Hi, I have been noticing at 4pm everyday this week, my chin "Chip" goes up to the top ledge in our huge QC Chin Mansion and goes to sleep facing out the window. It is like he wants to bask in the sunlight and/or maybe lookout. Is this normal?
Before you reply, know that I am quite aware of the temperature needs of a chin. We live by the beach and the weather is cool, and it is not summer. I have a blind on the window that blocks the sun when closed, and he has the option to go down to the bottom level of the chinchilla 5 foot tall cage, where no sunlight is, or even go into his shady box to sleep. Which he does during the rest of the day, but not when I open the blind.
But if I open the blind in the afternoon to get some light in the room for my son's homework, he goes up to that ledge and basks in the sunlight asleep. We don't let him do it too long, and close the shade.
I know that my dogs do that too. They find any splash of sunlight and lay in it all around the house and yard, and it seems Chip is doing that too?
Is this common...I know typically sunlight is a no-no.
Would love to hear if anyone experiences this too, it's the oddest thing.
here's a picture:
Before you reply, know that I am quite aware of the temperature needs of a chin. We live by the beach and the weather is cool, and it is not summer. I have a blind on the window that blocks the sun when closed, and he has the option to go down to the bottom level of the chinchilla 5 foot tall cage, where no sunlight is, or even go into his shady box to sleep. Which he does during the rest of the day, but not when I open the blind.
But if I open the blind in the afternoon to get some light in the room for my son's homework, he goes up to that ledge and basks in the sunlight asleep. We don't let him do it too long, and close the shade.
I know that my dogs do that too. They find any splash of sunlight and lay in it all around the house and yard, and it seems Chip is doing that too?
Is this common...I know typically sunlight is a no-no.
Would love to hear if anyone experiences this too, it's the oddest thing.
here's a picture: