i do have all my chins in very nice cages, i will not use breeding cages i think they are very cruel i like my chins to have lots of room .... i will not be making my chins breeding machines i want to make that clear...i will only have a litter here and there im not doing it to make money im doing it because i enjoy the babies and the ones i am breeding are breeding quality let me state that now .and i didnt have the money for my ferret nations but i didnt get them. i have $1500 in my savings account devoted to my chins for STRICTLT vet bills and emergencies...my other money i make is for there food , hay, toys etc.. like i said I AM AT MY MAX I HAVE MORE THAN MY BOYFRIEND my boyfriend only has 9 now ..... I DID NOT get another chinchilla he did. that is what you all are not understanding..
this pet store always has chinchillas since i have been going there 4 years ago. they called me because about a year ago i told them if they ever got any baby colored chins to inform me and she happened to call me and my boyfriend wanted her. i had no interest in getting her because i do not want anymore i have enough chins and i still have room but if i had planned on breeding i cant keep anymore. he has decided not to breed that is why he has most of the pet quality chins.. so its not a problem that he got another chin is what i am tryin to make you all understand.. if i had purchased another one then i would understand what you all are saying..but this has nothing to do with me , this is his chin at his house. not mine.. i will not be buying anymore chinchillas for myself nor do i care to because in all actuallity i know that i would get in over my head. it is not hard for me to keep up with mine , i enjoy taking care of my chins and i love them all dearly and that will never change. some of you think that i am not taking proper care of my chins but i am. this is why i get offended because half of you clame you are giving me advice but some of you are only butchering me to death and i honestly just cant take it anymore. i try to explain myself every time and every time yall just keep coming back at me.....i love this website i have learned alot off of it i would like to keep it that way. so please to the people that just cant seem to stop questioning me about the same things over and over just please leave me be..im willing to accept advice, kind advice, not critisizing. to the others that are being kind to me and giving me advice and not questioning me to death thank you..its all i ask for is for you all to give me kind advice i understand you all are doing this for the chins best interest but i love all of them and i ask that you all please stop taking things so harsh on me, im more than willing to listen if you all can do it without saying you said this you said that if you can just give me your advice ill listen...thats all i ask..
and since everyone is not understand this i will state this now clearly for everyone to see....
i only have 11 chinchillas......that is all
me and my boyfriend DO NOT live together and he has 9... i say that we have 20 because i love all of his just like they are mine and most of them i bought for him so i just want you all to consider i myself do not have 20 chins i only have 11...
Ok let me pick up on some of these points since you have raised them.
1. You're doing it because you enjoy the babies and your chins are pedigree quality - well, it's great that you have seem to have purchased quality chinchillas but that does not change the fact that breeding chins is not all fluffy and nice. Sometimes it goes horribly wrong. Members are expressing concern that you seem to have jumped in with both feet, intending to breed, without some of the basics of chinchilla care under your belt first.
Do you have a good mentor?
Do you have a chinchilla competent vet?
Do you have time to take care of babies 24/7 if things go wrong?
2. You have money saved up - again, that's great but you're missing the point I am afraid. Members here are expressing legitimate concern that you have taken on a number of chins in a short period of time. You have little or no experience of chins and have gone from 0-20.
If a chin gets sick or number of chins get sick how will you look after them 24/7?
Believe me - ask anyone who has more than 2 or 3 chins who need "nursing" attention. They will tell you that looking after sick chins round the clock; syringe feeding, medicating, observing, feeding kits 1-2 hourly is draining emotionally, physically, and financially. If the chin(s) tragically dies at the end of it you just want to give up and sleep for a month - but you can't because all of the others need your attention too.
It's not just about having money saved.
3. The new chin is your boyfriend's & we're not understanding that - I think you'll find we're understanding all too well.
Between the two of you there are 20 chins - that's a lot of chins for newbies to have all at once in a short period of time.
Just because the chins are not at your house does not mean you will not end up looking after the chins if they got sick does it? Or are you going to tell us that if chins were sick or you had kits between both houses you'd look after them individually? Or would you run between houses, potentially spreading disease (if there was any) between the 2 herds?
There's so much here that needs to be carefully thought through.
she is by herself 
