one goes to her aggressive sister she then gets fur ripped out so she runs and her sister chases her. I don't know what to do with them. I thought that by putting them closer together in a room by themselves might help but the aggressive chin tries to bite through the cage and their two cages are seperated by at least 2-3 feet !! I am at a complet loss as to what to do . The non aggressive one is so depressed she will cuddle with the males but will not run around and play, eats but only when the males are sleeping and very little at that. I think the aggressive one is depressed to because she doesn't play either, just tries to bite. 

As for the males they seem to get along great, but when the new baby is old enough I will be seperating the males and putting them with the females, daddy and mommy chin together again, and baby with by younger male. but that still leaves my two sisters alone.......

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Q & A / Advice needed Please!!!!

« on: March 01, 2010, 12:01:58 PM »

I currently have 6 chinchillas. I started in October 2006 with a pair of 3month old sisters. In July 2009 I rescued a 2 1/2 year old male. After a short introduction period everyone was getting along very well so they were moved to the same cage. In January 2010 I acquired a breeding pair that were about 2 years old. I put the new chins and their cage near my other chins in their cage to see how everyone would get along. Through the cages everyone could smell each other but not reach each other. Everything was going good so I left for a couple hours when I came back I was in for a huge suprise! One of the sisters (the ones that have been together since the day they were born) had attacked the other! The one that was attacking is usually the quite, shy one, she had ripped a small piece from her sisters face(whiskers and all) and pulled out ALOT of fur (which still hasn't all grown back in) and put teeth marks in her ears! The more outgoing one has now healed but is terrified of her sister whom I have separated and put in a cage alone. I currently have the two males and two females in a cage together. Everyone is getting along fine, and I just had to put one female into a baby proof cage because she gave birth to one little kit but she lets all the others see the little guy and is alright when they have free roam together (2males, 2females and baby)Everything is great except the other sister, every time one of the other chins comes near her cage she freaks out and tries to bite them. She used to be a cuddle buddy and ride around on my shoulder now she even tries to bite me! Is there anything I can do for her to help her, my little one is a female and I was going to try setting up pairs (the sisters can't get preg. not sure why but I've tried for years with my cousins male and my own) and I wanted to put mommy and daddy back together, my origanal male with the new baby when she is old enough and the sisters back together, but can I? We need advice.

Thank you,
Jacd061506