I am rescuing a chinchilla later this week. He’s very depressed because no one pays attention to him. When I first met him, he ran up to the door to see me and put his head underneath my hand to let me pet him. He even jumped into my hand! I can only imagine this is a good sign, but I’ve never raised a chinchilla. Does he seem to like me??
Pretty sure my babies like me! I've been playing with them since birth. They don't always like being handled, but they come up to me when they're awake. They let me pet them, too. They always jump on me when I stick my hands in their cage. The only thing I've noticed is that they don't like when i go to take them back in their cage after play time. They scurry around, but they just may not want to go back to their cage. My female chinchilla was rescued. I'm pretty sure she was abused. She was only 100 dollars, and she even came with a cage. It's to small, so I'm saving up to buy her a nice cage. She ended up being pregnant as well. Poor girl doesn't really like anyone... she's getting better though, just taking it slow with her. I'm not handling her much, but I let her sniff around and possibly jump on me during play time.
My chinchilla will bark at anyone that tries to pick him up in his cage he’s like *you wanna pick me up nah do that outside you gotta wait til i wanna come out*
Everytime I stand up or get ready for school he will jump around the cage and just stare at me. He also will jump on my back and just sit there even if I need to go to school. I've been late 4 times to school because he wouldn't get back in his cage or he wouldn't get off my back xD.
@@ezrathomas4201 he actually has before🤣 If I let him run around and leave my Homework on the floor, he will come up and run away with it and start eating it🤣 I've had to explain multiple times to my teachers (before my highschool was shut down due to covid-19) why there were tiny little bite marks all over the edges of my papers.
My chinchilla used to bite me until one day, I bled a lot, and I didn't recoil my hand, I just kinda let it bleed there. And she went back to my bloody finger, sniffed it and never bit me again. :)
This is the third day as a chinchilla owner and if i hold my hands forward they almost always come up to it and now they have started to sit on it, one of them even jump from one place of the cage to my hand today just to get to sit in my hand. They have even started to climb up my arms to get closer to my face. I love them so much already and i hope they love me back. 😍
I sit on the floor when I open my chilla’s cage doors and he always immediately runs in between my legs lol it’s the cutest, sweetest thing 😭 My other chinchilla should passed away a few months ago would sleep under legs when I’d sit on the floor during playtime ❤️
Guys I have another way to tell if your chinchilla likes you. Sorry I haven't watched the whole video yet it is still loading so sorry if I say what is in her video. 1. When you go to pet your chinchilla they don't bite you or be scared. 2. When you let them out to play they run and hide 3. They are not losing their fur. When chinchillas lose their fur it shows that they are scared of something or somebody so make sure it is not scared of you by checking its cage to check
Also if you have a newer chin or a breeder chin, and they constantly hide during playtime, they may not be scared of you but bc they are prey animals. Prey animals in new or large spaces will be feel fear and hide automatically
Someone is re-homing their 8 year old chinchilla. He's free, and so is his cage. I'm excited about that :) Time to add another critter to my pet family!
I just got two Chinchillas (like 3 hours ago), and they really like me, they come to my face, they greet me, let me pet them. They are just sweet hearts! But when I meet animals they like me right away... doesn’t matter if they’re house pets or wild animals...
This is 2 year later lol but I was gonna say make sure you don’t force him/her to do things in the first few weeks(they can get a heart attack of being scare)
In my experience each chinchilla has their own way of doing things I feel like you can tell if they love you just by their vibe I have a girl 12 years old that runs and hides the first time you open the cage but the second or third she will step up onto your hands and just loves to be by people. Loves chin scritches I have a boy 8 years old that barks when you put your hand in the cage but never bites but will step up onto your hand and sit on your shoulder for hours. Loves chin scritches (he was a rescue) I have two girls 7 and 8 not a big fan of chin scitches but love butt rubs and if you lean on the cage they will make a point to run up and cuddle next to your face. Every time you enter the room they come over for attention. All of them are very sweet in their own way and have things that they like and don't like, it can take months or years for them to really trust you or they can click right away.
There you go again, another perfect video! So its pretty obvious i'm getting a chinchilla. I want a female, is that a good choice? I also am going to name her "Nora". I have a dog, he has mental issues, he hates everyone an animal besides my family. He loves to be in my room, and all his stuff is in our laundry room. I would keep her in there but I don't know how both of them would do. My house is not 70 Degrees or under, I went to petsmart (i got to pet a chi chi) and they said something about a chilling pad, does that fix my problem???? - Your Biggest fan
Ella Plumlee ii don’t know much about bonding chinchillas with other animals but I’d recommend you be careful and slow when introducing your dog to your chinnie because you don’t want to stress her out right when she comes home. Also, a chilling pad unfortunately won’t do well. It might help but the overall atmosphere should be a cool temperature for them. I’m excited for you to get a chinnie and ii think the name Nora is lovely!:)
My chinchilla greets me every time I open her cage! She comes up to me and the cage door, one time when I left her after petting her she barked at me for leaving!
