I think my Chin hates men?

Anna · Feb 5, 2010

Well, I have a dark standard and he for whatever reason hates men! He lets me and my housemate Charleen and our girl friends hold him and pet him. But he chomps down on the guys!
He also literally throws poop through the bars of his cage at my boyfriend.
What the heck?
Chinchillas are bizarre
: )

Carol~Anne · Feb 5, 2010

I'm not actually surprised by this b/c I know of a couple of people whose chins do not like their husbands even though the men are very gentle with the chins. One of these ladies has three chins and two of them run and attack her husband when he comes into the chin room and he finds this really upsetting.

I have a chin (Pip) who does not like my son at all and before I had a separate chin room and he was out for playtime, he'd hide under the couch and nip my son's ankles when he walked by. He'd also chase him and nip his heels constantly and at first it was cute but after a while it became very annoying and I felt bad for my son b/c he wasn't doing anything to initiate this nippy behaviour. Actually, just before we moved and got a separate chin room, Pip was running around the back of the couch while my son was sitting there and came right up to his face and nipped his eyebrow and left quite a red mark. Needless to say my son will not come into the chin room these days b/c he's afraid of Pip.

I also had someone in my chin room a while ago who had a one-year-old baby and she was sitting on the floor watching the chins run around the room and then Pip ran around in circles and then nipped the baby's bare leg. Twice! Yes, Pip bites babies too! I really don't know why he does this and I wish I did. None of my other chins do this.

This pic was from our old place and this is Pip hiding under the couch waiting to attack my son when he walked by. I know I shouldn't laugh b/c the nips did hurt my son's ankles and his feelings too but I still think it's funny that he was so obsessed with harrassing my son. :laughitup:

JennyBug · Feb 5, 2010

::Cue the theme from Jaws::

Duuuh nuh... Duuuh nuh... duh duh duh duh duh duh...

momenteller · Feb 5, 2010

I totally feel for your son, but that is the funniest picture I have seen in a long time! :hilarious:

I shared these stories with my husband, and he feels a little better now. He was starting to get a complex because he says the chins don't like him as much as they do me. But in our situation, I think its directly proportional to the amount of time spent with them! I am with the chins way more so they are more comfortable with me...

Carol~Anne · Feb 5, 2010

I'm not so sure that Pip is a man-hater b/c he does like my husband and hasn't had issues with other males other than my son who is now thirteen, but this conflict he has going on with my son started about three years or so ago. The fact that he also didn't like the baby girl in the room and gave her two quick nips has me thinking that maybe it's more a jealousy thing with him and he thinks he is the baby of the house. There's definitely something going on there but I don't know what it is. He's as sweet as pie to everyone else though.

Here's one of the many pics of Pip climbing on my husband and taking a treat from him. Oh, he also doesn't have issues with strangers that come by either, just my son and he eats babies too apparently, haha.