channeltool
01-23-2005, 07:12 PM
Hershey is 15 weeks old, we got him on Jan 4 and he, as many kits probably are, was very nervous around us. We left him alone and hoped he would become more at ease with the help of Blue, our 13 month old who we adopted when he was 11 months old ( who is very much at ease around us ). Hershey stopped his warning calls after three days and after a week was running aroung his play area and jumping on us. Just this past week he is letting us pet him and jumps in our hands. We let Blue run around the apartment because he will go back into the play area and his cage with little effort but wanted to wait until Hershey was older knowing it would be difficult to get him back into the cage. Today we decided to let Hershey out, he ended out behind the couch with Blue and starting his warning calls. He was scared and would not come near us. We took his favorite tube and placed it in front of him, he ran into it and we put the tube, with him in it, back in the play area. He is still in the tube. I know all chins are different but for the most part was it to soon to let him out into such a big area? We let Blue out a couple of days after we got him and he loved the openess. Should we wait a two more weeks than try it again? Are there chins who like confined familiar areas?