Great video! Gracie (my 14 year old chin) is the sweetest old girl ever, she's always greeting me when I walk in the room, loves her chin and behind her ears to be scratched and always climbs on me during playtime. With my new girls only one tolerates me, she enjoys sitting on my shoulder and being pet and also makes these cute little squeaking noises. But her sister wants nothing to do with me, she barks at me and sprays urine lol. Like you said it all depends on the personality of your chin
Ludwig Luhoway They’re very different I would say but they are small pets which is similar in that sense. But their care and lifestyle is completely different 💕
No. It's like owning a fluffy kangaroo-mouse with the mind of a squirrel. And they don't eat super dense nutritious stuff so don't feed her fruits or she'll get sick with diarrhea. Dry brown poop is healthy and happy poop.
Just got my chinchilla on Friday at a pet store. I named him Kion and we have been doing very well. He’s actually very nice but the thing is.. I sorta messed up when getting him. When I got him, I put him straight in the bathroom because his cage (it’s the same as yours actually) wasn’t ready yet. He was actually very terrified and kept chewing on my walls. Now that he’s in his cage and I have had him for 2 Days, he’s starting to slowly warm up and open up to me. He nibbles sometimes on my fingers sometimes it’s a hard bite, sometimes it’s a just a little nibble. And Everytime I reach in his cage he climbs onto my arm. I just want you to know though, that your channel is really helping me so thank you! Sorry I’m literally all over the place, it was a long night trying to catch Kion cause he jumped out of his cage. Anyway, thank you!
I feel that since my chin is new, she is kind of neutral. She doesn’t attack my hand like at all, but she does climb on me and sometimes let me pet her, but she will hide from me quote on quote, but really she just like hides under my desk because she just doesn’t like feel like being cuddly. She will sometimes let me hold her but it’s really rare.
Yaaay Chili shows all the signs he likes me, he usually does come to greet me but I was worried it was just because he wanted treats and not cause he liked me XD also sometimes out of nowhere he will just start running around in his cage like he does when I tap on his dust bath (he knows the sound of it and gets super excited when I tap on it cause he knows he gonna get a bath) and when he hears bags crinkle cause he thinks he's gonna get a treat, but there r times when I'm just sitting and talking to him n he goes nuts jumping back n forth on his platforms and he does the little popcorn hop/twitch
We have 4 chinchilla’s (3 are technically not mine but my mum’s ) and the two older ones can be pretty moody the oldest Mario is a very sweet but shy little guy.. he is a barker and he also kinda bites we got him and another (chloe) from a rescue shelter and they are a bit older but we have no clue what their life might have been like especially seeing as mario is so afraid then Chloe has her moments but she seems to be afraid of hands.. if you put your face near her she will sniff and ask attention but when i show my hands she will chatter her teeth rear up and if you keep going will projectile piss on you.. then we have little Daisy whom is our 2nd chinchilla (our first died of old age but she was the most sweet thing ever as she would literally fall asleep in your arms) now daisy also falls asleep near you alot and it’s no issue getting her out of the cage as she will come to the side to say hello and if you call her she will come over then the next step is to hold out your hands so she can step on them and say come daisy and she will hop onto your hands before enjoying cuddles.. finally there is snow white whom we still need a friend for as she can’t be with the others (she was attacked by her own mom back at the breeder she came from wich is why she is now deathly afraid of other chins.. but she is completely fine with humans) she absolutely adores treats and will beg for more raisins or cranberries (relying on what we give her at the time) she LOVES the.. where as Chloe is the complete opposite and hates sweets 😂
I just got my little girl rocksy she is 6 month she is very friendly n so cute n adorable I showed her how to throw the ball I throw it to her n she throws it back to me I give kisses and I ask her to give me kisses back and she gives kisses back I love her so much
When a chinchilla is anti social and bites like crazy; wear gloves and hold them for a long time, lay them on their back and pet their snout. Works GREAT!
I've only had mine about 5 weeks. Hell sit with me for a few min then get ancy. He runs around me during playtime but not on me? He also barks when picked up but only bit us once the first couple days we had him. Hes around 4 1/2 months old. What's your perception on him liking me? Hell also stay with me longer then anyone in the house. He does greet us.
