German Chinchilla

[hkkjstwcl]

Hi, ya'll!
Just wanted to share this pic!
I just adopted a German Chinchilla that came from Germany!!! This nice lady was adopting this chin out almost FREE.
He is 3 years old. This German lady brought him from Germany. She has other chins that she just bought here. Until I went to pick him up, I didn't know that he had flown from Germany, so I feel very lucky. It's cool! This black velvet boy is small. The lady says that he is a different breed as compare to American breed. Does anybody know about European chin breed?

 

[ChinchillaSteve]

I'm European.
I don't know if there are big differences.

IMO the American ones seem bigger

 

[Spoof]

They're all the same, chins get shipped internationally all the time. )

There is a different type of violet called a german violet, but your guy isn't one of those. Unless you got a pedigree, he could very well have a ritterspach parent.

 

[Chinniechantel]

Very cute, looks the same to me! I agree, www.chinchillas.com ships internationally, I think they are the only people who do.

 

[eroomlorac]

Is this lady a member here? Or maybe was it CnQ? I think I remember reading a post from a German woman who came here and brought her chinchillas with her. Her husband was very understanding of her not wanting to move to the USA without her chinchillas.

 

[hkkjstwcl]

I don't know. She is a young lady who lives in Maryland.

 

[aznmexaggie]

Congrats on your new chin!

I recall the chin owner from Germany who shipped her chinchillas to a CnQ member who I am pretty sure lived in Maryland. The member watched her chinchillas until the chin owner moved to the U.S, got settled in, and could take her chins back.

 

[Brightstarchins]

I moved here from Germany over four years ago and brought some german chinchillas with me. I have since rehomed some of them, but this little guy can`t be one of mine, since he is only three years old.

The chinchillas in Germany don`t look any different than the ones over here, there are all kinds of sizes, small, large, skinny, blocky.

Claudia

 

[Tanya]

Congrats on your new adorable chinnie!!!

 

[Riven]

I was going to say that Claudia lived in Germany but she already spoke up!

There are not "different breeds" of chins pre se, just different gene pools.