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Post by moletteuk on Sept 15, 2016 10:59:18 GMT
Congratulaions, they are gorgeous  I've never touched a chinchilla, but 'living cloud' makes it sound so good hehe! (I have a bit of a thing about pygmy goats too, I went to a local rescue park place and they had baby pygmy goats, it doesn't get any cheekier and cuter). |
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Post by skardsen on Sept 15, 2016 12:04:37 GMT
moletteuk It's hard to describe but when you run your hand over their fur it's almost like there's nothing there. It's this weird kind of sensory contradiction.
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Post by winic1 on Sept 15, 2016 12:47:00 GMT
I have always wanted goats. And burros
I want to cross a screaming goat with a fainting goat, so then I'd have a goat that screams and knocks itself out.
naw.....
I want the goats that hang out in trees. That way, I have more space to keep the little burros on the ground.
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Post by dops on Sept 15, 2016 13:11:27 GMT
when I was little my brother had a pet goat! called Foxy for some reason. we used to take her to the beach and everything, she loved it, but the beach trips stopped when she headbutted a little boy who poked her... But she loved car journeys! And also would terrorise our dogs.
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Post by skardsen on Sept 15, 2016 15:41:59 GMT
Can't wait for later when they wake up.
Edit: Pretty much right on cue, Floss woke up and started tucking into the forage I've laid out for them. She's being a good girl and eating more of than the degus do.
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Post by winic1 on Sept 15, 2016 16:45:28 GMT
Are chinchillas more nocturnal than degus, or are they readily awake much of the day?
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Post by moletteuk on Sept 15, 2016 17:13:26 GMT
Good girl eating her greens  I had to look up burros = donkey I have never heard of screaming or fainting goats...I think in the UK we mainly just have grumpy goats! |
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Post by randomname on Sept 15, 2016 17:20:26 GMT
winic1 chins are normally nocturnal, but they usually fall into a routine based around when you're up & around. They become crepuscular, awake evenings & early mornings like rabbits. They really thrive on routine & will scold you (bark in your face) if you don't do what you usually do at the correct time! They watch tv intently & will react to horror films by jumping out of their skin in the scary bits! They even have preferences, & like to watch the same things at the same times each day. A lot of chin rescues have tvs for the chins as it's been proven beneficial (unless they watching Jeremy Kyle I think!! lol) Chinchillas are very, very cool, loads of interesting facts out there to discover.
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Post by skardsen on Sept 15, 2016 17:27:40 GMT
winic1 Definitely more on the nocturnal side of things. They're only just starting to wake up properly now (18:26). While my degus are mostly awake during the day, I've found that my boys aren't really bothered about when they wake up. The chins were awake all of last night up until around 8 am. I was able to hold Floss for a little bit. She'll stay calm for a minute or two on my lap. I held her up to the degus and they were quite friendly to her, just came up to have a sniff, and she reciprocated. I think they do want to meet her, but I'm not even considering that for at least a month. She started to get a little frightened though, so I put her back in her cage. These guys really do have poor eyesight. They seem to distinguish things more through smell and what touches their whiskers.
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Post by Emziedee on Sept 15, 2016 17:37:54 GMT
Last night Garf was shouting the house done, echoing through down to the ground floor. I ran up there to see what the matter was expecting him to be in some kind of distress - but he was stretched out in his bed, watching a documentary on a very noisy colony of bats!
He either thought he was communicating with them, or was shouting at me to turn the racket off. I think it was the latter as it was his bedtime after all lol.
I think this was my first official summons and telling off!!
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Post by winic1 on Sept 15, 2016 19:20:30 GMT
Good girl eating her greens I had to look up burros = donkey I have never heard of screaming or fainting goats...I think in the UK we mainly just have grumpy goats! Look them both up on youtube, it's hilarious. In our southwest, and I guess Mexico, they are more commonly called burros. |
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Post by winic1 on Sept 15, 2016 19:20:53 GMT
So a chinchilla is kind of like a very demanding houseguest?
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Post by deguconvert on Sept 15, 2016 19:33:11 GMT
ROFL!!! Too funny! Maybe he was asking when you will have his wings in?!
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Post by deguconvert on Sept 15, 2016 19:34:14 GMT
randomname this isn't a pygmy goat, but a little lamb. An old classic video: THAT IS SO CUTE!! Funny little lamb playing hide and seek!! |
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Post by skardsen on Sept 15, 2016 19:50:17 GMT
So a chinchilla is kind of like a very demanding houseguest? I think you just described the typical house cat. |
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Post by winic1 on Sept 15, 2016 20:44:36 GMT
So a chinchilla is kind of like a very demanding houseguest? I think you just described the typical house cat. Nawwww....I have two cats. A typical housecat is more like having an invading Overlord of the Universe living with you. |
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Post by skardsen on Sept 15, 2016 22:32:33 GMT
I just picked them both up because I haven't seen them chewing anything and I wanted to make sure their teeth were ok. I know they don't like it but as I'm sure you'll all understand, we sometimes have to do things they don't like for the sake of their wellbeing. Their teeth are fine, just the right length and perfectly yellow like chinchilla teeth should be. I did learn, however, learn that Floss is more receptive to being held than Fluff. Fluff freezes up when scruffed, but Floss doesn't. Fluff is somewhat tolerant of chin rubs though, whereas Floss isn't. They're both definitely more forgiving of contact than a degu is. I'm hoping I can work on this down the line so I can pet them a little bit. I'll never force them though. It's weird, Floss is more shy, but at the same time more inquisitive. If I hold a closed hand out, lower than her to not appear imposing, she'll come over to me. It's not a "TREAT FOR ME?!" thing either, as neither of the girls seem particularly motivated by treats.
Oh and how's this for a weird approach from a degu owners perspective? The correct way to hold a chinchilla is one hand under the belly, and the other hand firmly gripped on the base of their tail.
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Post by deguconvert on Sept 16, 2016 0:40:03 GMT
Really?? I don't think I've seen a chin held like in any of the chin recordings I've watched.
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Post by randomname on Sept 16, 2016 4:22:15 GMT
I've never heard that either - I'd be worried to do that. I always held Dave under the belly & the other hand under the feet, like a cat. That's how I was told to by the exotics vet & most websites I looked at. Maybe that's what yours are used to because of their previous owner?
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Post by skardsen on Sept 16, 2016 10:28:22 GMT
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I've never touched a chinchilla, but 'living cloud' makes it sound so good hehe!
