That point pink piece is actually his penis when it is retracted, when it is unretracted for him to do his "self-checks" you will know. It is perfectly normal.
Sorry for the unforunate whether.
Don't mean to tease, but here it has beeen quite nice!
I am going to the beach tomorrow.
However, snow from you guys means rain for us,
so we have a pretty bad week ahead of us.
I got my chinchilla and he was a meak 400 grams. With nothing but high quality pellets, hay, and fresh water, he now is around 600 grams. I plan to switch his food from Mazuri to Oxbow so I am expecting and hoping for a weight gain.
I agree, try 2 feeding bowls. If things do not improve, separate. This means one is bullying the other. However, I noticed you said that you separate them during "feeding time". Chinchillas do best when free-fed throughout the day as they only eat when they are hungry- chinchillas will not over...
It sounds like she may be anxious or nervous, therefore using her spray mechanism where and whenever she can. How long have you had her for? If you got her recently, she may be nervous and will need some time to settle.
Other than that, I can't really think of a way from stopping a chin from...
Finally, 3 cute pictures from an in-cage photoshoot. Out of cage he doesn't keep still!
Sorry they are sort of out of focus, but hey that's better than nothing IMO. :tease: