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Post by polly on Apr 13, 2014 18:07:01 GMT
Just thought I'd share a lovely chinchilla moment with you guys. Pepper, my mosaic male chin has just plucked up the courage to finally climb into my hand, up my arm and then sit on my shoulder and groom me for a few minutes. He's really becoming quite tame and relaxed around me now. His brother Jason is nealy there but not quite. There will be no stopping Pepper now
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Post by ilikedegus on Apr 13, 2014 20:53:19 GMT
Well done for having the patience! Grooming you is a good sign, hope Jason follows his example soon.
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Post by natnat899 on Apr 13, 2014 22:02:57 GMT
That's great! How long have you had your chinchillas? - I've had mine for a little over a year now, pickle is still a bit shy sometimes of sitting on the palm of my hand, he prefers my shoulder or the back of my hand I find once one plucks up the courage the other one gets jealous/curious and follows
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Post by polly on Apr 15, 2014 19:25:11 GMT
I've had my two chins for around 3 weeks now. I didn't set out to get them but felt the need to rescue them from P@H and some obnoxious child who was poking Pepper. They are around 23 weeks old and brothers. They are absolute darlings and I would not be without them. Pepper is now climbing onto my shoulder every day and accepting handling without panic.
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Post by natnat899 on Apr 15, 2014 22:03:40 GMT
That's really good, have you made any progress with Jason?
What I used to do, each evening, was to entice my chinchillas (peanut and pickle) onto my hand and once they had all 4 paws on, give them a treat. It helped build up a relationship with my shy chinchilla (pickle), I also try to catch him on his own when peanut is asleep so I can spend some 1-1 time with him, which I still do; because I find that he gets pushed out of the way a lot by peanut.
It's just about time, and putting one foot I front of the other, you are doing well for 3 weeks!
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Post by polly on Apr 25, 2014 18:10:18 GMT
I've had another nice break through with my chins today. I've been having 2 or 3 short bonding sessions with them each evening and tonight when I went into the cage with them, Jason climbed straight into my hands and stayed there for a few minutes before Pepper pushed him away. Both of them make a low key key sound when I first go in to them and get very excited climbing on and off my arms and looking for treats.
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Post by natnat899 on Apr 25, 2014 18:54:58 GMT
It's funny to see them excitable, peanut does a little jump/skip movement which is sooo cute It's fantastic that Jason is now jumping on you without hesitation! I have a whole range of treats from the website below that my chinchillas love, they are also good for them - I struggled to find healthy treats I could feed often when I first got mine
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Post by natnat899 on Apr 25, 2014 18:56:19 GMT
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Post by polly on Apr 25, 2014 20:21:21 GMT
Hi natnat, I've used this site recently and both my chins love the products, especially the goji berries and flower and herb mixes. I also give, but very occasionally a bite sized shreddie. Jason squeals as soon as he sees his and Pepper holds both paws out in anticipation. I love my chinchillas and could not imagine life without them now.
We are treating them to a larger cage in the near future. I've got my eye on a really big John Hopewell cage but its just a matter of saving up a bit at the moment.
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Post by natnat899 on Apr 26, 2014 8:19:20 GMT
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Post by polly on Apr 26, 2014 11:34:43 GMT
Thanks for this but don't have transport big enough at the moment to transport a cage of this size. We still need to clear a space in the animal room to accomodate a new cage so probably talking another month or so away.
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Post by polly on Apr 26, 2014 16:54:32 GMT
Just treated both my chinchillas to a rather large order of goodies from chinchilla2shop.
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Post by natnat899 on Apr 26, 2014 18:14:35 GMT
Lucky chinchillas!
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Post by polly on Apr 28, 2014 16:46:46 GMT
It was chinchilla bath night tonight. Its lovely to watch both of them jumping in and out and especially funny when they both try to get in together. Really must try and remember to video the fun next time.
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