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    Rehoming Mosaic Female Chinchilla-FL Panhandle

    Hello all! I am looking to rehome my ~1.5/2 year old female mosaic chinchilla at this time, as I have 4 chinchillas total but the other 3 are males and share a space, so she is currently living alone, and I just do not have the time for her that I feel she deserves as a single chinchilla. She...
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    Travel/shipping

    From what I can tell, there are very few-if any-airlines that will allow you to fly with a chinnie, and cargo is simply not an option for them due to the stress and drastic temperature changes that often occur in cargo (it can be dangerous even for more well suited animals like dogs and cats)...
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    Seizures/Vertigo?

    Yesterday I was packing up my dorm room for the summer while my boys were in their cage as usual. At one point I think I heard someone fall because I remember looking over at the cage in response to a noise. I saw Mojo lying on the ground (it isn't abnormal for the boys to get rambunctious and...
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    Breeding Must Knows/Tips for Breeding

    Hi all! I'm currently curious about breeding and looking into the possibility of breeding in the future (at the earliest, once I am out of college, which won't be for 2 years yet but I feel that the more time I spend learning about this the better prepared I will be for if/when I decide to...
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    carrots, lettuce and apples? cat lax?

    Hey! Not sure where you are in NY (I know it's a big state) but while I live in FL now, I'm originally from CT and before moving to college took my boy to an exotic animal vet in South Wilton, CT. They were very knowledgeable and definitely didn't overcharge me at all. Maybe that is a...
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    Chinchilla desperately trying to escape

    Any time you open the door, if he tries to escape, close the door and wait 5 seconds, then open it again. If he continues to try escape, once again close the door and wait. Repeat this until he starts being calmer when you open the door. Also be sure to reward him with praise, pellets, treats...
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    Chins grooming me?

    Hey all! Was just wondering if any of you have experience with your chins "grooming" you. My boy Mojo has done it to me for a pretty long time, but definitely more so as he got older and bonded with me more. Often if I start giving him neck scratches he'll start grooming me in return. And by...
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    Holding my chin

    I'm not sure how common this is among chin owners, but I utilized shaping and positive reinforcement to condition my older chinchilla to become accustomed to and even enjoy being held. Basically when I first got him anytime I held him, interacted with him, pet him, etc I would reward him with a...
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    Excessive Mounting Issue

    Typically I use positive reinforcement training but in this specific case I utilized both positive reinforcement and some negative reinforcement/positive punishment. Basically anytime I saw "negative" behavior from Mojo (In this case, the mounting) I started by physically taking him off of Eli...
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    New chin :D

    Yay! That's so exciting! The one thing I'm starting to find out about chins-you almost can't have just one! Even if you have one for awhile, eventually the bug gets you and somehow you end up with more ^^ I just got my second at the beginning of the month and I finally bonded him with my 2.5...
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    Chinchilla on 2016 postage stamps

    So cute! Always nice when people remember chinchillas as pets ^^
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    Excessive Mounting Issue

    Yes, definitely sure they are both boys! Mojo has some nice jewels and I've seen him cleaning himself plenty of times, and I caught Eli cleaning himself a few times as well, so definitely both male. I ended up determining that the only way they /may/ be able to live together is if Mojo gave up...
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    Hi!

    Hi, and welcome to the forum! For Willow, many chins are like that when they are new to a family! My boy Eli was super skittish for the first couple weeks I had him. To help reduce his stress and get him more comfortable with me I would read to him and open the cage door and just leave my hand...
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    Excessive Mounting Issue

    Hi all! I recently attempted to fully integrate my two boys after about a month of slow introducing (started with separate cages completely then moved to split cage-I have a 2 story ferret nation- w/ wire bottom so they could interact through the bars, then had playtimes in a neutral area...
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    Rip Chico

    I'm so sorry for your loss:nolove:, he sounded like such a fantastic chin.
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