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according to Darwin (who went and observed them many years ago) they also co-exist in the wild and even look after each others babies – something normally only seen in larger mammals and primates [1]
dunno why but I think that second chinchilla could do with some bling and a tam on its head :laugh_at: , like a chinchilla of judah…
[1] I’m not sure if a orangutan would make a very good nanny or babysitter, then again it may even improve the behaviour of some kids
Degus have been sold in the UK for a while now, they are banned in some states of america though. Pets at home did sell them until recently not sure if going to now as i made a compliant and many others about the care of the animals. THey didn’t have a clue about them and only had 2 breeders for 216 stores around the country, so i made the point that surely there must be inbreeding going on. 2 weeks later no more degus any of the stores that i know of.
When the degu had babies and wanted to feed the chinchilla would sit on the babies to keep them warm and yes all males/females will help out during the pregnancy stage even if it is only just collecting nesting materials:weee:
That chinchilla is very old and his coat was in a very bad way, is 100% better now. He was taken in to rescue home.
The light coloured chinchilla was hand reared and had to to feed every 2 hours for first few weeks. fair play to the lady who would hardly get any sleep to feed her