JohhnyBishop
Well-known member
Hi All,
I hope you are doing well during these peculiar times.
I wanted to ask you if you have been successful in pairing two female strangers.
I only tried once but taking into account that females are very territorial I think it's impossible or at least detrimental to the health of one of them.
It has to be either two sisters or a mother and and a daughter. I don't see any other options.
One lady told me that she has female chinchillas for over 20 years in total but one has died and she is looking for a new cage mate.
It turn out there was another chin that died previously. So what we have here is a long living chinchilla and two other females that died about 5 years apart one due to heart issue, second due to some rare hormonal issue.
Do you know if it's safe to introduce another one? I am asking because these females if they don't like each other can fight to the death but it could well be one is imposing some stress on the other leading to her premature death and people look for other explanations.
Best
I hope you are doing well during these peculiar times.
I wanted to ask you if you have been successful in pairing two female strangers.
I only tried once but taking into account that females are very territorial I think it's impossible or at least detrimental to the health of one of them.
It has to be either two sisters or a mother and and a daughter. I don't see any other options.
One lady told me that she has female chinchillas for over 20 years in total but one has died and she is looking for a new cage mate.
It turn out there was another chin that died previously. So what we have here is a long living chinchilla and two other females that died about 5 years apart one due to heart issue, second due to some rare hormonal issue.
Do you know if it's safe to introduce another one? I am asking because these females if they don't like each other can fight to the death but it could well be one is imposing some stress on the other leading to her premature death and people look for other explanations.
Best