Litter training:
Not all chinchillas learn how to use a litter box. It is a skill best taught to chinchillas when they are very young. To start, put your chinchilla in a cage with bedding on the floor. When they urinate in an area, scoop up the wet bedding with a spoon and put it in the litter box. Put the litter box near the wet area. Keep putting all the wet bedding in the litter pan. When you have to change the litter and bedding, this time don't put bedding on the floor and take a scoop of the wet litter to save. Change the rest of the litter, then put the wet litter on the new litter. After a few months of this, your chinchilla should choose to go in its litter pan instead of elsewhere. Never use cat litter in the litter pan.
Coming out of the cage:
When you first get a chinchilla, you must try to IGNORE it for the first few days (but don't neglect it, just don't try to touch the chinnie). Try to keep the chin up high in a dark, quiet room with a dark hiding box. When the chinchilla is comfortable with your presence, you can put your fingers into the cage. Feed treats from your fingers. Next you can put your hand in the cage. Keep it as still as possible (No touching!) and let your chinchilla investigate you. Put a treat on the palm of your hand and feed it to the chinchilla. If at any time your animal is uncomfortable, go back to the previous step. Remember this process does not happen overnight. When your chin is comfortable with your hand, put treats higher up on your arms. It should hop right on to you. Never force your chin to take its treat. Another good way to get your chin out of his/her cage is to let it get so comfortable with your hand that you can slip your hand under the chin's belly and lift it up. This prevents escaping as well. The worst way to get a chin out is to chase it around the cage. This will make your chin distrusting of you.
Nosekisses, come, and other commands:
Nosekissing steps:
1) Have your chin cage/body tame. (see above)
2) Loosely hold a raisin or raisin smidgen between your teeth.
3) Get your mouth near your chin's nose and gently breathe the scent of it to them.
4) They will eat it out of your mouth.
5) Everytime you want to feed a treat, feed it with your mouth.
6) Feed it to them in many different locations and they will give spontaneous nosekisses looking for raisins. It's fun when the first thing they do coming out of the cage is kiss you!
Come or other commands:
1) Have your treats readily available.
2) Move your chin through the desired motion. (In come it is them hopping up to you) Show the chin a visual signal and make a noise to symbollize the action.
3) Give a treat after moving your chin through the motion. (Be gentle)
4) Repeat steps 2 & 3 at least 10 times.
5) Let your chin free in a small, chinproof area. Make the noise and visual signal.
6) Repeat the signal/noise until the chin obeys by itself.
7) When it finally obeys, give a large treat. Let it loose to try it again.
8) Repeat steps 6 & 7 until it obeys every time. Don't run your chin ragged and do all the steps in one night. This will take months to accomplish.