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my chin will let me pick her up but she still runs away when i put my hand in her cage. and i half to let her calm down to catch her. and about the only way i can catch her is to scruff her wich i know doesent hurt her but i would rather her come in to my hands how do i get her to do this?
Im going to get a white male and an ebony female...is it a bad idea to let them reproduce?
ya know my biggest quiestion STILL hasnt been answered!!!!! It is...Do chinchillas have nails and if so what would you do with them!!!???????? Do we have to cut them or what!!??
they do have nails but they dont need to be trimmed, they dont grow long like guinea pigs do
No they don't have any nails. They're like kangaroo rats in that they have small front hands and long back feet for hopping.
yes in fact they do have nails and no the dont need to be trimmed or cut the take care of it
ummm... hi i have a chinchilla and his name is ollie and i wanna know how to train him to tame.He's not the skiddish chinchilla ever but he gets scared and starts squeeking whenever i go to let him out of his cage. What do these squeeks mean and how do i get him tame enough to where he wants me to hold him?
bond with ollie. I bond with mine. I read to it, listen to music, dance, it likes to play games in his chewed up doll house, take him to the bathroom with you and let him run. Just be sure you are also strict on boudaries, such as wires and places he might go under that you can't get him out. I should tell you this one funny story that happened when I first got mine. Well my first chinchilla used to open the door to the bathroom and the second chinchilla I have now... well he jumped in the toilet. It was kinda funny, poor thing. But he learned his lesson. Anyway just bond with him and he'll warm up to you.
I just got a chin and I would like to let her run around the house but everytime I let her run around she's always pooping can I train her to go in her cage and poop????
well you could train them to poop in their cage, but it's not likely they will learn. there are certain times of the day they go to the bathroom. Usually during the time around 11am to about 4-5pm is when they don't normally poop. I know you can pee train them. That's what is more important to worry about. The poop is safe. I take my chinchilla out a lot and he does all over. I clean up after him every once in a while, but it's not that bad of a health hazard to you. Now if it were a bunny or a rat? Those are health hazards.
For all of the people who ask how to get them used to you, all you have to do is set in a small enclosure with him/her and she will climb on you eventually. The first time this happens give them a raisin (only one per day as they can get sick, I suggest the chinchilla yogurt drops, they can have two a day). This will cause her to want to climb on you because chinchillas eat a lot. If she nibbles on you, dont jerk away, because you might scare her. If you scare a chinchilla they will hold a grudge as dumb as that sounds. I know for a fact that this works because I successfully made two sisters used to me as well as a seperate chin that wasnt even mine. After about a week or two they will begin climbing on you more, and eventually they will sit in your hands but dont force them to. Try not to scare them because if you have one bad encounter, then all of your progress will be for nothing and chances are you will have to start over, but if they like you enough they will run to you when they are scared. Be patient.