Males in same house as female

Chinchilla & Hedgehog Pet Forum

Help Support Chinchilla & Hedgehog Pet Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.

NeonNephilim

Member
Joined
Oct 11, 2012
Messages
24
I want to know peoples own opinions on this questions. My bf lives out of state and owns 2 male chinchillas who live in same cage and I'm looking to get my own chin, but all the ones I find are females. Is it true the males will fight if they smell a girl chinchilla? I dont wanna get a girl if its true.

thanks!:hug2:
 
mixing a girl into a cage with two males could be a drastic mistake. The males could turn on each other, or turn on the female. I would usually not recommend trying it.

That being said, with separate cages they can live near each other. Tho you might need a way to make sure they can not see each other. You don't want to tempt the boys into fighting with each other.

I have my two boys in a FN cage next to my three girls in their own FN cage. (with several inches in between) But their is a large sheet of fleece in between to make sure they can not see each other. My father chin has a heart murmur and any time he lays eyes on 'his girl' and he cant get to her, he starts to have major medical problems. So he can never see her again. Chins have also been known to breed through the bars of separate cages. So you want to make sure you have enough room.

Also one time when one of my girls were in heat, my boys noticed right away. When they came out to play the could smell it even more and started to get a little aggressive with each other. I had to separate them for the next day.

Lots of things could go wrong mixing a girl with two boys. I do not recommend it.
 
Yes, Ticklechin is right. I once believed that rumor and that stopped me from getting my Tribble a male buddy. I think it was for the best though.
 
Yeah, they would be in separate cages and even probably separate rooms, but if there chance of them still smelling her, we wont take the chance.

Thanks for the replies!
 
If you truely don't "want to take a chance" don't have two chinchillas together, same gender, different gender, chins can and will fight to the death, for who knows why and who knows if or when.
 
I know that is true to all animals. what I mean to say is I don't wanna "increase" the chance of the boys fighting, by getting a girl. If you guys think the reward if more then the risk, then I'd consider a girl.

Thanks for the help! <3
 

Latest posts

Back
Top