fractafrilly
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If this thread is in the wrong place, please don't be angry; this is the first time I've posted (besides an introduction...maybe?), and only the second time I've browsed this forum. I'll do better next time, but feel free to move to the proper location!
My chinchilla Meeka is a sassy, sassy little girl. I'm used to her being a brat for the attention (and believe me, I say this with nothing but fondness, amusement and love; I can't be mad at my little Bean for long), but she's developed a destructive habit that's become worrisome for me.
She has this tendency to pull at threads of the carpet in my apartment and rip them up so the white..er...criss-crossing stuff...(sorry, not a carpet salesman) is showing. So basically, tearing up small patches of my carpet. This is manageable (currently), and I can carefully glue the bits of my carpet back so it looks like nothing happened, but if this problem becomes more widespread (as in, tearing up more and more carpet each time), it could become a huge issue of stress (and money) for me.
I'm fortunate that the apartment I moved into was the landlady's former one, and since she used to smoke, and put holes in the walls, she doesn't really mind what I do. She DOES KNOW about the chinchilla, and the only question she asked was 'what are they?' and 'do they make noise?'. Granted, I didn't realize HOW destructive (chewy! nom nom nom) chinchillas were at the time and couldn't really give her much information.
The apartment is chinproofed now, but the carpet, well unless I put a tarp down (which I'd be worried about her chewing through), is kind of a liability at the moment!
Long story short, halp?
(My name is Ryn, by the way, in case I never actually made an intro post!)
My chinchilla Meeka is a sassy, sassy little girl. I'm used to her being a brat for the attention (and believe me, I say this with nothing but fondness, amusement and love; I can't be mad at my little Bean for long), but she's developed a destructive habit that's become worrisome for me.
She has this tendency to pull at threads of the carpet in my apartment and rip them up so the white..er...criss-crossing stuff...(sorry, not a carpet salesman) is showing. So basically, tearing up small patches of my carpet. This is manageable (currently), and I can carefully glue the bits of my carpet back so it looks like nothing happened, but if this problem becomes more widespread (as in, tearing up more and more carpet each time), it could become a huge issue of stress (and money) for me.
I'm fortunate that the apartment I moved into was the landlady's former one, and since she used to smoke, and put holes in the walls, she doesn't really mind what I do. She DOES KNOW about the chinchilla, and the only question she asked was 'what are they?' and 'do they make noise?'. Granted, I didn't realize HOW destructive (chewy! nom nom nom) chinchillas were at the time and couldn't really give her much information.
The apartment is chinproofed now, but the carpet, well unless I put a tarp down (which I'd be worried about her chewing through), is kind of a liability at the moment!
Long story short, halp?
(My name is Ryn, by the way, in case I never actually made an intro post!)
