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Hello! My name is Wynne (pronounced win) but I usually go by Winnie.
I live in Sammamish Washington with my boyfriend.
I work at Petco (oh no...evil...rawr...), in issaquah and i'm the Small Animal Specialist. And believe me not all Petsmarts and Petcos are evil. the one I work at stopped selling chinchillas or rabbits, and only sells dwarf hamsters and gerbils. (teddy bears and fancys get sick and stressed easily) We also raise a butt load of money for animal orginizations, and hold adoption events.
And no I don't give my chins alot of the crap they sell there. and I try to steer other chin owners away from it as well.

I have 2 chins, The first one is Gin, I adopted her from Petco becuase one day we found a little baby chin in the cage, and she was thought to be the father, so someone took the mom and the baby, and a bit later I adopted Gin becuase nobody wanted her. So we thought she was a boy for like 9 months untill we got our baby boy Momo in may from a breeder. She was showing us a good way to check the gender, so we went home and checked becuase we weren't positive (and Momo was like twice the size of Gin) and she turned out to be a girl, luckly I had an extra cage (we were gonna use anyway for the introductions) cuz the breeder had a no return policy.

So, yeah! I hope you don't think i'm a terrible person for working at a pet store. i'm very excited to meet some new people, and learn some new things. i'm not really new to the world of chinchillas but i'm still learning.

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Welcome Wynn! I have a boy turned girl chin too! Her name is Bobo! This forum is great and we look forward to hearing from you--and we love pics!
 
Nope - don't think you're evil at all! I believe most pet store employees are good people, just not as educated about the animals & products they're selling as they should be.
Welcome to the forum!
 
WELCOME - no I don't think all pet store people are evil - My granddaughter also was a small animal specialist with Petco a few years ago. Since she lived with me for a while she knew the proper care of chins and would direct the people to the right foods and she also refused some sales to people with 'wild' children . She very kindly told them they would not be happy with ...such and such animal because the animal who freak out with the children - Seemed to work My granddaughter now works for a vet
 
Hi Wynne! I'm just north of you in Ferndale (north of Bellingham). I don't think you're evil for working at a petstore. I think it would be fun. I think a lot of people at petstores can give bad info, and it's great when someone there actually knows what they are talking about and can give good advice.
 
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