A third Chin?

[ReneeM]

I have been considering the possibility of adopting a third Chinchilla. I see several Chinchillas in my local area on craigslist. Most of the pictures of these chins include plastic cages/wheels. This makes me shudder. Some even have no shelving. Before adopting a chinchilla I will be placing an order for a cage from quality cages for a new cage. No chinchilla of mine will be on plastic. I would be looking for a single Chin. I was interested in adopting a female, but was not sure if they could be kept in the same room with two males. They would have NO contact with each other, and be on opposite ends of the room. I would never breed a chin. I would quarantine in my basement for the given month before placing a new chin in my room. I believe I could provide an excellent home for a third Chin, and will have all of the proper supplies, due to having and spoiling my two boys I would like to rescue this time instead of going to a breeder.

 

[Shooper]

As long as you are able to care for a third, I say GO FOR IT! I think a new chinnie would be lucky to have you for a chin mom!

 

[ChinnyMom]

i agree. as long as you feel you have the resources (supplies, time, money, and patience, lol!) for a third, then go ahead and give one of those poor craigslist chinnies a better home.

i'm itching to get a third, but i know i'm not in a position to just yet, so i'm holding off.

 

[mistywaterwoman]

If you have two males caged together and then put a female in the same room, it will cause the males to fight as soon as she is in season.

If your males are in seperate cages already, then it shouldn't be a problem.

 

[Airyn]

They can be kept in the same room. Just make sure their cages are far enough apart that they can't "reach" through the bars. I have a storage cabinet that's about 2 feet wide between my cages. That chin will be incredibly lucky to have you! If I had more room, I'd adopt as many as I could.

 

[Megan]

If you have two males caged together and then put a female in the same room, it will cause the males to fight as soon as she is in season.

If your males are in seperate cages already, then it shouldn't be a problem.

This is not always true. There have been fights, yes, however many of us have kept males together with females around. Some have added females to a room when the pair was already bonded, others added the bonded pair to a room with females.

 

[Airyn]

If you have two males caged together and then put a female in the same room, it will cause the males to fight as soon as she is in season.

My boys were overexcited when they could see the girls, but they never fought. I just got mounted A LOT more than normal. Putting a visual barrier up definitely helped the problem.

 

[ReneeM]

If it would cause fighting between my bonded males, I wouldn't risk it. The males would be about 8-9 feet away from a new chin. I have alot of set up and consideration to before adopting a née chin. I would have a cage already ordered and set up before inquiring about a new chin. And then getting new toys. I would love a little girl to spoil though. Pink fleece! My boys fleece is as masculine as I could find. They could care less buy I prefer them to be on boy colors

 

[EMSChins]

You never know until you try it unfortunately. I myself have two sets of bonded males (pets or taken out of breeding for one reason or another) that are in the same room as roughly 35 breeding females, I have never had an issue with either set of males fighting with each other. At the same time, I am aware that can change at any given moment for any given reason and it may or may not be due to being in the same room as females.

Bonded males (and females for that matter) could start fighting for any number of reasons and it isn't always necessarily due to having a chin of the opposite sex in the same room. As long as you are potentially prepared to have 3 cages, I say go ahead and adopt your female. There may come a time where you have to separate your males for another reason - just be aware that potential always exists.

 

[ReneeM]

I have to convince my dad first to let me get a third chin, but he loves my two boys, so I don't think that would be a problem I would love an ebony or mosaic girl. Preferably a bit older. My boys were so hyper when they were little, I want someone a bit more settled in personality and age. I was looking at silver surfer wheels and didn't realize they came in pink! I'll probably have a cage decked out before even finding a chin to adopt . I'm already planning on pink fleece. A girl to spoil would be wonderful! I read they are bigger than male chins? Do their personalities vary at all from males? I have never owned a female chin before.

 

[Airyn]

Females are usually bigger, but personality varies more by chin more than by gender. One male and one female of mine are absolute loves who adore being touched. The other male and female only permit me to touch their heads. It's very chin-specific. The biggest difference is that you won't have to do hair ring checks. )

 

[andreya]

I have a girl in my previous "boys" room with two sets of bonded boys without any issues. I keep the girl's cage on the other side of the room. I had one of my males sit outside her cage during play time and make what I think was a mating call once but he was completely fine when I put him back with his "boyfriend". =)

 

[ReneeM]

I put in an application today with a local rescue for a gray female chin. I just hope they don't say no because my family has quite a few pets. Three dogs, four cats my two boys and my momma hamster and her two daughters. I'm not sure how rescues feel about owning multiple pets? All of our pets have vet records. All of our cats were rescues as well. Our pets are owned by several different family members. I am not the owner of each. I hope it doesn't cancel me out as a possible adopter

 

[ticklechin]

If you have two males caged together and then put a female in the same room, it will cause the males to fight as soon as she is in season.

If your males are in seperate cages already, then it shouldn't be a problem.

If what you believe is true, and its not, how do you think a ranch is set up or a large breeder, do you think they have Male buildings and Female buildings? Really? If two chins are together, they can fight at any time, regardless of sex.