Chinchilla

My first experience of Chinchillas happened through the free ads as their owner had become allergic to them. I collected two standard grey chinchilla boys and a large metal mesh cage. Cage - large, grey metal mesh cage with pull out draw for easy cleaning. The cage mesh covers the top of the draw so that the chinchillas never come into contact with the tray. Cage had a couple of large doors which were close by a type of metal spring which was prone to rust/stiffness. There were a couple of long untreated wooden shelves as chinchillas like to knaw, a wooden nest box and a metal tray like a large loaf tin for bathing. They also has cuttlefish to knaw on for ...  Read the complete review

There are many, many animals here at Zoo FourPaws! I regularly bore you all half to death with the tales of Grace and Benson, my two dogs, so I thought it was about time some of the other animals got a look in! So I'd like to take this chance to share my experience of a pet which was once quite unusual but is now gaining in popularity, and that is the Chinchilla. *About Chinchillas* Chinchillas are classed as rodents, not dissimilar in appearance to that of a squirrel, although slightly larger and somewhat chunkier, and originate from the Andes Mountains in South America. There was once a time when keeping Chinchillas as pets was very ...  Read the complete review

Chinchillas are available in most large pet shops and although they are not as popular as hamsters or guinea pigs they make great pets. They are alert, friendly and funny animals to watch. My chinchillas are very nervous but have been previously miss treated, they wont bite unless startled, but as time has gone on they have become less frightened and more hand tame. Chinchillas fur is very fine and fragile this will easily fall out if handled by you too much, i find picking my chinchillas up by sliding my hand under neith them then cuddling them to my body using my arms as opposed to my hands helps to stop them loosing there ...  Read the complete review

Ill start by telling you about my two boys Chokey (Wilson white aged approximately 2 years) and Gillium (standard grey aged one) I got Chokey last year, at the time i was looking for a chinchilla and saw him advertised for free, i felt sorry for him being advertised in such a manner (as people know sometimes animals offered in this way don't end up in sutible homes) so i went and picked up my new little boy - he came with his (dirty) cage and a food im sure anyone who owns a chinchilla will know is inappropriate alone After Chokey had settled in i decided to get him a companion and got Gillium - a one year old stan dard grey male, from a rescue ...  Read the complete review

Chinchilla. I just noticed this category and thought I would tell you about our chinchilla. We had a chinchilla called Jeffery when my daughter lived at home must be about 12 yrs ago now. My daughter suffers from chronic fatigue syndrome and desperately wanted a chinchilla. I know pets are good therapy for illness so we acquired one when I heard someone was giving one away. Their kids had got bored with him. We chose Jeffery as a name as we felt it was a bit upper class He was a mid grey colour. A chinchilla is a nocturnal rodent about the size of a small rabbit. They are born already with fur, which ranges in colour from light to very ...  Read the complete review