Soon, very soon. I promise you. It’s just that you want to be sure that he’s ready for your touching him. While, I’m confident the two of you will become best friends, this BF (best friend) thing has to be accomplished on his timetable — not yours.
I’ll give you one hint of what your chinchilla likes even more than carrots. Routine. Yes, believe it or not routine. You shouldn’t be too surprised by that. After all most animals do. And as humans, we crave routine more than we’re willing to admit sometimes. But a routine — a series of scheduled habits for lack of a better definition — is crucial when it comes to your chinchilla’s socialization process.
Now that you’ve set up a routine for his treat and your talking to him, you may want to ad another routine with this: allowing him outside his cage for a period of time on a daily basis. (If Chilli is reading this he’s got to be thinking right now “Oh, yeah! Life is getting good. Very good!”)
And if you keep his “out-of-cage” experience to roughly a specific time daily, then you’ve just set your chinchilla up with a routine he can actually look forward to.
Before we can get him out of his living quarters, we have to teach you the proper method of picking up this little guy. Don’t worry, it’s much easier than you’re thinking it is.
First, you need to put any fears of being bitten by this guy out of your mind. When you lift him properly there is such a small chance that he will nip you. You’re more likely to be bitten accidently when you offer him a treat. If he keeps on munching it from your hand, he’ll erroneously bite your finger, thinking it’s food (gives the term finger food a whole new meaning!)
First, as you’re
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