Nicolelouise
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Hi everyone,
I have 2 male chinchillas, Atreyu and Louie. Atreyu is an 8 month mosaic which i have had since December and Louie is a 5 month beige which we have had for around a month.
I have had their cages close to eachother (without being able to reach) and they seemed ok with each other. 2 days ago the had their first face to face meeting, everything was ok until Atreyu noticed Louie properly, they sniffed each other and Atreyu chased Louie, now not just a little chase, he chased him until we stopped him (which was pretty quickly to be fair) but Atreyu just kept chasing poor Louie and was kind of pinning him. Atreyu is double the size of Louie and much more confident so i did expect him to be more dominant but Louie seems very scared. The same thing happened the day after when we tried again so we put them away after only five minutes. I'm just wondering if this is normal and to b expected or if Atreyu is just too aggressive/dominant to bond.
Thanks in advance x
I have 2 male chinchillas, Atreyu and Louie. Atreyu is an 8 month mosaic which i have had since December and Louie is a 5 month beige which we have had for around a month.
I have had their cages close to eachother (without being able to reach) and they seemed ok with each other. 2 days ago the had their first face to face meeting, everything was ok until Atreyu noticed Louie properly, they sniffed each other and Atreyu chased Louie, now not just a little chase, he chased him until we stopped him (which was pretty quickly to be fair) but Atreyu just kept chasing poor Louie and was kind of pinning him. Atreyu is double the size of Louie and much more confident so i did expect him to be more dominant but Louie seems very scared. The same thing happened the day after when we tried again so we put them away after only five minutes. I'm just wondering if this is normal and to b expected or if Atreyu is just too aggressive/dominant to bond.
Thanks in advance x
