I have 2 chinchillas(1 of each sex)how do I get them to breed?They have been in the same cage for 1 year.?

Answer 1

After a year of non breeding, I would contact a vet in the area. The male could have hair rings, or it could be that the 2 are just incompatible for breeding. There are some types of Chins that can't breed together.

Here are some web sites you can check out for more info.
http://www.geocities.com/chinchillaville/breeding.html
http://www.geocities.com/roperschinchillas/chincare.htm

Good Luck!

Answer 2

Finding breeding mates for chins can be rather difficult if you don't know what you're doing. I suggest you do some research and learn a bit more about your pets before attempting to mate them. Certain genetic combinations will produce dead or unhealthy babies. This site will give you some useful tips and links to help you determine the genetic breakdown of your chins and a list of possible combinations for breeding.
http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Park/6920/breed.html

Answer 3

Okay, so this isn't really an answer to you question but may give you a small amount of enlightenment into your situation.
I had an ex-boyfriend who had a small side business in hamster breeding. Of course I also became interested and kept a few of the breeding pairs at my place because I love animals. He found a beautiful, all white with black eyes russian dwarf hamster, male, whom he named Mint. Now, it's my understanding that the all white hamsters with black eyes are rare because they are not albinos, etc. That's not even impotant, though.
So he was trying really hard to get Mint to breed. He first tried it with one female hamster who would have like a 1 in 3 chance of bearing another all white hamster. Usually when you put a male and female hamster together they hump like there's no tomorrow, but Mint showed no interest, nor she in him. We tried him with several other females with less chance of bearing an all white hamster, but still a slim one, but still no interest. Mint would even sometimes display aggresion towards these lovely gals, which is not totally uncommon but should have been accompanied by breeding.
Eventually we decided to retire to Mint, and put him in a living situation with another retired male, Runty (named as such because he was the runt of a litter). As soon as we put Mint in with Runty, he began pushing Runty around and humping him constantly! This is not uncommon behavior between 2 male hamsters as one will often try to assert his dominance over the other by humping, but Mint just wouldn't stop. And Runty just sat there and took it!
Thus we had the only gay hamster couple I've ever known of. Had Mint shown any interest in women at all I wouldn't question his sexuality, but his refusal to breed with women and his love of Runty made things obvious. Runty wasn't gay but I think he enjoyed the attention.