Caroline
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Hi, quick question. At 5 weeks and 1 day my babies are now 159 g and 153 g. Is this large, small or average?
Baby Weight Gain
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seachin
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I would say thats about average. As Snickers said, each chin is different....some mom's produce more/fattier milk and the kits fatten up faster. Your kits are growing just fine 
Vyxxin
RAF Chins
Agreed, growing is growing with chinchillas. There really is no size chart for chins younger than adults. Heck, even with humans it took years to set up standardized size charts no purpose to in chinchillas, at this age if they're gaining they're good. Your chin that is average at 5 weeks may be a whopper at 10mos. OR your chin that's huge at 5weeks may be a runt at 10mos. The same reason not too many dog breeders put much stock in teacup size charts Growing = good. To answer your question, based on MY data, those weights are about average for that age. They say, as a rule of thumb, 100g/mos is a positive thing at this age
no purpose to in chinchillas, at this age if they're gaining they're good. Your chin that is average at 5 weeks may be a whopper at 10mos. OR your chin that's huge at 5weeks may be a runt at 10mos. The same reason not too many dog breeders put much stock in teacup size charts Growing = good. To answer your question, based on MY data, those weights are about average for that age. They say, as a rule of thumb, 100g/mos is a positive thing at this age
