Exactly what it says on the tin,lol. Can I keep them together safely? Would one or both require neutering to prevent breeding......and any further advice welcome. I owner a chin a while ago, but had only the one then.
Many Thanks

i know nothing about chincillas - but id imagine they would need neutering!!....


they can breed with each other -just because they are related dosent mean they wont....like most animals

the male will need neutering first, and allowing 6 weeks to recover before introducing them

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Thanks guys. Do you mean re-introducing them? they are litter mates, 12 weeks old so been together since birth, will they need to be separated for 6 weeks when he is done? What age will he need neutering?

they need separating now!! she could easily fall pregnant at that age which could prove fatal to her, one of our chinchillas came to use too young to be bred, pregnant, she cost over £5000 in vet bills in her short 4 year life, and lost her battle a couple of months ago.

the drain on their bodies from having a baby so young is imense!!
the pregnancy drained all the calcium molly needed to grow herself, for the baby, her teeth turned to mush, she couldnt eat, she could raise the baby, i had to hand raise fidget, feeding round the clock every 2 hours.
molly needed dentals every 2 weeks, and calcium supliment, she eventually got up to every 12 weeks, after about a year, and she was happy, then we found she also had root elongation, she went back down to 3 weekly dentals, and had no quality of life, we had to let her go.


so please, seperate them NOW for her sake, chinchillas are pregnant for 111 days, they should not be bred before 9 months at the very earliest.

they can be neutered around 5 - 6 months, as long as their bits have dropped.

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