Chintro

[Mookie]

My now neutered male and Female, were getting along fine 17 days ago, like in a neutral area. I can home from a 17 day vacation (they had a caregiver) and my 2 year old female was biting fur off of my male. And my male likes my female and my female is mean to my male. My male is 6months. I have had my 2 year old female the longest. And the toys in the cage are my male's toys, and right now I just switched their cages. How can I get them along? I bought them a super giant cage, but I can't use it unless they live together.

Misty: 2 years old. Female. I have had her for the longest. She is very friendly towards people, and enjoys tummy rubs. She is the bully of the two chinchillas. She normally is a sweatheart, seams to be a boss. And is spoiled. Not shy!

Cookie: 6 months old. Got him 2 months ago.Skiddish, but sweet. He is shy and lets my female boss him around. He Wants to be friendly with her, and has groomed her boefore when she let him, but now he is being picked on.


Any way I can introduce them, the best way?

 

[EveningChin]

Sounds like you are on the right track. Switching cages, playtimes..ect. That is the method most recommend. There is no garentee that they will get along. It takes alot of time. Whis I intro'd Pia and Nyx it took me almost a month after quarentine and they never showed aggression at all. The slower the better, saftey is key for your chins.

Misty sounds alot like my Petra. She loves human attention. If you say hi to Pia or Nyx before her she runs into her tube and sulks(or on a bad day sprays you first). She loves people HATES chinchillas! It took me almost three months to give up on intros with her and Nyx. I tried everything except smooshing because of how aggressive Petra was. I tried cage by cage, switching cages, cage in cage, partition in the cage, trimming her whiskers, vanilla on the nose, nothing worked. Sometimes a chinchilla would just rather live alone. You may have a single chinchilla.