I took my 2 1/2 year old male Buster to get a castrate 4 days ago. Now my Female chinchilla Shade wants to kill him and is charging into the cage whenever she sees him.
Before the op Shade and Buster were a perfect couple (Mother and Son) they got on so well, hence why I got Buster neutered so that they can live together. I know that a number of factors can contribute to why Shade is treating Buster as a stranger. He would have came home smelling of the Vets, he would have smelled different due to surgery and due to other people handling him. We also had to put him in a new cage that Shade was not familiar with, but we switched him back into his old one after 2 days. Buster and Shade's cages are on the floor next to each other, so they can see each other and not feel that lonely.
Tonight when I was feeding Buster, Shade got into his cage ( She jumped onto my lap and got into the door) I can safely say I wasn't expecting her to attack Buster, I was fast enough to break up the fight before any real damage could occur. Shade is really hostile towards Buster, will she be able to remember him again soon? I'd hate to have put Buster through all that pain and not give him a cage mate.
Becca
Before the op Shade and Buster were a perfect couple (Mother and Son) they got on so well, hence why I got Buster neutered so that they can live together. I know that a number of factors can contribute to why Shade is treating Buster as a stranger. He would have came home smelling of the Vets, he would have smelled different due to surgery and due to other people handling him. We also had to put him in a new cage that Shade was not familiar with, but we switched him back into his old one after 2 days. Buster and Shade's cages are on the floor next to each other, so they can see each other and not feel that lonely.
Tonight when I was feeding Buster, Shade got into his cage ( She jumped onto my lap and got into the door) I can safely say I wasn't expecting her to attack Buster, I was fast enough to break up the fight before any real damage could occur. Shade is really hostile towards Buster, will she be able to remember him again soon? I'd hate to have put Buster through all that pain and not give him a cage mate.
Becca