lundi 11 août 2014

Strange Behavior?

Hello, my name is Samantha. I am 17 and currently the owner of my 4/5 year old chinchilla, Chip. I adopted Chip from an older couple when he was about 2/3, and he was handled very little, wouldn't even let me touch him when I first got him. After working with him for the past few years he will finally allow me to pet him and he will even climb into my hands.



Please skip to "***" paragraph if you do not wish to read the next two paragraphs.



I am posting because when I took Chip in, he had an albino mate, who'm I had named Kiara. Kiara became very ill, with what, I don't know. She had diahrrea, and I had noticed a significant weight loss in her in just a day. Unfortunately, Kiara passed away, just as I had signed her papers at the vet.



A friend had given me another chinchilla, and not long after I rescued a chin from a very bad home. Snowball, the chinchilla given to me, had found a new home because I needed money to take Dale, the rescue chin, to the vet. Dale was very poorly taken care of by his previous:tease: owners, and he could not be saved. His teeth were over growb and I spent months hand feeding him, the vet wanted an outrageous fee to trim his teeth, a fee I could not afford. I was going to hand him over to a lady who knew more about chinchillas and could help him, but he also sadly passed away a few days before he found his new home.



***If you have read all of this, then I hope you will read just a bit more. Long story short, until a few months ago, Chip has always had another chin near him, but has not been housed eith another chin since his mate passed. Chip has begun acting odd in the past few weeks. When i stick my hand in his cage, he tries to push my hand away to get passed me. Today, he was so pteoccupied with trying to get out, he would not even accept one of his treats. I bought him a ball thinking maybe being allowed out would make him happy, but he still attempts to push me away. It has been very warm where I live lately, and I have three fans running in my room and exchange his warm tiles with cool ones. I was wondering if there is a possibility he is lonely, too warm and trying to find a cool space, or something else all together? If anyone could help me, I would really appreciate it.



Chip has a cage about 4 ft tall, three levels to jump on, a wheel, a house, his wood chews, and fresh water/food/hay daily. He is still eating, drinking, and pooping just fine.



I apologize for how long this is, I just wanted to give as much information as possible. Thank you very much.




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