Should I neuter my boy?

[angyxpoo]

So I have a male chinchilla who is one and a half. Kai. I bought him from a breeder and I have his whole blood line or whatever but I don't know much about that kind of stuff. He was bred to be a show chin but was attacked by his brother which resulted in tattered ears and a small bald spot so he couldn't be used for shows. So now he's mine

My mom has a female chinchilla that she got from a pet store. She is downsizing and is going to give her and her cage to me. I won't put them together in the same cage for awhile as I know it takes awhile to get them to be cage mates but that is my ultimate goal. I want them to share a cage.

So if that is the case, should I get him fixed ? I don't want them to have babies because I don't have time for all of that. But I think Kai may be traumatized from getting fixed so I'm not sure.

 

[tunes]

If you put them together, there are going to be babies. The only way to stop that is either castrate your male or keep them separate. I personally would keep them separate. You have no idea if they will even like each other, so putting him through the procedure could be all for nothing if they fight once they get together anyway.

 

[angyxpoo]

I plan on having the separate initially at least until they are well acquainted and get along. I don't want to keep two giant separate cages since I'm a college student who generally doesn't have a lot of living space. For me two cages will need to be a temporary thing. But the cage is multi level so maybe I will block off the levels so they can't mate