Patricia Jones Sounds like a typical chin when you first get them. I think he likes you but he’s maybe just a little more independent. As long as he’s not outright being aggressive and hostile towards you😊
@@TheChinchillaNotebook seriously I took him in the bathroom and he kept climbing on me! It's so funny it happened literally 1 hour after I posted this. I'm so excited lol
My chinie Aki loves to go under my bed and chew on things,thats Her favorite place to play,and she Can stick there for hours and not get bored lol. But she likes me,she jumps in my Lap and then to my sholder,so ye,even tho that she likes to spend most of Her time under my bed during play time she still loves me,so i guess its not a good indicator wheather she likes you or not just cuz she likes to get stuck somewhere,i guess its in their nature to get stuck in tight places and discover their "habitat":D Cuz if you moved this cardboard,im sure she would go and stick there for a Long time exploring it haha
Mine will hope under my dresser but she is mostly happy and runningand I let her out at day time so I think she's sleeping then So thanks I think she likes a little I am still working with her on the hopping on me but she takes her sticks from me (the ones that they CAN have) and treats she hops on my hand dome times and she's super sweet and lets me pet her
I have two chins, Chico and Charlie. Chico is very sweet, loves to get pet, and is not scared of anyone. But Charlie will greet you but every time you try to pet him or hold your hand out, he will bite and the smallest movement will scare him. I have tried numerous methods but none of them did anything. He always come to the edge of the cage ( like he is not scared of me) but goes crazy every time I come near him. What should I do? P.S I just started my own chinchilla RU-vid channel.
Chico and Charlie Well it doesn’t sound like he does anything unnatural or weird. As long as he’s still mostly friendly and isn’t attacking you or showing signs of aggression, the situation doesn’t sound too bad. It might just take some time to get him fully comfortable and used to you. And if Chico is being friendly with you it might encourage Charlie to do the same. Also, LOVE the name Charlie! I think that’s what I would name a chinchilla if I ever got another male one. :)
I really need help. Just recently got a chinchilla about half a week ago and he's not scared of me, he'll come up to me and crawl on me just doesn't like when i go out of my way to touch him. He doesn't let me hold him and will bite me if i try. I cleaned up my room and covered any spaces he could get into and make sure he couldn't eat anything bad for him, and let him run around for a bit. I clean his cage everyday. But he's like, aggressively trying to get out of his cage. He jumps on his food bowl and shakes it until it falls out and spills everywhere and just ughh i don't know. Right now he has a wooden toy, a dust bath, a wooden hideout, hay, food pellets, and a two story cage with leges and a pee bowl and and stuff. Right now he has so many toys and hammocks shipping they're coming in in a few days. Including ledges and stuff and everything he needs. I just don't understand why he's being so like, crazy. I know it's only been a few days but this is my first chinchilla and i've been doing so much research but i'm just concerned.
Yayy my chin likes me. Something funny, he came up to me this morning & he decided to nibble on my finger lol not sure if that’s a kiss or a go away? It didn’t hurt but it was cute and gentle so I think it was a kiss. He’s such a goofball.
I got my chinchillas two days ago and they always greet me when they aren’t sleeping but also since they are babies and they are in a new place they are still trying to learn about me and their new surroundings so when I go to like try and pet them they run away but they don’t make any noise xD so it’s like they trust me but they don’t trust me they also try to escape from my arm when I open the cage xD
I’m not sure if this account is active but my schools chinchillas (I look after them) are knew and they don’t mind me cleaning the cage out or anything but if I stand near the cage for a while or put the brush while I’m cleaning them out a bit too close to them the male spits but only once.
😞I just got mines yesterday and I think he doesn’t like me he pushes my hand away and then goes to bite me I don’t get scared or upset when he bites me but it makes me feel like I’m doing something wrong I leave him alone and give him his space I let him take his bath whenever he choose to since every time I put it up he finds it I give him apple wood sticks and he still does this to me
I manage to find time throughout my day with school, after school activities, and spending time with my family and also personal time. Merlin stays in his cage until I let him out every evening. The thing is, if people want chinchillas, they need to make sure they can find and make the time for them. Somedays it's true that I give less time to him because of something that I need to do but I try to have a good balance the majority of the time. :)
I had a question about how you travel with your chin? I've been doing research and have been wanting to get a chinchilla/chinchillas as a pet for a few years now. I tend to travel to my parents home for short periods for holidays. I know you have a two tiered home for Merlin but I was wondering if you travel with it or if Merlin has a separate travel cage? One that he stays in while hes away from home? Sorry for the long post 😅
Not sure if you're still looking for an answer several months on, but chinchillas don't travel well. They are very temperature and noise sensitive, so a few hours in a car with good air conditioning is typically as much as they can handle. For this reason, a travel cage wouldn't be necessary; a cat-size aviation carrier would be suitable, the same that you would use to take them to the vet (get something sturdy they can't chew through, with a secure lock and no bars they can hook their legs on!). Travelling on public transport with them is often very stressful as the carrier will be lifted and knocked around and the loud noises and constantly changing surroundings may scare them. I hate doing it and don't recommend it! Lastly, I've heard of people who fly with their chinchillas. I would personally never do this as chinchillas are extremely delicate and sensitive and I would fear for their safety. I hope this helps! (and I also implore you to get two, if you do. It's a divisive issue among chinchilla owners, but I consider it very cruel to house them alone).
