Before bringing your chinchilla home: Ensure you have a cage set up and ready, Be sure that your family is aware your new pet will need peace and quiet to…
When I rescued Jasper, my chinchilla, he was a mess! He had been living in a small plastic dog carrier, inside a van with a woman who smoked. Jaspers fur was…
The chinchilla in the wild has adapted to live in a rugged terrain, where nightly and winter temperatures may drop well below freezing. Being crepuscular/nocturnal creatures by nature, during the…
The chinchilla is a very special exotic animal. It is nocturnal, has the thickest fur among all land animals, and is also very sensitive to high levels of heat and…
Chinchillas are not receptive when you verbally rebuke, hit, or spank them in a fit of anger. The physical actions can cause wounds and abscessing. The physical actions don’t serve…
I'm sitting here watching Jasper jump and play, and I remembered back when I first brought him home. I didn't know a single thing about this new little life I…
So why choose a chinchilla as a pet? With such a large choice of pets around why choose a chinchilla? Maybe because you perceive them as cute and think they…
