He's a boy, that's for sure! Is this normal!

[ChinChilli]

Hi there-

I've had Chilli for a few months now and he has just recently started doing this. I've cared for Chinchillas before but this is the first time I have ever expereinced one doing this.

This morning while I was getting ready for work I heard Chilli "crying" from the Chin room. It almost sounded like a baby cry and I was terrified that something was wrong so I went running to check on him. When I got there, he ran to the side of his cage to see my like he normally does and was energetic and appeared to be just fine.

I opened the door to give him some scritches and he "hugged" my hand and started having his way with it! I was completely mortified and quickly pulled my hand back out of the cage, but now there is no doubt it my mind that he is DEF. a male!

Has anyone else experienced their chins doing anything similar? Anything anyone can suggest so he stops trying to have his way with my hand?

 

[ChinnyMom]

very normal for a boy chin to `love on you`, as i call it, lol.

get him a cuddle buddy, so that he can take his `frustrations`out on it. there are quite a few members here on the forum that make safe fleece buddies. AnnieO even makes them chin shaped, they`re so cute!

 

[Airyn]

Ha! Boji tried to have his way with my hand for the first 2 years I had him. Cuddle buddies are definitely the way. Be flattered... he likes you. *lol*

 

[Chin_Parent]

Chinchy does that all the time. I don't mind all that much because since he's started doing that, he's trusted us a lot more, and is really loving and affectionate. He prefers moving things, so as an alternative to my hand, I use a stuffed animal and move it around for him during playtime.

 

[ticklechin]

My 8 year old will do anything that moves!

 

[Anfsurfer]

haha! I new what this thread was about before I opened it. The same thing just happened to me a few weeks ago. I was terrified Shadowfax was attacking my wrist because it was such an aggressive move on his part. After the second day I figured out what was going on. I just recently added two buddies for Shadowfax. Now he has his way with them instead of me. Actually they all seem to enjoy having their way with each other.

 

[Cuddlebug]

The first time one of my chins did that, I thought he was trying to climb my arm to get out of the cage. It did not take long to figure out what he was really doing. I have had quite a few that think my wrist is the perfect female chin. Right now I have a boy here that tries every time I reach into his cage. His nickname is the hump monster.

 

[Sandi]

Well none of my boys ever did that to my hand BUT I was surely startled one morning when I saw for the very first time, one of them cleaning/grooming himself. Let's just say that I quickly left the room so that he could have some alone time.

 

[ticklechin]

I had one recently fall asleep while doing his business, I looked in house and he was hunched over doing his grooming so I left, came back 15 min later and he was still in the same position, got ready to get him out to check for a hair ring and noticed his eyes were closed and he was not moving, tapped on the cage door and he woke up and gave me a dirty look!

 

[AznTiger]

My chinnie did that for a while but hes calm a bit. But with 2 boys now, I added a cuddle buddy so they can use it as I see it ALL the time. lol its kinda cute and kinda weird. But it seems the chinnie like you! so thats greaT!

 

[ChinChilli]

I'm so glad to hear that he isn't the only one! I will def. look into getting him a cuddle buddy so that he can "love" something besides my hand. Thank you everyone for the great advice and stories... I don't think anyone can really relate to how funny/ackward this is if they don't have chins!

 

[Godofgods]

my first boy did that all the time. Kinda freaks you out the first time. wtf?! did he do what i think he just did!? 0.0 lol

He was so happy when i got him a girl to live with. However he was quite unhappy when i had to seperate them.. after 3 kids.

He loves getting his stomic scratced. Tho he will try to push my finger lower at times'