@@omnipotenttit3240 thank you for the response!! I adopted one a few weeks ago (my lucy) from a family. And shes doesnt seem to the cat carrier and likes to run into during free time. Shes been alone for about a year and ide like to eventually get another as a friend for her in the future :) thank you for the information. I'll take whatever I can get lol.
I have a chinne & he’s named Cheeto! Yeah he sometimes barks (kind of rarely) at me but luckily it just means they are annoyed at that moment! He actually softley bit me one time when I had to pick him up to put him back in his cage? Is that normal for a short of new chinchilla? Haha thx for the amaz bomb video!🤯✨ (but he always jumps on me & popcorns! (I think that’s what it’s called😂))
Aysia Jay Oh, if it’s occasional biting and barks it’s totally normal and it more than likely doesn’t mean they don’t like you:) Merlin does that too sometimes. :)
I still think my way of guilt tripping them after they bite you and just letting the blood seap from your finger so they can look at what they've done, is the best way ever.
Mines half and half . She runs away when I try to pet her and she doesn’t like when I pet her but she does come up to me in the cage and she will climb all over me in play time , and she does not bark and run away it’s half and half
For the attacking your hand part, does just nibbling a little count as them hating you..? Because when i reach into the cage he nibbles my hand a lot, and idk if thats a bad thing...
Epic Kingdom Girl No, Merlin does that too sometimes. I find it’s either because there’s some interesting smell on my hand like food or lotion, or he’s just bored. Unless there’s other signs of aggression I think it’s normal😉
I don’t think my chinchilla likes me that much. Do u have any suggestions to make a stronger bond? Also- he doesn’t bark at me- but he squeals sometimes. I really want this chinchilla to like me. And, well- your the EXPERT!
I am getting chinchillas from someone who no longer wants them but i have found out all they have been eating for the past 2 years is honey bunches of oats which brings the question how do i fix their diet since that is not what they need at all.
Jaelynn Anderson Um, that sounds absolutely horrendous! Please bring them to the vet first and explain the situation and ask for how to alter their feeding in a healthy way. Wow, by far that is the worst thing ii think I’ve ever heard people do to Chinchillas. I’m glad you’re adopting them, though, but please go to a vet:)
Flamed-Wolf Animations I put a good two inches to cover the bottom of the container and let him roll around in that. It makes it more fun for him to dig into plus he gets a better dust bath. :) Also, I have upgraded to a much bigger container since I filmed his video. :)
Hi i got a chinchilla yesterday and I'm very excited his name is momo and he is a baby he loves lettuce if its healthy for him to eat a little bit of lettuce every 2 hours or more?
Kk Its Playgirl No, because it’s not good for his digestive system. I know he may like it, but maybe try to find some other healthy treats he can have that won’t be harmful. :)
I live in England and my house doesn’t have any air conditioning, we were told to either buy a marble slab to cool them or a cool mat- will it work?We also have child of 4 years old, if we get a baby chinchilla what should we do because she can be quite loud but we can stop her from going into a room so if we put the cage in that room will that solve the problem
Alexandra Nemodruk If you don’t have an Air Conditioning unit, I don’t think a chinchilla is the right pet for you. You can do all sorts of things to try and help them stay cool but ultimately you need AC. It’s just not going to be safe or work any other way because they are highly sensitive to too much heat. You can look into getting other rodents, too. Maybe one that doesn’t need such a cool environment and one that can be played with gently by children, because unfortunately a chinchilla is not it💕💕
Don't recoil. Let him bite your finger until it bleeds. Then just let that one marinate. Fastest way to stop them from biting you is by guilt tripping them. Kid you not, that's how I got Cheerios to never bite me again. She sniffed my finger because she felt so bad.
