Chinchilla sudden change and behaviour and poop size?

[Shikiti]

I recently rehomed a 6 year old chinchilla, she loves her play time and she's starting to look a lot better since I upgraded her cage to a ferret nation(previously in a small rabbit cage with only a log house. She has a bunch of toys and gets a good amount of excercise. Iv had her for about 3 months now

Also concerned about possible bloat, she loves hiding under the hammock I made, but I'm not sure if she's just trying to get comfy or her stomach hurts. She's been lying down and she squishes herself against the floor when she's under the hammock. She started hiding there since her behaviour changed towards me.

Recently her behaviour has changed towards me suddenly, she loved her neck rubs but now hardly lets me touch her before she pushes me away or jumps back. She use to like me most out of everyone in my family. She has no problem with my parents. Her poop seems to keep changing as well, she has oxbow pellets with timothy hay in her cage, and I change the water every other day. They range from small little drops to long and sometime I find a oval/pointed one. She is eating and drinking fine as well but does not seem to want to play when in her cage. Any tips on getting her poop back to normal? She enjoys timothy cubes more than loose grass.

Any tips on keeping her healthy and happy? I live on an island in Canada, there is very little supplies I can get my hands on here such as medicines or anything for chinchillas other than some toys.

I looked her over for any outer indictions for problems and she seems fine, and happy when she's out of her cage. Sorry for the huge post but justcparanoid and concerned for my new first chin.

 

[mikayla_u]

Hi, I am glad to hear that you've given this little sweet heart a new home and as for the poops those sound totally normal you should only be really worried if they're wet. If her poops are good and dry and she's eating about 1-2 tbs of food a day she should be totally fine, and it sounds like she drinking a good amount of water so as long as she's kept at around 21°C and has ample food and water she should be just fine. As for squishing under the hammock chinchillas live in the Andes and generally enjoy being between the rock crevices my little girl loves finding small little places to wedge herself. Now as for her change in behaviour I went through the same thing with my girl when I first got her, I generally attribute it to them getting more confident. It sounds like your girl has been through a great deal and it sounds like now she's gotten quite comfortable in her new home, and with that she's getting a little territorial. One thing that I've learned with these little guys is that you have to give them time. When I first got my little Piper she would bite, spray and bark at me. But now with some time and patients she's quite happy to see me when I open the cage. Don't worry you're doing just fine it'll be a learning experience for the both of you, best of luck.