My female chinchilla is about to have kit(s) and i need to know if i should put her in a separate cage before she gives birth, i dont want her mate to get depressed. should i separate them?And is there signs to look for when shes getting ready to have them or will they just appear one day? Also, is it safe to move the kits after she has them so i can clean the bedding or should i leave them be for a few days? I dont want to injure them or the mom and i dont want them getting an infection from dirty bedding.thanks!
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Ash
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From the sounds of it, you should separate to begin with and read a bit more into breeding before thinking of pairing them together again. Also, why are you breeding? Just for babies? Might want to take a more in depth look into reasons to breed vs reasons not to.
As far as your questions...
Leaving the male in? You'll get mixed responses. Some people say separate because of the chance of breedback (male impregnating the female right away). Some people say it's fine, breedback isn't common, but if you DO find you have a male that breedbacks, separate him every time. Like I said, in your situation, I'd separate and take some time to look more into breeding basic FAQs and reasons to/not to. The male will be fine you separate them.
Signs of labor - If you're lucky, you may see contractions. Or you may not. I've been in with the chinchillas one night to my female acting normal, the next morning there are kits in the cage. Many people are the same way. You usually only see signs of labor if there is an issue because the female has been in labor for so long, she can't pass the kits, or like I said.. if you're lucky.
Bedding - Most people handle kits fairly soon after birth to get weights, check sexes, etc. Moms do a pretty good job of cleaning up after themselves after giving birth, so you don't have to clean too much up. She'll hang out in one spot of the cage to birth, so you may only need to clean out that corner if she doesn't.
Read through the FAQs of this section, that will answer a lot of basic questions about breeding.
As far as your questions...
Leaving the male in? You'll get mixed responses. Some people say separate because of the chance of breedback (male impregnating the female right away). Some people say it's fine, breedback isn't common, but if you DO find you have a male that breedbacks, separate him every time. Like I said, in your situation, I'd separate and take some time to look more into breeding basic FAQs and reasons to/not to. The male will be fine you separate them.
Signs of labor - If you're lucky, you may see contractions. Or you may not. I've been in with the chinchillas one night to my female acting normal, the next morning there are kits in the cage. Many people are the same way. You usually only see signs of labor if there is an issue because the female has been in labor for so long, she can't pass the kits, or like I said.. if you're lucky.
Bedding - Most people handle kits fairly soon after birth to get weights, check sexes, etc. Moms do a pretty good job of cleaning up after themselves after giving birth, so you don't have to clean too much up. She'll hang out in one spot of the cage to birth, so you may only need to clean out that corner if she doesn't.
Read through the FAQs of this section, that will answer a lot of basic questions about breeding.
I didn't want to breed them. I had no intention of having babies. I had a male already and he was acting very depressed so I got another chin from someone and it was supposed to be a boy as well. When i took it to the petstore they confirmed that it was a boy. Much to my surprise, "he" started eating a ton and I soon found out that it was actually a girl and probably knocked up.I don't know anything about breeding hind nor did I want to.find out but I don't want any of them to be harmed which is why I asked. My male chin has an apptmnt to be fixed next week bc I do not want this to happen again. But thank-you for.your time.in answering my questions, I really appreciate all the help I can get.
Ash
Trouble....
No problem. It's just been seen on here time and again people who just buy random chins to have cute kits, with no real aim or goal in mind. Why not wait to get your male fixed, see what the female has if she is pregnant, and from, make your decision on what to do. If your female has m/f twins, you could keep the female with mom and try to pair the male with the dad. If the mom only has females, you can still get dad fixed, he'd have to be alone for 6 weeks anyway, in order to be sure all the sperm has died off before being paired back with the female.
