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My chinchilla Crouton has just recently become a biter. He'll be 2 years old in January, and my boyfriend and I have had him for about a year and a half now. At first, he wasn't a biter at all. When he reached puberty, he started to nip/nibble people, but never hard. Over the last couple weeks...

Let me start with a little background. Crouton is my 8 month old male. We've had him since May. In July, we decided to try introducing another male, and brought home Sniffles, a male between 1 and 2 years old. When Sniffles was comfortable, we tried putting them in cages side by side...

Okay, so this is kind of a weird question, but last night my boyfriend got some blacklights from a neighbor who was moving out, and he wants to put them in our room. We keep the chinchillas in our room, so I told him I had to check on whether that was safe first. (We also got some strobe...

I've noticed that some of you here have some beautiful chin pictures! My boys, unfortunately, are a little camera shy and won't sit still long enough to get a decent picture... and if I go for one in the cage with the door open, they'll try to escape. As a result, all my pics are...

Well, I'm a little late in introducing myself, but better late than never, right? I'm Elfie, 21 years old and living in North Carolina (but I've moved around a lot!). I'm the chin-mommy to Crouton (standard gray) and Sniffles (hetero beige), both males. I'm new to the chinchilla thing, it's...

So, it's been a few nights since the chins have been out for playtime, due to busy schedules and the fact that they need separate playtime for now. Crouton is fine, but I think Sniffles is getting upset! This morning, I found the food bowl that I had filled last night completely tipped over...

I've been trying to introduce two chinchillas using the side-by-side cages method, and during the day there have been no major problems - no barking, no attempts at aggression through the cage, etc. The last two nights, however, I've been hearing a weird, new sound. It's kind of a shrill...

I thought I'd share the story of Crouton (6 month old male) and his first escape from the cage! He lives in my room, and one night my boyfriend felt something on his face... when he opened his eyes, it was Crouton on his shoulder nuzzling him! My boyfriend woke me up, and as we both sat up in...

This is my first post here, but I wanted advice! I've had my first chinchilla, Crouton, since May, and he's now 6-7 months old, used to living alone. He seemed a little lonely, however, and so I started looking for another male to keep him company. I looked up as much info as I could find on...