Hello. I'm typing this on my phone so please forgive any typos. I've been wanting a Chinchilla for years and reading this website off and on for about a year now. Thinking I was pretty prepared, mt husband got me mt first Chin for valentine's day along with a massive cage and accessories. I picked the Chin out from the pet store. (Please don't judge). I held 3 of them and this one had the greatest personality, just came right to me and let me hold him and pet him. Whenever the door was opened he didn't run away like the others but would come right to the door and hop out.
More reading since I got my chin (3 days ago) has convinced me I must have gotten pretty lucky. There was no initial period of having him warm up to me, from the first day he jumped on my hand right of the cage. He let's my daughters (both teenagers) hold him as well as my husband. Not for long periods of time but at least 5-10min. I sit on the bathroom floor with him twice a day and let him run around and he crawls all over me, popcorns and takes a dust bath.
But all that said, I do have some questions. First of all, do you think he's pretty young to be so warmed up to me already? They couldn't tell me how old he was at the store. He's on the smaller side so I'm wondering if he's young and that's why. Have you all heard of chins doing this?
Second, how much time does he need? Everywhere says spend lots of time with him, but what does that mean? I work nights 3 nights a week, hubby works days. If I take him out in the evening for 30min before work, then in the am when I get home for about an hour, then on days off make it longer in the evening, is that good? I spent about 2 hours in the bathroom with him tonight. I'd sat on the floor and was trying to do paperwork but he kept coming up to chew on my papers and folders so I had to just give up on that lol. Is there such a thing as too much time? By the way, he doesn't seem to really be nocturnal much either. I was good with the nocturnal part because I'm nocturnal also lol, but he seems less nocturnal than me! Like right now, he's sleeping and has been for the past few hours. It's almost 4am.
Third question, we got him this cute little hanging fleece house with holes in it to climb and hide in. 2 parts to this question. 1, he just goes in it to pee. Why is he peeing in the fleece house and how do I get him to pee in the littER box I set up in the cage? 2. He always sleeps out in the open. He also has a wooden house he can go into and a hammock and pretty much just sleeps out in the middle if the cage floor (covered in fleece) or at the end of one of the ramps. Is that weird? Why doesn't he like his houses?
Thanks in advance for the help. I've been googling to try to find this info for hours and couldn't come up with anything.
P.S. we also got him one of those little purse pet carrier type things. He doesn't seem to mind it, but how can I tell if he likes it? I've only taken him out in it once for about 20min.
More reading since I got my chin (3 days ago) has convinced me I must have gotten pretty lucky. There was no initial period of having him warm up to me, from the first day he jumped on my hand right of the cage. He let's my daughters (both teenagers) hold him as well as my husband. Not for long periods of time but at least 5-10min. I sit on the bathroom floor with him twice a day and let him run around and he crawls all over me, popcorns and takes a dust bath.
But all that said, I do have some questions. First of all, do you think he's pretty young to be so warmed up to me already? They couldn't tell me how old he was at the store. He's on the smaller side so I'm wondering if he's young and that's why. Have you all heard of chins doing this?
Second, how much time does he need? Everywhere says spend lots of time with him, but what does that mean? I work nights 3 nights a week, hubby works days. If I take him out in the evening for 30min before work, then in the am when I get home for about an hour, then on days off make it longer in the evening, is that good? I spent about 2 hours in the bathroom with him tonight. I'd sat on the floor and was trying to do paperwork but he kept coming up to chew on my papers and folders so I had to just give up on that lol. Is there such a thing as too much time? By the way, he doesn't seem to really be nocturnal much either. I was good with the nocturnal part because I'm nocturnal also lol, but he seems less nocturnal than me! Like right now, he's sleeping and has been for the past few hours. It's almost 4am.
Third question, we got him this cute little hanging fleece house with holes in it to climb and hide in. 2 parts to this question. 1, he just goes in it to pee. Why is he peeing in the fleece house and how do I get him to pee in the littER box I set up in the cage? 2. He always sleeps out in the open. He also has a wooden house he can go into and a hammock and pretty much just sleeps out in the middle if the cage floor (covered in fleece) or at the end of one of the ramps. Is that weird? Why doesn't he like his houses?
Thanks in advance for the help. I've been googling to try to find this info for hours and couldn't come up with anything.
P.S. we also got him one of those little purse pet carrier type things. He doesn't seem to mind it, but how can I tell if he likes it? I've only taken him out in it once for about 20min.
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