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- Опубліковано 18 лис 2024
- Learning "tricks" is how my chinchillas and I play together (we learn from each other). This is not typical behavior, and it's not from training. It's the result of friendship, trust, communication and a sense of fun all around. I do offer treats (Oxbow chinchilla pellets), but treats alone won't get a chinchilla to do anything they don't already want to do. It's all about enjoying each other and having fun! Hope you enjoy!
Chinchillas are they sweetest things! Love you video!
Yea that's true.
Oh my goodness.... I died with the hokey pokey.
Awesome! Shasta shared these with me, & I subscribed. Our chinchilla whisperer daughter is going to love these!💜🐀
I am so happy to find other healthy happy 'older' chins that I'm happy to subscribe! My guy will be 14 soon, and people are astounded by a chinchilla living that long. I also believe in limited treats, or I make them myself rather than buy the nasty "treats" in the pet store. Dried chopped cranberries are a favorite! My vet says 'I don't know what you do, but keep doing it'! I think a lot of chins that are in a family of people and other larger pets, like dogs, get too stressed, or have a high level of restlessness, when there's a lot going on around their cage and they can't rest during the day. This has been proven to shorten the lifespan of small mammals.With natural treats, plenty of rest, the third thing I believe in is plenty of floor exercise, or 'playtime'. Time to stretch those legs, get in some good running up and down the hall, lots of boxes and tubes to explore and jump in on over around, etc.! My daughter came upon a very good bonding thing with him. She'd come home from school about the time he'd start to wake up. She'd put him in her hoodie, either in the big picket or inside at her waist, with a bit zipped up and do her homework quietly. He'd get all snuggly and wake up slowly, about an hour later, she'd be done and they were both ready to play. We also use songs for different activities, like dustbath time, or playtime, cage cleaning, etc. I am amazed at how many he recognizes and also all the words he knows. He also imitates us, like he will try to unscrew the lid of the dust jar to let us know his dustbath needed refreshing! Oh, this lil guys sure work their way into our hearts, don't they? So, to summarize, healthy food, quiet uninterrupted sleep, playtime and lots of human interaction. He can even tell when we are being silly and he will join in.
So glad you found us and that you, too, have a happy healthy older chin! I can't even say "old" since they can live to be up to (and over!) 20! So disheartening to still encounter so many vets that think 14 is ancient. Not necessarily so! I'm not surprised that your guy recognizes and responds to songs, words, and moods. These creatures are so intelligent and full of personality... it's really we humans who miss the boat when we don't or can't give them the time and space to show us how amazing they really are! Thank you for your comment. :)
M.J. J. You could never go wrong with some dried cranberries for a chin!
Thanksgiving every day! Want to know howto make some other healthy treats?
So cute and creative!
That is very grate!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good job I would say!
This was Amazing 😍
I have a juvenile and a 14week Old Baby
They are So Much Fun to watch ..
We are working on each other 😂😭🤣
The hokey pokey part MURDERED me! SOOO CUTEEE 😭😭😍😍
Aww... thanks for watching and leaving a comment! :)
So lovely!!!!!!
I love your videos
This is happiness
Love it ! Gorgeous chinnie girls :) (Kawaii from Lucky's Place)
Oh it's so cute.
super terrific
Thats so adorable
Thanks for your comment. All training/tricks start with having a trusting and affectionate friendship. That allows you all to be comfortable being physically close to each other and experimenting with new things while you're in close proximity. That's step one. After that, you catch the chins doing something they enjoy and you associate that with a word or action. In this case, I think I probably (I can't quite remember) made sure I was in the right place at the right time when Emma stood up and reached out her hand naturally. She learned that as gimme 5 (see our gimme 5 video), and then when I offered two hands at once, it was pretty easy for her to get the idea of hitting both hands for "patty-cake".
