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.
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