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Sounds like you carefully planned each element of the trip. We're glad to hear things worked out. Well done!
I took my chinchillas with me when I went to visit my parents. We had left late in the afternoon around 5, so the sun would be going down soon and while the sun was still up a little the chinchillas sat and pouted. Then as soon as it got dark they were running around the cage and running on their wheel like they weren't even in a car. We took emergency frozen bottles to keep them cool incase it got too hot, but since we traveled at night it was pretty cool and the chinchillas didn't seem to mind.
Then when we got to my parents house I thought that the chinchillas would be reserved and not want to greet everyone like they normally do but I was very wrong. They had an awesome time running around the kitchen and just doing their little jumps and bounces off the walls. I suppose that might have been because I was there with them but they just made themselves at home. All in all the trip went very well. However, I would not recommend traveling with chinchillas a lot, because I believe that would cause them a lot of stress.
If your chinchilla squirms around and tries to jump out of your or your friend's hands, then that means you are scaring her.
Hi. I was wondering if it would cause my chinchilla harm to have my friends over to see her. My friends are very excited about it and they want to hold her all day long. It's good to give her cuddled, but will it make her scared?
Jenn,
So far we haven't needed to travel with our chinchillas and so we don't have first hand experience. The biggest thing that you'll want to pay attention to is heat. In small cages in your car with the sun beaming it is quite possible that your chinchillas will get too hot. They're not as tolerant as people are. Traveling at night will also help eliminate the risk of too much heat from the sun.
I have 2 pet chinchillas and I was wondering if I can travel with them to my parents house. Their house is about 700 miles away but I know they would love to see my 2 adorable chins. I know it is not recommended to travel with them but if I were to travel with them in a car what would be the best way to transport them. I read that traveling during the night would be best because that is when they would be most alert. Can you please give me your comments. Thanks!