Thank you so much! That clears up A LOT!!! So can they go into heat if they're already pregnant? The girl I got Ebbers from said she tried to mate her 3 wks ago (which would be a month and a half now) and thought it was unsuccessful. I hate it that she was so careless but that doesn't mean Eb doesn't deserve a better home instead of with a byb 19 yr old! Anyway, can she be in heat even if she's pregnant? Bc from your description on the coloration, she was in heat. If they can't go into heat if they're pregnant then that means I'm in the clear on the previous owners carelessness!
Is something wrong with her?
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Yes, chinchillas can go into heat after the get pregnant. They can get pregnant again after they're already carrying kits. This is because a chinchilla has a horned uterus so there are two separate sections of uterus leading to individual fallopian tubes and ovaries. A chinchilla can get pregnant in one horn of the uterus, and then get impregnated in the other horn a month later. Your chinchilla being in heat is not indication that she is not pregnant. Continue to watch her and count down 111 days from the day you got her as she very well could be pregnant. No one can tell just by watching a mating if it took or not. The person you got her from does not sound very educated or intelligent...
Amen to that! She wanted to take one to a shelter bc its "mean". I've been working with her and she's a sweetie. You can't just pass them person to person to person and so on and expect them to have a great disposition. Who knows what she actually came from and you don't get rid of them just bc they're "mean" when you've had them 2 weeks!
I've been keeping an eye on Eb and her weight. I think I'm obsessive tho on weighing daily. How often should I weigh and how far into the pregnancy do they she significant weight gain?
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RavenousDeadlyZombieChins
I don't weigh my chins, but I would only weigh weekly if I did weigh them. You'll notice a large jump in weight the last two months of the pregnancy.
