How much do your chins sleep?

Chinchilla63 · May 24, 2012

I've noticed that one of my chins seems to be awake quite a bit in the afternoons. She's not especially active, but if I go by the cage she 'll be awake, just kind of content and mellow.
How much sleep are they supposed to get? Is it okay for them to be awake for a chunk of the day?

beemarie · May 24, 2012

My benny is up all night and then he seems to take cat naps through out the day. like sleep for a half hour to an hour and then he will watch tv for two and go back to sleep for an hour. and it will be that way from 8-5 or 6.

jess32247 · May 24, 2012

My chin is asleep most of the day/afternoon. When I wake up (which is around 3pm lol) she'll greet me and sometimes come out for a quick run around the room while I clean her cage. Her run can last anywhere from 30 minutes to a few hours. Then she's back to bed until about 11-12, and once she's awake she comes out to run again. She ususally rests and takes naps while she's out, like she'll run around for maybe 10 minutes then take a 20-30 minute rest/nap. I'm not sure what she does while I'm asleep, but as soon as I turn out my light she runs on her wheel for a while.

ChinnyMom · May 24, 2012

my boys are very quick to wake up whenever i go into the chin room, so i very very rarely see them sleeping. i have no idea how much they sleep, but it must be enough because they are happy, healthy, and full of beans when it comes to playtime, lol.

becky12883 · May 25, 2012

My boys have the strangest sleeping patterns. Generally they are up for hay around 2 or 3 every afternoon, and again at 10 at night and when my bf leaves for work around 8am. They are almost always awake for playtime every other night from 8 to whenever they go home, usually between 10 and 11. Sometimes Rufus will go for really long periods of time with out sleeping for more than 20-30 mins at a time. He's my little insomniac. I think he has nightmares a lot, he kacks in his sleep much more often than Zoid.

Mt. Zion Chins · May 25, 2012

Chins aren't fully nocturnal - there is a name for it but I don't remember what it is. Which means they don't sleep all day. They often catnap during the day. They sometimes even catnap during the night.