chinchillas after neutering.

[Miss_Embie]

Me again, I had Gizmo neutered in Feb 2011 because I was thinking of getting him a female in the future.

But to this day he stills loves to hump my hand and ermm ejeculate. After my rabbit was done he stopped humping 1 month afterwards. So is it normal for Gizmo to be so "horny" still and would it be safe for him to be paired with a female without having ickle babys?

Thanks.

 

[Snickers]

I had some chins neutered some just cuddle to the females. Then I have two that still have the urge to mate. All of them have been neutered from a year plus.

 

[AZChins]

Neutering really doesn't do all that much to curb sex drive in male chinchillas. They can't get a female pregnant, but they can try...over and over again. Neutered males, which I have seen, still hump things including other chins, human wrists and ankles, cuddle buddies, etc. That's just how males are and nothing can be done to get them stop usually. The only thing that you can do is wait and there is a possibility that as Gizmo gets older he'll mellow out a little.

 

[Sycamore Chins]

Just something to add, even though he may no longer be able to get a female pregnant, he may piss off his companion so much with his attempts that they turn on him - and it could end very badly. I would think about keeping him by himself in the hopes that he mellows out.

 

[Miss_Embie]

I know it sounded daft, but thank you

 

[Chub_Chub]

I didn't think it was a dumb question. I don't recall ever seeing that question before. I think most members go the route of no surgery and same sex companions. Since some animals are supposed to calm down after surgery, I would have thought the sex drive of chins would have been affected as well. So.. now we know. Nope! LOL

 

[Lynn & The Chins]

Speaking from experience, having had 3 males neutered with only minor complications, I think that they do calm down.

Mr. Whiskers and Baby had lived happily together for almost 2 years. I came home to find Baby nearly bald and with bites all over his back, cowering in a corner. Mr. Whiskers, the older and larger and obviously the aggressor, had only a small pierce on his ear.

When we went to the vet to get Baby taken care of, I thought I would just get Mr. Whiskers neutered, but Dr. Fitzgerald recommended getting them both neutered at the same time so that they could recover together and give each other moral support, and possibly live happily again together.

It worked, and they lived happily ever after until Baby died suddenly, from completely unrelated causes.

Mr. Whiskers and I were both so depressed, so I got another young kit, My Little Snuggler. Whiskers was already pretty calm, having been neutered, and still recovering from the loss of Baby. After quarantine, they were successfully introduced and things went well for a while...until the night I came home from work and found Mr. Whiskers cowering in the hidey house.

Well, I immediately separated them and off to Dr. Fitzgerald we went to get The Snuggler fitted for HIS little pink apron!!! He recuperated well, in side by side cages with Whiskers, and eventually they bonded again.

They are now living happily together again, and spend most of their time snuggling with each other, and as I like to say, sharing recipes and baking pies

I remain constantly vigilant and do have an extra cage for when and if...

If done by a qualified, chinchilla experienced Exotic vet, neutering is a relatively safe/minor procedure. And I do believe that they do get the urge to hump a lot less frequently as they get older. Mr. Whiskers is now 7 and The Snuggler is 6.

 

[Gumby and Elmo]

My 2 boys have also been neutered, I decided to get them done about 6 yrs ago when they were about 6 months old, their hormones were driving them crazy, Elmo would chase Gumby night and day. I knew I had to do something before something bad happened.
With minor complications, they both recovered very well, they mellowed down quite a bit, no more chasing and humping. I'm glad I took them in for the op.