Recent content by JTope311

My chinchilla, Hoppy, had a new litter of 3 kits on Saturday morning. She is a standard gray and the male, Houdini, is hetero Pink White. None of the kits are gray, but this is my first litter of something besides standards or beige, so I am having trouble distinguishing the colors. Could...

Can we please get back on topic. I have been breeding for several years now and if they do breed its not really an issue. I just try to make sure its not during play time if possible, which it hasn't been an issue, but if they did I would track and monitor it as normal. I only am asking...

It's mixed-gender play time, but its monitored very closely, any humping starts and the playtime is over for the male involved and then he will get seperate play time after everyone else.

It's just strange, I have never seen another chinchilla act like that. Usually he runs tighter circles, almost like he is chasing his tail. I just couldn't get a good video of him doing so.

His cage was small but not too small, he and his cage mate had room to run and she shows none of the same symptoms even though the previous owners did have them in a long bird cage :banghead: I posted a video on youtube so you could check it out. Most of the video is Spinner and Spazz arguing...

Spinner runs in very tight circles almost constantly, especially when he gets excited. I asked the previous owner how long he has been doing so and she told me for a long time. Since the owner named him Spinner, he is almost two years old, and the vet said he doesnt have an ear infection, I...

So I recently adopted two chinchillas from a local "breeder" that was downsizing her herd. I will say that I didn't want to take them but my loving pet owner side said I had to get them in a better environment. Here is the issue. When I took them, there was a male and a female together for a few...