How did someone pee in the toilet and not flush it? Did they not see that there were loose chinchillas in the bathroom? That must have been quite the party indeed....
Then is the general consensus on this board is to not trim chinchilla fur? I pondered at that thought when I was contemplating the heat of the upcoming summer months - not to completely shave off his fur, just to trim it so it wouldn't be so long and insulating... Is that inhumane?
My chin started chewing until I realized it was because I had him in the living room, where my boyfriend and I always are. I realized it was stressing him to have us always in the room, it made it difficult for him to sleep. Is your cage in a high-traffic area?
Yeah obviously I found this because I took in a chinchilla whose owner couldn't care for it anymore, so I went online to figure out what I had to do with this new little pet I acquired. And obviously you know there is a group for for hedgehogs/pigs/cows/dogs because you're in that industry. It's...
Also I don't appreciate being called ignorant, or other non-chichillas owners being called ignorant, because I 'made no effort'. I had no reason to make an effort because I didn't know there was an effort to be made.
Staleomach you're misunderstanding me. Firstly, I've never once criticized anything about ranchers. Secondly, how am I going to go to a rancher to ask questions if I don't even know they exist? As for the magazines you mention, how am I going to know about these magazines if I don't asssociate...
Yeah but we know dog breeders exist because Animal Planet has a soft spot for the Eukanuba Championship. What is Animal Planet going to do with a chinchilla segment? Not much. Chinchillas are exotic. Again, this is why I called it underground, since we hear nothing about it.
Note: yeah peta sucks.
Underground = generic population has no idea it exists. I'll be the first to admit I didn't even know chinchilla pelting existed. Honestly I thought that was illegal. I didn't even know there were large scale chinchilla breeders that owned 100+ chins. I didn't even know there were high quality...
Yeah I considered that also. Since most pet chins have inferior genetic makeup, it stands to assume that they would need a little more care than the high quality chins that come out of breeders or owners. Pet store chins would naturally be more predisposed to health issues, and therefore would...