Lucky for him, He's cute!

[Frosted Rabbits]

After two weeks, I decided to try handling the chinchilla. After all, he had been approaching my hand, sniffing me, generally acting "friendly"

Well! I had a hold of the dang thing, being careful to not squeeze him, and what did he do? Tickled my pinky with his whiskers, then chomped down on it! :x

I will be approaching the little demon with a different method from here on out. It would be nice to have a 'tame' exotic pet! ancake:

 

[Susie570]

This would be akanes's area of expertise... maybe it's normal for a chinchilla to bite on occasion? I'm not very familiar with them at all

 

[Frosted Rabbits]

This would be akanes's area of expertise... maybe it's normal for a chinchilla to bite on occasion? I'm not very familiar with them at all

This fella hasn't been handled. It's probably just going to take a while. I'll be using my wildlife handling experience...at least he has finally accepted the fact he must eat approved food, and not the carcinogens he was being fed.
Taming him would be pretty much the same as with any animal that is not used to being handled. He has befriended Faith, a rabbit, and seems to be following her example.

 

[funnies50]

Lol! Well, I will leave you to it :x ....that is not my area of expertise!