Chinchillas are a social species. In the wild, they gather in groups called "herds" where they each other, play, mate and maintain. Since in such a colony is also safe for these cute little animals, because they look for each other, sending alarm calls when a predator approaches. Forms of communication are rubbing their noses together, nibbling on each other, and produce a variety of sounds.
Although chinchilla care is harder when you have more than one, it is really worth it! To begin with, they are very playful and curious by nature. Their personalities vary as well. You can always expect the cage filled with noise and activity: Chinchillas scurry about, nibbling on something, climbing and jumping, mating, and sometimes even fight.
As social as they are as a species, in an enclosed space can leave room to fight for them. Most likely it is either because you defended vying for the favor of a female chinchilla a certain space in the cage, who prefer or maybe two males. These measures will be in both animals. Biting on their hind legs A series of aggressive squeak can be heard. If the woman refuses the advances of a male, she will do a similar defensive posture and squeal violently. Most owners will agree with me that if you want to keep too many chinchillas in a cage, it would be best to avoid that fewer women than men. More often than not, males will fight each other for a mate.
Most men are ready to mate, if given the go signal by a woman in her sexual climax. The mating ritual involves both rub her chin on the floor of the cage with the male tail wagging. Some owners have observed the male to jump his view buddy also. Since they are nocturnal, many of the activities occur either in the evening or at dusk. If the pairing happens, you need to find a lot of hair in the cage. Chinchillas have no specific mating season, so expect a male and female lead in a cage with pregnancy and a brood of baby chinchillas.
The most important feeds in Chinchilla care and bathing. It can be complicated with many chinchillas. The chaos that you have to clean up after may be additional work. It would be ideal to have more than one feed tray and a bottle of water with a few chinchilla pets would. Make sure that the food court is large enough to accommodate the amount of people you bring. In most cases, chinchillas can fight each other, when there is not enough room for them to feed. This goes the same with the Baden-containers. Apart from self-care during dust baths, they have fun time rolling in the dust. With many chinchillas bath time can get crowdy.
For owners who prefer pets with only a chinchilla, the furry creature is playful enough to have fun with various activities in the cage. It will jump, climb and scurry about, and if you have an exercise bike, it will spend some time there. If you have other accessories such as chew toys and a good amount of litter, expect it to constantly chew and dig. In the wild, biologists have observed chinchillas always be active, run around, jump, search for natural objects to play with and chew on. You will find similar activity while it is in its cage. Do not be surprised, though, that there are some chinchillas who are anxious to spend the day just sitting in a corner or sleep in his house.
Chinchilla care is not very hard, but is very rewarding. Watching a chinchilla, a few of them, which makes their day so much fun and interesting. They have for their owners to discover colorful personalities who offer so much to remember and surprise you with activities that you can not get enough....
