Starting introduction but still have 1 more question.

[outsiders_girl]

I was going to try triming their whiskers, but I wasn't sure how far to trim down. I didn't want to do it and have something happen, so that's why I'm asking.

Thanks!

[bear]

i guess you're still waiting for a question on this one: i don't gather that the majority do whisker trimming for introductions, so you could just as easily go without.

[karynnd]

I'm not sure why you are still asking about trimming whiskers. You asked about it here http://www.chins-n-quills.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69809&page=1&pp=15 and were told not to. I've never heard of ANYONE using this method at all. You were given some really good advice on your other thread, which methods have you tried?

[outsiders_girl]

I'm sorry, I didin't read it closly enough. Someone did reccomend it to me though- and I thought it would be worth a try. I will just continue with the smoosh method (tomorrow morning) and I'll give the driving around thing a try :) Sorry for making a thread that really didn't need to be written (I must of missed the part where someone told me not to do it...Thanks for letting me know!)

I've tried putting them in a neutral place with vics above their noses- didn't work. I've tried the smoosh method, and we got to the big neutral cage. They were in there for about 10 mins. and then fur started flying. I really appreicate your help, so I hope that I didn't sound like I don't. Thanks so much!

outsiders_girl :)

[CHINCHILDREN]

well i know whiskers are trimmed when a chin is agressive. i have not heard of it done on a regular basis just for introductions.
i had one male that i got with his whiskers trimmed to about an inch. i knew he had beaten a couple of females with the previous owner. i put him in with two females. one he beat up on so i pulled her; the other he is totally in love with and they are now the proud parents of a stunning mosaic pvc girl. he will NEVER go with another female since he clearly found his soulmate. the kit is 3 weeks old and i have NOT let dad back in (don't trust him). not sure how i will handle letting him back with mom once the kit is weaned...

[tunes]

Shelli - What is a "pvc" exactly? I have been wracking my brain trying to figure this one out and was thinking maybe a vc with a typo? :) Or were you referring to a possible vc?

[outsiders_girl]

well i know whiskers are trimmed when a chin is agressive. i have not heard of it done on a regular basis just for introductions.
i had one male that i got with his whiskers trimmed to about an inch. i knew he had beaten a couple of females with the previous owner. i put him in with two females. one he beat up on so i pulled her; the other he is totally in love with and they are now the proud parents of a stunning mosaic pvc girl. he will NEVER go with another female since he clearly found his soulmate. the kit is 3 weeks old and i have NOT let dad back in (don't trust him). not sure how i will handle letting him back with mom once the kit is weaned...


That's why it was reccomended to me... because one of my chins can be agressive when he wants to with an unknown chin- so somebody told me to give it a try but I didn't want to hurt them by cutting them down too far or something so I wanted to ask. Thanks for the information! :)

[dpawlowski]

When I introduced my chins, the new girl's whiskers were short because she had been previously housed with a fur bitter. I have had her over two months now and her whiskers STILL are not to the normal length. I don't think her having short whiskers has anything to do with the successful introduction. Whiskers are a chins way of judging if they can fit into a space or not - like a cat. When you cut them, you mess up their judegement. Don't cut them - it takes too long for them to grow back!

[outsiders_girl]

We didn't cut them- our chin didn't even like us putting a dab of vicks on him, so we didn't want to make it worse by trying to cut his whiskers. We did do another intro, and it didn't work. Jan 1 is coming up very quickly, and I am going to have to figure out a way to either cage them together, or keep him another way.

[renee]

Sometimes it take a very very long time to introduce chinnies. you have to be patient and persistant. I don't think that any method is going to stop them from fighting if they want to.
-renee