Oh! I thought you were asking because you had chinchillas you were wanting to work with like this. If you are considering these animals as pets, I'm glad you're asking whatever questions you feel you need to ask. Chinchillas are definitely unique creatures that require a lot of time, patience and commitment. I've lived with a lot of other critters as well (gerbils, hamsters, rats, mice, etc. ), and I'd say that chinchillas are definitely the most challenging to care for well. Intelligence-wise, I'd say they're every bit as intelligent (or more so) than rats, but they are often less interested in interacting as closely with their humans as rats might. They are also frequently less cuddly. It took over a decade for me to establish the kind of friendship with my chins that allowed the sorts of interactions you see in this video. I think not expecting, hoping for, or demanding this sort of interaction is one of the things that actually helped build the trust that then enabled this sort of interaction later on. I wish you luck figuring out what and who will be a good fit for you.
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After watching all your videos up to this one, I find myself curious why it is that you're so against calling it training/saying the two of them are trained? Because they're definitely highly trained. If they respond to a request of any kind verbal, physical/hand signal, non verbal sounds, etc, they're trained. Even if it was all their idea and everyone had fun doing it, they still do what you request of them. You even use popular training techniques in the videos.
Thanks for watching and commenting. To me, "training" implies a hierarchy of dominance and an expectation (or demand) that the one being trained will submit to the will of the one who is training. I also think the term typically refers to a process through which success or failure is measured by how closely the outcome matches a particular goal. None of these things apply to the way in which I interact with my chinchillas. Yes, there is learning happening, and it might appear as though there are specific outcomes I have taught them to achieve. The truth, though, is that what you see here is a result that we have arrived on together, with active participation, communication, and affection from all involved. Look at the different and individual ways in which "spin" has evolved for each of them or the fact that Emma doesn't "go get it" and Ramona doesn't "Hokey Pokey". There's no single goal or objective here, and no one way to get to where we're going or it simply wouldn't work. This sort of learning is more like the way I might learn a card game from a friend. They might invite me to play, teach me how to play, and even feed me yummy things as part of the process of learning, but I wouldn't call that "training" either. :)
Awwww Cute!
Love you videos!!! Your chins are beautiful and have a great bond with you. What do you use as treats for training? And how many can you give them a day?
This is not "training" as I don't expect or demand anything from them. I invite them to learn, and they also invite me to learn. It's mutual fun. But yes, there are often "treats" for fun which are Oxbow chinchilla pellets broken into little bits. I'd say they each get a Tablespoon or less of pellets a night, and they are fed loose hay as their main diet.
+mo p Ok, thank you. and sorry, i forgot that it wasnt training. but i understand
Super!
hello, I will soon have a chinchilla would you advise to start .....
+Emmy Lariviere Thanks for your comments and glad you enjoy! This comment seems to have been cut off, though. Can you ask your question again? I'll try to give you the best answer I can. :)
hi, would you advice to start education (I will soon have a chinchilla)
+Emmy Lariviere I'm still not totally sure what you're asking... If you're wondering about "training", don't begin anything until you have trust with your chinchilla and can recognize how he/she communicates. This can take years. Also I'd suggest you think about two chinchillas, not one. They are social creatures and happy chinchillas makes for happy humans with chinchillas.
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They are so cute! I have a chinchilla. He's a boy. I'm considering looking for a roommate for him, but not sure should I get a boy or a girl chin. Do you have recommendations?
mo p I have a female chinchilla, she's just one year and half old. I'm trying to teach her tricks, but it doesn't work. Is she too young? I'm also looking for a roommate for her, she would be so much happier...
Well... I didn't even think about tricks until mine were about 12 years old. That's how long it took to get to the point where we could communicate and trust each other that much. Don't push her. Let her determine her own boundaries. Always make interaction HER choice. When she's comfortable being close to you for long periods of time, you might consider offering some sort of interesting challenge at that point. Then you'll have to learn how to learn with each other. It takes time. Also... a roommate may give her some additional social feedback that may help her feel comfortable. Good luck!
yoo dude Umm i am gonna get a chinchilla soon and i was wondering were u can get a cage because i live in the Netherlands Any tips?
How did you get them so comfortable with doing this? And how did you teach them patty cake and hokey pokey? Surely you did something to have them do it?
