Chinchillas - wonderful velvet creations, it is not surprising that they became so popular among fans of pets. Often inexperienced owners are not capable to distinguish a female of a chinchilla from a male. The thing is that the sex of a chinchilla externally is practically not expressed in any way.
Instruction
1. There is some complexity in distinguishing a female chinchillasof from a male. The fact is that these animals have no sexual differences in coloring. It is considered that the female of a chinchilla is a little larger than a male, but you should not be guided by this sign as you can easily be mistaken. The fact is that the size of a chinchilla depends not so much on sexual characters how many from conditions of keeping and a diet. So, same-sex individuals of one age can differ considerably in sizes, living at different owners.
2. The character is considered one more sign of sex extended among fans. The fact is that usually females much quieter and are cleaner than males. However and you should not be guided by this characteristic, in many respects the character is defined by specific features of a specific animal. Both wild females, and balanced males meet.
3. The only reliable way to distinguish a male of a chinchilla from a female is to consider genitals of a small animal, but also here everything is not so simple. The fact is that reproductive external organs of a chinchilla of the boy and girl are visually very similar, it is almost impossible to find accurately expressed testicles in a male. It is worth being guided only by distance between genitals and an anus of an animal. At a male of a chinchilla it is distance much more, than at a female. Having examined several small animals, you will understand at once what it is about. Genitals of the girl of a chinchilla are very densely pressed to an anus, and it is visible at once.
4. Puberty of a chinchilla is reached approximately to six-month age. If before not to define sex of small animals and not to seat them, then it is possible to allow unplanned knitting accidentally. It is worth remembering that pairing between chinchillas of one dung and even just is extremely undesirable to one blood line as the quality of posterity in it cases considerably worsens. If you seriously decided to be engaged in cultivation of chinchillas, then try to divide boys and girls in time.