Your Pet Chinchilla And Environmental Stress



Environmental stress can affect your pet chinchilla in different ways.
This type of stress results in either health or behavioral issues. Your
pet can experience the following: anti-social behavior that includes
biting, fighting, spraying urine, fungus, or irritation of the eyes. Your
pet can also feel angst toward other chinchillas, biting the fur, gnawing
on their cage or even depression.



Unless you know in advance, you won’t necessarily detect that one of these
actions can come from environmental stress. You usually find out when the
behavior or illness becomes a chronic issue. If you are not aware of the
issues of environmental stress, your pet may be more prone to suffer the
after-effects.



If your pet is hyper, environmental stress will just compound the way
they’re already feeling. In order for them to get a grip, behavioral
rehabilitation would help them regain their footing. Of course, if your
pet is already easy-going, then rehabilitation is not necessary.
Environmental stress can affect how the chinchilla was treated, before and
now. Environmental stress can affect your animal if they were abused or
handled badly. This in turn, can cause them to exhibit anti-social
tendencies towards the next owner.



If your pet is experiencing boredom, this may eventually suffer from
stress. Your pet should be in an environment where there is some movement
and noise. On the other hand, enduring constant loud noise can take its
toll on them, also. It’s better for them to have noise, but it should be
at a moderate level. This way, if they do experience noise out of the
ordinary, such as people, thunderstorms, etc., they’ll know how to handle
it. Your pet has to have a happy medium between the two extremes (boredom
and chaotic noise).



Your pet will have to make adjustments if they came from an environment
where there was boredom or chaos. They’ll have to make adjustments to the
unfamiliar and unknown. Like a human being, your pet will feel strange
because all they know at the moment is the environment to which they were
accustomed to. It may take your pet at least a week to regroup. You can
help by putting them in a quiet room with some soft jazz music. There
should be no other pets in the house while your pet is getting acclimated
to different surroundings, including the owner.



Giving your pet this transition time is crucial and imperative because if
they came from a chaotic environment, they will have to learn to relax and
if they came from a boredom environment, they must have time to get in the
groove to handle noise in a timely manner. If they take on too much too
quickly, your pet can get overwhelmed, causing additional stress. You will
have to learn to be sensitive to their needs and get a sense of when they
might be ready. It’s always best to start out small and gradual, then work
your way up with your chinchilla. This way, your pet can accept the
gradual transition with ease.