Christina Noraas
Christina
So my boyfriends grandma was a chinchilla breeder, and when I got the pair (Big Momma and Rex), they already had two babies that came with them, the babies have now been given to other homes already, and the mom was pregnant when I got her, now she is due any day now and I would REALLY appreciate some help.
You see I'm a senior in High School so I'm gone from 6 in the morning until around 4:30 at night, my mom is constantly home and such. The pair are living in a home built cage, because I simply did not and do not have the money to buy one from the store. Before any one asks or says anything, the babies absolutely cannot escape through bars, because there are none. I don't know how to explain it, anyways they can't escape that way, HOWEVER the only thing that I am worried about is them escaping through the bottom doors, due to the fact that it is homemade (provided by my boyfriends grandma so it is safe to live in for them) the doors are shut with wires, I am so worried that the babies will sneak through and I will never see them again.
I let Big Momma and Rex out at-least 6 out of 7 nights a week (they live in my bed room) so I was thinking maybe that'll help locate the babies if they do abandon ship.
I have asked around in so many different places, and I have not received any helpful answers, this is my last hope.
So here are my questions:
1.) I know that they are born fully furred and eyes open and such, but how long does it take them to get REALLY active as in like crawling around to the point where they will find their way out.
2.) If they do find their way out, and I let Big Momma out will they come back to her or will she find them.
3.) How will I know when she is going to have them or if she has had them already and I'm too late? :[
4.) What are some definite signs of her going into labor or going to have them soon, her nipples are long already by the way.
5.) Will they stay with the mom right away, and will she stay with them because I have a 3 level cage.
Anything else you can think of would be GREAT. Thank you!
You see I'm a senior in High School so I'm gone from 6 in the morning until around 4:30 at night, my mom is constantly home and such. The pair are living in a home built cage, because I simply did not and do not have the money to buy one from the store. Before any one asks or says anything, the babies absolutely cannot escape through bars, because there are none. I don't know how to explain it, anyways they can't escape that way, HOWEVER the only thing that I am worried about is them escaping through the bottom doors, due to the fact that it is homemade (provided by my boyfriends grandma so it is safe to live in for them) the doors are shut with wires, I am so worried that the babies will sneak through and I will never see them again.
I let Big Momma and Rex out at-least 6 out of 7 nights a week (they live in my bed room) so I was thinking maybe that'll help locate the babies if they do abandon ship.
I have asked around in so many different places, and I have not received any helpful answers, this is my last hope.
So here are my questions:
1.) I know that they are born fully furred and eyes open and such, but how long does it take them to get REALLY active as in like crawling around to the point where they will find their way out.
2.) If they do find their way out, and I let Big Momma out will they come back to her or will she find them.
3.) How will I know when she is going to have them or if she has had them already and I'm too late? :[
4.) What are some definite signs of her going into labor or going to have them soon, her nipples are long already by the way.
5.) Will they stay with the mom right away, and will she stay with them because I have a 3 level cage.
Anything else you can think of would be GREAT. Thank you!