Would I be able to house any other species(besides chinchilla) with my female chinchilla? She's around 4 years. What I'm most interested in getting is a degu, do those house well(in the same cage) with a chinchilla? Or any other species of small pet? Or is it just impossible/unwise to put them with another species critter?
2007-08-04 06:19:58 · 4 answers · asked by crzycoookies 2 in Pets ➔ Rodents
I was reading about what to feed them, and they can have chinchilla food as there main pellet-based diet, and they eat hay too.
2007-08-04 07:00:13 · update #1
Chinchilla is a nocturnal animal, a degu diurnal. So I would'n put these two animals together. Other thing is they don't understand each other's "language"
2007-08-04 07:15:54 · answer #1 · answered by Peggy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're best off keeping single species together to minimize the risk of fighting. There's a high chance chinchillas would fight with degu, plus they need different diets, if your chinchilla got hold of the degu food it could make her ill, and vice versa.
2007-08-04 06:46:01 · answer #2 · answered by ratlover_littlemonster 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, stop!
please dont put a degu in a cage with a chinchilla, they will eventually fight adn it will be fatal!
ive tried my chinchillas in their play area with other animals, but always slower more docile animals, even so i would dream of putting them in a more confined space and would never leav them alone together.
only another chinchilla will do .
2007-08-04 09:44:37 · answer #3 · answered by adelle h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is never recommended to house two different species together in the same cage--they will usually be incompatible and fighting is common. As long as they each have their own home, they may learn to co-exist outside of the cage as long as they have escape potential and are not forced on each other.
2007-08-04 08:13:36 · answer #4 · answered by KimbeeJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