I recieved a chinchilla about 4 weeks or so ago. It wasn't my decision my mom just said her friends friend had chinchilla litter and so she got a cage and a chinchilla. Anyways, everybodies saying she's pregnant even though there's no way to tell from what I've researched. She's possibly 6mo old or close to it and if she's pregnant she got pregnant from someone in her litter, which is concern number 1. She's also 6mo old and a sapphire black which is concern number 2, as I read they need to be 1.5 years before mating. (can stop reading here if bored, just need information mainly, rest is just more background) Im relatively furious at the lack of responsibility the previous owners showed towards their chinchillas, as this seems like blatant irresponsibility to me not separating sexually mature chinchillas. They've had another accidental litter since then. One of the kids of this family with the litters was over and said "yep she's pregnant" but he's also a 10 yr old kid and they like to say whatever to be the center of attention. She's kinda nippy, broken skin on one person but is a doll with me. She is skittish with being touched still but she'll crawl out of her cage on me and whatnot and i try not to chase her. Her stomach seems squishy and not firm but she'd be a first time mother and 1 kit might be hard to miss. Please help
i dont want her to die