Sandi
non-stop poop sweeper
I want to tell all of you who are breeders that when times get real tough with you and your herd and when you have moments of doubt, that I hope you can dig deep and gather a thought or a memory of a buyer who you know that because of you, have made a difference and changed their lives for the better.
Our very first chin was purchased at a pet store 5 years ago. He was the love of our lives, so it was unbelievably heart wrenching to have had to put him down last year due to the progression of his malo disease. I swore at that time that we would never get another chinchilla because of all of our heartaches. My little girl cried herself to sleep for several nights after he was gone. But as the days passed, I missed having a chinchilla in my life, also maybe I was going through withdrawals because I had handfed him day and night for 2 months because he wouldn't eat on his own. I searched through a ton of posts on chins-n-quills for a breeder. I decided to email a couple of them. From the beginning I had a great vibe with Kristy (starleomach). She emailed me back right away and answered all of the questions and concerns I had. When I entered her room with the chins, I spotted my future fat baby Pepper. I wanted to take him home with me that day but he was still too little to take away from his momma. As she showed me her other chins, there was one in the corner that was all alone that kind of looked like my chin who had just passed away and that's when the tears started flowing, she was kind enough to listen to me talk about my wonderful Whiskers, I even showed her a video clip of him that I had on my iphone. I went there with the intention of just wanting to see and feel them again and to possibly put a deposit on one of her kits, but CJ (he was already named that), the chin that was all alone melted my heart the second she handed him to me. We talked for a bit more and she made me feel at ease about some of the issues I had. I left that night agreeing to get BOTH CJ and the kit. It was Christmas Eve when I picked up both boys. The breeder did the intros for me so they were already together in a cage. My family did not know anything. I hid the boys in our finished basement overnight and brought them up in my room on Christmas morning. As we were opening presents, I placed the kit in a box that I didn't close and handed it to my daughter. I was lucky to get a few pics of her genuine reaction as she looked in the box. She quickly scooped him up and we all cried tears of joy as we held our new fur babies. Only possible because of you. Thank you for all of your blood, sweat and tears!
Baby in the box...
My daughter believed that she would never hold another chin again...
Talking to her new fur baby...
Bonding with Pepper
Our very first chin was purchased at a pet store 5 years ago. He was the love of our lives, so it was unbelievably heart wrenching to have had to put him down last year due to the progression of his malo disease. I swore at that time that we would never get another chinchilla because of all of our heartaches. My little girl cried herself to sleep for several nights after he was gone. But as the days passed, I missed having a chinchilla in my life, also maybe I was going through withdrawals because I had handfed him day and night for 2 months because he wouldn't eat on his own. I searched through a ton of posts on chins-n-quills for a breeder. I decided to email a couple of them. From the beginning I had a great vibe with Kristy (starleomach). She emailed me back right away and answered all of the questions and concerns I had. When I entered her room with the chins, I spotted my future fat baby Pepper. I wanted to take him home with me that day but he was still too little to take away from his momma. As she showed me her other chins, there was one in the corner that was all alone that kind of looked like my chin who had just passed away and that's when the tears started flowing, she was kind enough to listen to me talk about my wonderful Whiskers, I even showed her a video clip of him that I had on my iphone. I went there with the intention of just wanting to see and feel them again and to possibly put a deposit on one of her kits, but CJ (he was already named that), the chin that was all alone melted my heart the second she handed him to me. We talked for a bit more and she made me feel at ease about some of the issues I had. I left that night agreeing to get BOTH CJ and the kit. It was Christmas Eve when I picked up both boys. The breeder did the intros for me so they were already together in a cage. My family did not know anything. I hid the boys in our finished basement overnight and brought them up in my room on Christmas morning. As we were opening presents, I placed the kit in a box that I didn't close and handed it to my daughter. I was lucky to get a few pics of her genuine reaction as she looked in the box. She quickly scooped him up and we all cried tears of joy as we held our new fur babies. Only possible because of you. Thank you for all of your blood, sweat and tears!
Baby in the box...
My daughter believed that she would never hold another chin again...
Talking to her new fur baby...
Bonding with Pepper
), it gives you a renewed sense of purpose and makes you feel better about the "why" of it, even if a couple months down the road you have to ask yourself again "why do I do this?"
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