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Can chinchillas be clinically insane? Just when I start thinking that Saltine (the white mosaic) is maturing, she and her baby Crystal (the standard) start making moves like this one. They made variations of this maneuver for about ten minutes as I was cleaning around them. I think they were hoping I would break tradition and magically hand out extra treats...strange strange creatures....


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Crazy? Yes, clinicly insane, no


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Lol, I wouoldn't be surprised if they can. :P Crazy little animals.


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I've got some crazy ones


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Cute picture, LOL. They sure keep things from getting boring. I have one crazy little guy, Silly. Now he would pass for clinically insane. He stairs off into space litle a little stoner. You will be looking right at him and if you move away he doesn't borther to turn his head and just keeps staring off into space. He's defenitly an odd ball.


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I consider my chin Borderline, like me: irritable, moods up & down, anxious sometimes, doesn't get along w/ others of her own species, etc. Since Borderline is a recognized psychiatric disorder, that makes Cub "insane", although it's more of a legal than psychiatric term.


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sally suffers from clinical depression.............just sits there and sleeps allllllllllllllllllll day................and most of the nights as well.
Peppers has ADHD and could be passed of as a having insanity.........she is a complete nut.............jittery, hyper, scared, silly, nutzo..and the list goes on.
linus on the other hand has borderline personality...........i have found her at times hangng upside down from the ceiling of her cage making like a bat ???????.....or she comes out of her cage and starts acting like a dog wagging his tail for a little treat.............hehehe yup i concur...............they are all nuts....but so am I


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I voted yes. For no reason at all my chins will just flip out. I think out of all my chins, Baxter is the strangest. For something so small, they sure are complex creatures.


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Kirby suffers from antisocial personality disorder, Chance has anxiety attacks (I'm serious ), Jenna might be bipolar Chyna would probably be ADHD. The worst of all is Piper though, he sits in his cage and even when he's out for playtime, and he rocks back and forth and stares It's b/c of the heat stroke he had last summer


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I actually have one chinny out of my 8 that is crazy. She came from a terrible environment and I bought her out of pitty for her living conditions. Penny often behaves like she is nuts although her behavoir has subsided since she has a new cage mate...She had the same cage mate for years and then suddenly turned on him. Well now she lives with a female and is quite happy. She scoots around on her bum, back and forth and can act quite aggressive at times.Other times she is quite lovable....You just never know what to expect from her........Suzan