Will he recognize his LONG-LOST brother?

[hkkjstwcl]

Hi, ladies and gents, I could use your expertise.
I have a 5 month old grey male chinchilla, Stavros. He is my first chinchilla that I bought from a pet store. At that time, I didn't know that I should buy a chin from a breeder.
Anyhow, when I bought him, he had been caged together with his brother in the store. I liked Stavros better and bought him. Since then, I bought five more chins. Four of them are girls and the last one is a 7 month old male.
I tried hard to let Stavros and other male along, but I failed and failed. I clipped their whiskers, etc, and tried multiple stuff that you guys kindly had suggested me on this forum.
Stavros and Adonis always have been caged separately. Adonis is a real loner, so, it's a different story, but I feel bad for Stavros, since he is outgoing but he doesn't have a cage mate.
Then, I though about going back to the same pet store and buy his brother for him. I called the pet store, and the lady was not sure if the male that they have is his brother, but if I actually go there, I think that I can verify it.
The problem is that they have been apart for about two months.

QUESTION: Do you think that Stavros still remembers his brother and will get along with his brother right away?
:hmm:
Thanks! :hug4::barf:

 

[Bethany]

He could possibly recognize him, but I doubt they will get along right away.

I had a trio and one was bullying the others so I pulled him from the trio. A couple months later I sold one of them and went to re-introduce the single back to the other. It was an easier intro, but not immediate.

On another note, I bought a kit, and bought her dam about 8 months later and I still can't pair those two back together.

 

[hkkjstwcl]

What about...

mmmmm. I see. What about buying a very young (8~10 weeks) baby boy? Do you think that Stavros will be nice to the baby, since Stavros may think that he is the man, obviously, and doesn't need to compete with him?
Or, what are the chances in which unrelated two male chins of about 6~months to 1 year old get along?:wacko:
I bought my girls from different breeders at different periods, but they ended up being friends. :hug2:
Why are my boys so difficult??????

 

[Bethany]

Who was bullying who when you tried to intro stavros to adonis?

Stavros would probably accept a kit better than a adult or 6 month-1 year old. However, then they will have to figure out dominance whenever the kit gets older.

It is chin by chin, I have some that are hard to pair with anything, and some I could throw whatever in there and they get along.

Whatever you decide realize that male chins ecspecially when around females can and will fight at anytime. That is not to say that it can not be done, but always have a spare cage ready. Like I said I had to pull one of the males from my trio before anything bad happened.

 

[hkkjstwcl]

Ummmm.
Stavros is the bully one. Adonis fights back, but he is kind of a puff/sissy.
But, Adonis fights back. I guess that Adonis is not that weak, since he woudn't accept Stavros' dominance. What do you think?
I have many cages and switch the cage around, so they don't get bored of their cages. Girls are all together, Adonis is alone, and Stavros is alone.
So, before buying a male, I should take Stavros with me and see how they interact, right?
I have my girls close to the boys cages. That's why they fight...

THANKSSSSS

 

[tunes]

There is no way you can "verify" if a chinchilla is a brother or a sister to anybody else unless you know exactly where they came from and saw the litter they came from. Pet stores get their chins from wholesalers. Wholesalers get them from breeders. 400 standards go out in one shipment to Petco or Petsmart, then they sit in their warehouse and are divied up amongst all the stores in the chain. The odds of one of them being a sibling are pretty slim.

As far as recognizing his long lost brother - no, he won't. Once they are separated it's out of sight, out of mind. Besides that, finding his brother isn't the magic bullet. Brothers fight just as hard as nonrelated chins do.

 

[Bethany]

Do not take yours to interact with the other chin, you need to do a 30 day quarauntine.

It sounds to me that Stavros will be hard to pair with anything if he is the one being the bully. Personally I would still work on pairing the two you have. Some chins take time, it is not an overnight process. If you get a kit they will still end up fighting later.

 

[starleomach]

Chinchillas aren't like people. They do not recognize so to speak family members.

 

[AZChins]

I agree, they won't really recognize each other. I do notice that after they are introduced related chins may get along with each other better that others. But, that's probably just because they are so much alike.

I recently put a mother chin in with her daughter, they hadn't seen each other for three or four years. They had a little bit of a spat, but they are getting along very well now. They had no idea of whom the other chin was when I put them back together!

 

[mk94]

I always find it strange when people talk about male chins not getting along. But perhaps my baby is just weird. He likes anyone and everyone. It was always my female that had a problem with others, especially other girls.