My Chinchilla let me hold him today!!!

After all this time my Chinchilla let me hold him today!!! We are always so nervous to touch him too much so we hadn't for quite some time. But tonight I ended up rearranging where we keep him in the room and he was so much more active, making happy noises and watching us more intently. So I opened the top door on his cage and he was slowly crawling onto my hand and then running away. But eventually I just said in a welcoming tone "come on" and he just DID. Hopped right into my hands. I brought him closer to my chest and he snuggled close a bit then I slowly helped him turn to go back in the cage if he wanted too and he slowly crawled back into it. My heart was racing i was so so happy!!! I definitely will sleep with fulfilment in my heart 😭 i know it's not that crazy but it meant so much to me!!!#chinchilla #storytime #lemon8contest #petlover