Hi everyone. Last night while giving my chinchilla hay, i noticed he was grinding his teeth a little bit (i wasnt alarmed when i saw this because he grinds his teeth sometimes just to fall asleep, and just normal things like that) but what i was kind of wondering about was his tongue.
He grinded his teeth, then he stuck his tongue out of one side, then the other side, like, licking his mouth sort of. (quick movements).
im sure its nothing and he may have just been cleaning his mouth or maybe his teeth are bothering him.. but i thought i'd ask if this is common, or if other peoples chinchillas have ever done this before...because a lot of you are a lot more experienced with chinchillas than i am! (because ive only ever had 2 in my life and a ton of people on here have like 5 or more, ha ha)
thanks in advance!
oh, and when i saw him do this i put a pumice block there for him, which he only likes to chew on sometimes.
He grinded his teeth, then he stuck his tongue out of one side, then the other side, like, licking his mouth sort of. (quick movements).
im sure its nothing and he may have just been cleaning his mouth or maybe his teeth are bothering him.. but i thought i'd ask if this is common, or if other peoples chinchillas have ever done this before...because a lot of you are a lot more experienced with chinchillas than i am! (because ive only ever had 2 in my life and a ton of people on here have like 5 or more, ha ha)
thanks in advance!
oh, and when i saw him do this i put a pumice block there for him, which he only likes to chew on sometimes.