non-consistent behavior?

[cherie18]

Hey guys, so I have been watching Cherie really closely & she seems to be doing well, but she sleeps more than when I first got her & even though she may be awake at night between 12:00 & 6:00 I'm usually asleep & can't tell how active she really is...during playtime she will popcorn abit, but then she will stop & sit somewhere for a really long time, the other night she acted like she was gonna go to sleep during playtime...is this normal? are chinchillas usually more awake more than she is?

I have been trying really hard to bond with her, am I stressing her out? I only hold her 1 to 2 times a day & even then not for more than a couple of minutes..does anyone know if I should be worried?

Poos are normal,
I hear her drinking alot, but I only have to replace her food & water 1 time or twice a week-is that normal?:hmm:
She eats mostly hay...
& I have her on Mazuri pellets

 

[lauralynne]

The older the get, the more mellow they become...typically. How long have you had her?

If she's pooping and peeing normally, chances are she's fine. You said she's sleeping more...there's a difference between that and being lethargic. When you open her cage and things, does it stir her if she's been sleeping?

The only other thing that sounds a bit strange is that you replace her food once a week. I would recommend not giving her so much and giving her fresh pellets and hay daily.

 

[sheri7]

One of my girls sleeps alot. She'll play for a while then go crash out in her tube. She's up and down sleeping one minute and then wide awake the next, so I think its nornal (for her anyway).

 

[LeoMonster]

I agree with Laura, as long as shes eating, drinking, pooping, and peeing normally I wouldn't be that worried. Leo's done the same thing, he's slowed down a little bit in the couple of month's I've had him.

I was worried for a bit, but then I was up a couple of nights really late and saw him eating a lot and drinking and being active...just it was 3am when I was normally sleeping.

 

[cherie18]

Ok good so it sounds like shes just getting comfortable with her surroundings..& with the food thank you I was wondering if I was giving her to much!!

 

[elvisthechinchilla]

I have a similar thing! I let my boy out in my room and I will sometimes go out and check something and come back in. sometimes when I come back in he freezes and then makes a MAD DASH from wherever he is back into the top corner of his cage. I think he feels most safe there, he lets me pet him all day long if hes in his spot but is much more nervous if im coming and going a lot while he plays. Some nights he just sits in his cage for an hour or more even if the door is open, refusing to play.