The biggest parts of collaborative learning are developing a trusting friendship, and learning to understand the way in which a particular chinchilla communicates (which, in my mind, is really a part of developing that friendship). Once you get to a point where the chinchillas (not the people) are indicating comfort and interest in being around you, then you get to start experimenting with things the chinchillas are doing anyway and teaching them words or signs to go with those things. This helps them learn how to learn. They will also teach you how to learn from them by communicating what they like and don't like. If the process interests them, then you keep going, finding things that they find fun to engage in. I explained how I taught Emma to high five in another comment. Patty-cake, then, was simply a double high five, which Emma understood the concept of pretty easily, based upon my hand positions. Ramona I had to teach a little differently, because she was interested in something slightly different, though I don't remember the specifics. Hokey Pokey evolved from several different "tricks", learned at different times, that we were able to put together with physical cues and my singing the hokey pokey song. Shaking her hands was something Emma discovered in the process of my trying to teach her something else. She rejected whatever I was originally trying to teach her, but because she enjoyed shaking her hands, that inspired the hokey pokey routine. Hokey pokey also involved general communication that was never rewarded or specifically taught but that Emma understood like "turn around".
How did you teach them to pick things up? I keep trying but I can’t
I can't remember. It probably involved just putting words to their picking up stuff they wanted to pick up anyway, like apple sticks. It could have also evolved from other related concepts, like "grabbie" or "hold it" (see other video). They could have learned to grabbie or hold something from the floor. That would involve other concepts though - ones we just knew from spending tons of time together - like that pointing at something meant pay attention to it.
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so cute
Good for you! It's great to hear someone willing to invest time into learning more about chins, AND starting off willing to get two! Seems like you're on the right track! :) Thanks for watching and commenting.
I have always had animals in my life, Angora lop eared rabbits, Koi Carp and Birds.( and a cat) I know Chin's are very different to all these animals, But I have the patience to tend after my furrbabies. That and my whole house even in summer doesnt get above 60F. Their cage would be in my living room where I can see em and they can see me. ( No sun facing house is good for coolness)The guest room is gonna be their play room when no guests stay, I would build my cage accessories myself before I do, I want their castle ready before I pick em up. They are night babies, But they can adapt to me if bond is strong. Watching all the cute chin vids XD They make me happy!
Sounds like you are thinking ahead. Bravo. A couple cautions... Be very careful with a cat in the house (obviously). Even if the cat can't get to the chins, the chins will be very aware of the cat and could be very stressed. My chins know the instant a dog walks into our home, and Ramona will not even come out of their cage until the dog leaves. Also, in my experience, chins are pretty firmly nocturnal. Sure, they will wake up in the middle of the day if there's something exciting going on, but they'll be more skittish and cranky because this goes against their natural schedule. I'd recommend spending time with them either in the early morning or after dinner at night. There's a natural overlap of human and chin schedules at those times and spending time together then will likely offer the best chance of relaxed enjoyment all around. Last tip (which I'm hoping you're considering already) is to adopt chins from a rescue or shelter. So many young chins (generally 1-2 years old at the most) need good homes like yours and they seem to know when they've finally found one I've never regretted adopting a rescue in over 20 years of doing so. Good luck!
Oh my animals long passed away of old age, I was a kid when I had lots of animals. ( well a teen) I lived a life without animals because of travels, Its cruel to have a pet you cannot take with you. My life changed, I now have room for two fuzzbundles
Well... I hope you find the perfect pair for you! I understand having some apprehension about the backgrounds of rescue animals, but keep in mind that there are no guarantees with any animal, no matter where they come from. I really believe that those who have not had the benefit of a loving, caring home do recognize when they've found one, and they seem to appreciate that new home even more when they do. My first chin would have been one you might have been wary about - she came into the shelter where I volunteered in a tiny, filthy cage, missing a foot, and nearly bald from fur-chewing. She had a few (not nice) things to say about humans, too. However, she quickly assessed me to be someone she could trust, and soon after, she became a wonderfully trusting, affectionate, playful chin (with a full rich coat of fur, btw). Dare to rescue. I doubt you will regret doing so. :)
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