Chinwawa
Besotted Chinchilla Lover
My two 6 year old female rehomes have each sprayed me as they and I got to know each other. My younger female chin has sprayed me when I was reaching for her in her cage. All on the hands. Not too bad.
However, last night I got caught in the line of fire between my younger chin who was in her cage and the more agressive chin in the bonded pair. The agressive chin has previously tried to get at the younger one through cage bars. I now have all kinds of fences up to keep them away from each other when either one is out for play time.
My little one saw the older one climb up on a foot stool in front of her cage and even though the agressive chin could not get near her, my little one stood up and let fly with a stream of pee that caught me just as I was leaning forward to shoo the agressive one away.
Very effective defense to say the least. Oh well, I'm still so in love with all of them that I took it in stride and marveled at the wonders of animal behavior as I washed up.
Salty. :err:
However, last night I got caught in the line of fire between my younger chin who was in her cage and the more agressive chin in the bonded pair. The agressive chin has previously tried to get at the younger one through cage bars. I now have all kinds of fences up to keep them away from each other when either one is out for play time.
My little one saw the older one climb up on a foot stool in front of her cage and even though the agressive chin could not get near her, my little one stood up and let fly with a stream of pee that caught me just as I was leaning forward to shoo the agressive one away.
Very effective defense to say the least. Oh well, I'm still so in love with all of them that I took it in stride and marveled at the wonders of animal behavior as I washed up.
Salty. :err: