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Re: Socializing

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Posted by pathwitheart on March 10, 2003 at 01:32:10:

In Reply to: Socializing posted by lilgrl7799 on February 24, 2003 at 16:41:04:

:Hi--
I'm new to chins myself, but in all the research that I did (and what I've noticed from the 3 very socialized ones Ijust rescued), chins, unlike guinea pigs, are not real "hold me and cuddle me" kinds of critters. Maybe the occasion scrub, but always on their terms--they would much rather zip and jump around. I've found, in addition to online care sheets, the book Chinchilla's: A Complete Owners Manual to be great (Barron's...you can get it at Amazon.com) Is the cage big enough for plenty of jumping around? Also, I was told that, if you can, try to get a second to keep the other company (and get the male neutered if you are doing a male/female combination) The link has some great info...maybe someone with more knowledge will post for you too.