Training Chinchillas

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Every owner of pet chinchillas wants them to be tame enough to pick up and hold. We're no exception. However, chinchillas in the wild are prey for many predators and are conditioned to be cautious. But all is not lost. With a little time and patience, you can tame your chinchilla enough so that it [...]

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Caroline:

I got my chinchilla when she was 6 months old, now she is 15 months old. What should I reward her with for doing a good thing?

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Megan:

I have trained 1 of my chinchillas to give me a kiss before he goes home he also gives high fives, nock on doors, and sometimes when he's in a good mood i can tell him stand and he will get up on his hind legs. But I have only been able to do that with one of my chinchilla the other two just don't know how and i can't get them to.

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eol:

Monica, you can't house train a chinchilla. They will only urinate on the bedding (I don't know the reason of that, but they just do that by their own, with no training), but they will always poop everywhere they go. I heard an oppinion, that maybe they don't even realize they're dropping a poop.

@Adriana: our chins return to their cage as soon as we tell them to do so, because they're always getting a treat after that. For that to work, you have to keep telling them to return (some short "magic" word will do), when they do reward them. If they don't listen to you then hold a treat in the cage, eventually they'll figure out what you want. Keep doing that every time you let them out, and soon they'll know the drill

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Adriana:

Hey
I'm Adriana
I've been reading your site here, and I saw that you guys have said that you trained your chinchillas to go back into their cages.
I'm having this problem.

Could you please give me some pointers on how to do his?

Adriana

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Monica:

My chin is about 9 months old and I have had him since he was 2 months old. My question is how to house train him. I am having lots of trouble with this, the reason I want him house trained is due to he poops everywhere. He only tinkels on me or on the furniture or in his cage, and I want to let him loose I just dont want him using the bathroom everywhere he goes. Any ideas would be great.

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Allison:

We've had our chinchilla for about 9 months now and in the last month she has started biting us when we let her out at night. It started with attacking a furry slipper I had then our feet and now as soon as we let her out all she does is try to bite feet, hands whatever.
PLEASE HELP! My husband is wanting to get rid of her because of this.

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