The hardest of those 3 would undoubtedly be litter training. It took me about months to get this to a high success rate. You can read more about this by visiting my post about how to potty train a chinchilla here. You also check out the best chinchilla litter to use here. Typically, when it comes to teaching your chinchilla to respond to their name or to return to you after playtime is complete , it takes nothing more than patience and diligence.
Enough times speaking to your chinchilla and finding smart ways to get them to come back to you so you can return them to the cage eventually happens, and they catch on and adapt relatively quickly. I still sometimes need a small incentive to get my chinchilla to return to their cage, such as tapping on their dust bath or even offering up a little treat from time to time.
Be careful, offering too many treats too often. You can read my post about the safe fruits you can offer your chinchilla here. Most chinchillas will be limited by the tricks and commands that they will respond too.
A better way to phrase this question would be training a chinchilla to respond to commands and respond to their owners.
Start by executing with a close interaction with your chinchilla. As they begin responding, offer a small treat so that they start associating coming to you and allowing you to handle them with something positive and desirable.
You can see and check out the exact pop-up tent I use with my chinchilla here Link to Amazon. While remaining on the same topic, I wanted to continue a bit further and discuss how to get your chinchilla acclimated to being handled and held. Once again, that pop-up animal tent discussed above is going to save your life in this manner and make it much easier to get this process completed quickly.
Additionally, instead of rambling too much on this topic, I highly recommend you check out my post about how to get your chinchilla to enjoy being held here. Yes, chinchillas learn their names. Chinchillas learn and respond to their names before learning any other commands. To teach your chinchilla to learn their name, interact with them closely, speak to them often, and use their name often.
If your chinchilla refuses to use the box at all, try moving it to a different location. Training takes time. Make sure your maintenance routine continues as usual. With patience and time, your furry friend will most likely connect the dots and begin to use his litter box for urination. Will chinchillas use a litter box?
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Come to recall You will need raisins for this trick! Keep calling and eventually they will come to you. When they do, give a raisin and praise. Repeat multiple times over the course of several days and your chinchilla will quickly learn to come when called. In much the same way as the come to recall trick, the key to this one is raisins. Once your chinnie decides it is home time give them a raisin and shut the door behind them.
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