ChinchillaChick
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I have a female chinchilla named Jacki who just turned three, whom I rescued a little under a year ago. The home I rescued her from was abusing her. She came to me as an angry, untrusting chin who was mad at the world and missing half her body fur from chewing it off. I worked very hard over a course of several months to rehabilitate her and finally I turned her into a sweet and loving family chin. HOWEVER, recently (the last few months) Jacki has been regressing in the state of behavior. Her mood has chaged back to the angry chin, but this times she's worse. I can't put my hand in her cage without wearing gloves because she bites me everytime. She bites through the cage bars and is VERY aggressive with food, which was not the case a few months ago. She throw over bowls and litter boxes in her cage and is just completley ticked off at everyone and everything. I have no idea why.! Nothing in her diet has changed, and I treat her the same way, nobody else messes with her, nothing has changed.! The only thing that has changed in the environment is the fact I am now fostering another female chin. Jacki started acting like this a few weeks after I brought Lilly (the foster kiddo) home. However, I can't see this being the cause as I spend the same amount of time with Jacki as I did before. Does anyone know what could be the cause.? Genetics.? Past abuse.? Is there anything I can do to help Jacki and make her go back to the way she was.?