Are your chins tame?

[Mookie]

I was just curious how many people have tame chins. Mine are all pretty tame

 

[ChinnyMom]

i don't have my own chin, but i'm babysitting one this week and she's very tame. doesn't like being held much, but that's standard for chins.

when i call her name during play time she'll come running to me and sniff my toes, lol.

 

[emily]

Winston is like my child. He is tame all the time, but still chinchillalicious!!

 

[Christina Noraas]

Rex is super tame when he isn't in one of his moods. :] But Penelope on the other hand has some anger issues.

 

[Rob Walker]

I assume you mean tame as in a chinchilla that can be held and pet etc? My chinchilla Neve really likes affection, scritches and attention. But only I can hold her for an extended period of time. She'll come sit on my bed and act completely relax around me, so yes I consider Neve tame.

 

[ticklechin]

Extremely tame!

 

[Pikaia]

Twibble is the most tame. I think it is because he is alone in his cage and we try to handle him more.

Tia is pretty good and Chichi sure has been making progress!!

 

[Ash]

I guess it depends on what you mean by "tame". Mine aren't ravenous or rabid and don't attack me at every chance they get....

However, I have 3 that hate attention of any kind unless it involves giving them a treat, food, or filling up their water bottle. The others come up to get scritches and enjoy attention. Only my Cuda really enjoys being held though.

 

[Jazicat]

I think all of my chinchillas were tame when I got them but they have taken a little time to get used to me. Both Edgar and Oscar adapted to our house very quickly and were both coming out of the cage on their own. Jackie is taking longer but he's comes out of the cage and will let us give him scritches but it's only a matter of time before he too is settled. Of course he's only been here three weeks so I think we are doing pretty well.

 

[Andrea]

Esper and Arwen are extremely friendly but Scully is still timid. I handle them all a lot and I think Scully will become more tame as she ages.

 

[PebblesAndAbby]

My girls are both very friendly. It took a long time with both of them, with my abby it took almost 3 years for her to like me.. now she jumps on me and sits on my shoulder when i open the cage

 

[starleomach]

99% of my chinchillas are happy to get scratches so by those standards they are tame. I have a few spazzy chinchillas I would not call tame but only 1 agressive one. Gonzalo will bite the hand that feeds him. Never too hard but he is territorial one out of 136 isnt too bad

 

[tati121]

Watson is 100% "tame" with me though when it comes to other people, it seems to decrease based on who the person is. He'll climb all over my boyfriend, cuddle in his coat, sit on his shoulder. But with other people, even those he's technically known longer, he won't even want to be held by them.

 

[chechinchillas]

Out of 150 chins, I would say the majority are laid back, like scratches, or are at least curious and want to interact with me. I do have about 4 chins who I call sunshine when I see them, which is code for devil chin, but I really like the ornery ones for some reason. Everytime they make a fuss I have to hold them. Their babies are sweet and friendly. I think chins are born with their personality not bred (unless of course they were mistreated or housed in too small of a cage). I have had sweet chins come from a small breeder or a large rancher. I have also had grumpy chins come from both types of breeders too.

 

[arf2184]

I have two that will not typically approach me (in or out of the cage) unless I have a treat and then they only come to grab the treat and go. I can still hold them when needed, but they make it clear that they do not enjoy any part of it.

The 14 other resident chins will come check out my hand/arm when I reach in the cage and will come up and say hello when they're out running around. They're fairly easy for me to pick up and (with the exception of one who can be moody) will not try to bite me. Some are more people social than others, but I'd consider all 14 "tame".

 

[midgemidge2000]

my baby comes out and watches t.v. w/ me so i concider her very tame... ruby has only been home a while so she is not use to her surrondjings yet.

 

[TheSurvivor]

Mine are slowly getting there. 3 weeks into loving them, and during playtime yesterday Scrat would constantly crawl out of the pen (through the door) and into my fiancee's lap, on her shoulder and let himself be picked up - without much wiggling - to be put back into the pen when he would jump off and attempt to explore the very unproof room.
And even gizmo would venture out into her lap, and had his first active playtime since we got him.
I think in a few weeks both will be pretty tame (and they both seem to love us about as much as we love them)

 

[ChinnyMom]

my Rhino is somewhat tame. doesn't like being picked up (but will let me), and will sit on my knee during playtime for a few scritches. he'll also jump on my back and sit up there for a bit if i'm leaning over or laying down on my stomach.

 

[FredEthel]

Both my Chins are tame (1m, 1f, 3 kits) although dad can get nippy if you disturb him but mom is just a sweet heart and comes to the top of the cage everytime I move to bet for attention and a treat. But people say the male is mean not realizing that you can't walk up to a sleeping animal that you've never met, rattle the cage, and then stick in your finger while chanting come to papa, I would bite you too, after all you did wake my when I was taking a nap. You just have to use common sense, your pet loove the person that feeds them, cleans them, and treats them nice all the time with a soft voice, and you need to approach them for play time when they are up and about wanting to play and for my chins that's mostly between 8pm to midnight, there only up in the day to get a drink and a nibble and then back to sleep.