Bath Time Problem

[BooBoo*TheKiddo*]

arg...I honestly don't know what to do anymore.

I can't get Luna to take a bath. For about 3 weeks now I've had to bath her myself. *rubbing dust on her*

She acts like she wants to take a bath but then she doesn't take one. When the twins go back to the cage and they track dust around...she spins where they were at but she won't take a bath for nothing.

Grr...How do I get her to take a bath on her own?

 

[Cat75]

So she will spin in the dust in a open area with dust but not in the container you have her dust in?

 

[BooBoo*TheKiddo*]

Yeah. but theres really not even dust there. It's just where the twins took a bath and they stood there. or something.

and she lets me rub dust on her. But all of a sudden she won't take a bath on her own. She's had the same bath house since August.

 

[VolunteerChin22]

Do you use the same dust for the other chins? Perhaps she doesn't like their scent in it. Or maybe she doesn't like an audience LOL...

 

[searchand_dstry]

When I had Vexley, before I adopted him out, he would NEVER take a bath. I would set in in there while everyone else took baths and you can tell he was excited, but wouldn't ever get in there and take one. I tried different containers, different dust.. pretty much everything. I decided to just leave it in there for a full night and sure enough he had taken one when I looked in the morning. Turns out he just didn't like having anyone around him while he took his baths!

I know you're not supposed to technically.. but try leaving it in over night and see what happens. Maybe even just leaving the room will help?

 

[Kansas City Chinchillas]

I would try using an open container. One that does not have a top.

 

[BooBoo*TheKiddo*]

Do you use the same dust for the other chins? Perhaps she doesn't like their scent in it. Or maybe she doesn't like an audience LOL...

That what I thought when she first started it not taking a bath. So I cleaned the dust bath, new dust (of course) and offered it to her first. Still nothing.

Searchand_Dstry --> I was trying that (via some of help i got) and it worked. She took a bath but it wasn't in there overnight.


I put the dust bath in her cage. I was giving them all fresh hay last night and she jumped in and right back out. I walked out of the room and came back and she was getting out. But she did take a bath.