zombiezeatbrain
Philosophically inclined?
I've heard over the years that chinchillas enjoy watching television, that owners who have TV's mounted on the wall will turn on the television and the chinchilla will stop what it's doing and just watch.
This may be, and probably is a stupid question, but do they actually enjoy TV, or are they just frightened by the noise and sounds coming from the TV and freeze up like they do when somebody makes a sudden movement or noise?
I don't have a TV in my room, but I know that anytime I have music playing when I let my chin out, he is less active than normal. He will kind of just sit and not do much during his free time where as without music he would be sprinting around. I've always just thought they stopped doing whatever they were doing out of instinct so they wouldn't be another animal's dinner.
Thoughts?
This may be, and probably is a stupid question, but do they actually enjoy TV, or are they just frightened by the noise and sounds coming from the TV and freeze up like they do when somebody makes a sudden movement or noise?
I don't have a TV in my room, but I know that anytime I have music playing when I let my chin out, he is less active than normal. He will kind of just sit and not do much during his free time where as without music he would be sprinting around. I've always just thought they stopped doing whatever they were doing out of instinct so they wouldn't be another animal's dinner.
Thoughts?