Milliflux
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Hi! This is my first post here, so bear with me.
I have two chinchillas, Flux (9 months old), and Milli (12 weeks old), both female. I've had Flux for 3 months, and Milli for just over a month. I gave Milli a solid week and a half to adjust to the new environment and bond with me before I moved their cages into the same room and let them start to see and smell each other through the bars. There wasn't any chattering that I was aware of like some people have mentioned on here, but I didn't see any issues with either of them.
After another week and a half of being in the same room, I moved the cages next to each other and still nothing. They didn't even acknowledge each other through the bars, but Flux did get excited whenever I let Milli out to play and she went up to the bars.
Finally, last week I cleaned up a bathroom and let them out together for the first time. They got along really well, with a lot of nose rubbing and grooming. I kept giving them 20-30 min of bathroom playtime for about 4 days, before I figured that they were getting along well enough to play together in the chinchilla room.
Again, this worked out really well, lots of nose rubbing, grooming and even some snuggling when I put them together during the day while they were sleepy. That is, until yesterday.
For whatever reason, when I let them out yesterday Flux immediately started trying to mount Milli, much to Milli's annoyance. She started making a *kack* noise every time Flux got near her and standing up on her hind legs. The same thing happened again today when I let them out. I haven't really seen this behavior from them before and am wondering what could have caused it and how to go about fixing it. Suggestions?
I have two chinchillas, Flux (9 months old), and Milli (12 weeks old), both female. I've had Flux for 3 months, and Milli for just over a month. I gave Milli a solid week and a half to adjust to the new environment and bond with me before I moved their cages into the same room and let them start to see and smell each other through the bars. There wasn't any chattering that I was aware of like some people have mentioned on here, but I didn't see any issues with either of them.
After another week and a half of being in the same room, I moved the cages next to each other and still nothing. They didn't even acknowledge each other through the bars, but Flux did get excited whenever I let Milli out to play and she went up to the bars.
Finally, last week I cleaned up a bathroom and let them out together for the first time. They got along really well, with a lot of nose rubbing and grooming. I kept giving them 20-30 min of bathroom playtime for about 4 days, before I figured that they were getting along well enough to play together in the chinchilla room.
Again, this worked out really well, lots of nose rubbing, grooming and even some snuggling when I put them together during the day while they were sleepy. That is, until yesterday.
For whatever reason, when I let them out yesterday Flux immediately started trying to mount Milli, much to Milli's annoyance. She started making a *kack* noise every time Flux got near her and standing up on her hind legs. The same thing happened again today when I let them out. I haven't really seen this behavior from them before and am wondering what could have caused it and how to go about fixing it. Suggestions?
