Chinchilla Chasing his tail?

[Joey&pepe]

He sometimes makes loud noises and appears to be chasing his tail, is this normal? Is there somthing wrong? Somtimes he will jump sideways all the way across the cage pretty much after it. He stops after a few seconds.

 

[Gizmo24]

Sounds like maybe hes popcorning?

 

[Cuddlebug]

Give his tail a quick check. If you can't find anything wrong, I would agree with Gizmo24. He is just happy and having a blast popcorning and wall surfing.

 

[Joey&pepe]

Glad nothing is wrong. What is popcorning though? Ha

 

[Gizmo24]

Popcorning is something they do when they are really happy and excited about something. They'll pop up into the air...run around like crazy, do cute little leaps, jumps, spins, etc or bounce off the walls.. Its the cutest thing to watch!!