EMSChins
Hendryx Chinchillas
Hi everyone. I just thought that I would post some pictures of Stuart (aka Sugar Ray to most of you here). There have been lots of changes to Stuart's life in the past couple of weeks since turning a year old. He is doing so great that I graduated him from a decent size holding cage to one level of a Ferret Nation with some awesome wood items from Cat and Bill. We are only putting him in there for short periods of time throughout the day for now as we are using this space to also introduce him to his hopefully new roommate, Tut, a BV male that I have taken out of breeding. This is a new, neutral space for both of them and they both love it so much that there has been little to no dominance behavior. Stuart is absolutely in loooove with both the cage and with Tut. Tut loves the cage but only tolerates Stuart because he seemingly comes with the cage and is a necessary evil to achieve the good things in life! 
Stuart constantly tries to mount Tut as he views him as his new girlfriend (a definite improvement over my hand) but Tut can easily get away due to Stuart's balance issues. Stuart attempts a mount, loses balance, rolls off and then gives you a look like that is the way it is supposed to be done and then he goes off and licks his "ahem" wounds!
Stuart has been able to climb on top of Bill and Cat's awesome house but not on the bed yet - they both ignore the hay box as they are too busy exploring. In the next week or so I will be experimenting with some fleece items and leaving them in there for longer periods of time. I still need to install the dining ledge that I bought from Bill and Cat but am worried that Stuart will not be able to get up on it. If I do not see him attempt the bed soon, we will go with another dining option. Enjoy the pics.
Stuart constantly tries to mount Tut as he views him as his new girlfriend (a definite improvement over my hand) but Tut can easily get away due to Stuart's balance issues. Stuart attempts a mount, loses balance, rolls off and then gives you a look like that is the way it is supposed to be done and then he goes off and licks his "ahem" wounds!
Stuart has been able to climb on top of Bill and Cat's awesome house but not on the bed yet - they both ignore the hay box as they are too busy exploring. In the next week or so I will be experimenting with some fleece items and leaving them in there for longer periods of time. I still need to install the dining ledge that I bought from Bill and Cat but am worried that Stuart will not be able to get up on it. If I do not see him attempt the bed soon, we will go with another dining option. Enjoy the pics.
