Hi from California!!!

[snowqueen]

my chinchilla story....

i work at a large retail petstore and rescued 5 chinchillas in the summer of '09.

their previous owners had bought the original male "peter" from us about 3 years prior.

they got him a girlfriend and they had babies. 2 boys and then later 1 girl. their owners were expecting and called our store to abandon them since they couldn't get anyone to buy them.

i drove about 45 minutes out of town in the evening to pick them up in the middle of summer. where i live summer temperaturs normally range 99-115F. anyways... i ended up adopting all 3 boys and 2 girls. all standard grey.

we gave the baby girl and momma along with another male to my boyfriends mom. (which we drove another 2 hours at night to get to her...) and they live in separate cages.

i kept peter and smokey both boys and super cute! my boyfriend had always wanted chinchillas and now i know why. they're super awesome and rad!!

 

[Snickers]

Welcome to CnH. You' ll enjoy this forum. Maybe if you haven't already give the web site to your boy friend's mom.

 

[AZChins]

Welcome. That's really quite a story...I am so glad that you were able to help in that situation.

So, you're going to post pictures of your boys, right?

 

[tunes]

Good job! Glad you were able to get them out of that situation.

Welcome.

 

[eroomlorac]

:welcome3:

Good job saving those chinchillas.

 

[aznmexaggie]

Welcome to CnH!

And thank you for saving those chinnies!

 

[cindyv3737]

I'm from California too. I'm in the Los Angeles area. Is there anything special you do to keep your chins cool during the summer? (Aside from the cooling stones)

I'm also new to this forum and a first time chin mommy. I just uploaded an album of Shelly. I like to call her Shelly Belly.

 

[starleomach]

Welcome to CnH

 

[Ziora]

Welcome to CnH! My boyfriend is also hooked now and wants a chin, but I'll still be in charge

 

[snowqueen]

I'm from California too. I'm in the Los Angeles area. Is there anything special you do to keep your chins cool during the summer? (Aside from the cooling stones)

I'm also new to this forum and a first time chin mommy. I just uploaded an album of Shelly. I like to call her Shelly Belly.

i suck it up and crank the AC all the way up and my bill is really high.....but they're worth it! and its nice for me too!....i'm looking into buying a smaller ac. the type that sticks out your window. my bf's mom has one in the room that her chins live in and it works really well. nice ice cold breeze, but of course not blowing directly at them. and it keeps energy costs low too b/c then their room will be cool without having to ac the entire house. fans work for humans but for chins all it does is move the air around. it's not actually cooling them down. at least thats what i think anways.. from one new chin mommy to another, hope this helps!!

 

[zoesmom]

Hello Friends,
I'm a new forever home for my first pair of chins, Zoe and Ohno from Second Chance Chins. Zoe was born without eyes but has a wonderful spirit, and the rescue observes that she memorizes her cage and is active. Ohno was a suprise, which is where he got his name! I'm excited and am working hard at getting everything they need. Maybe in the future I might look into more rescues, but cant wait for my first ones to arrive.
Zoesmom

 

[mishellyshel]

welcome! saving chinnies is rewarding isnt it! maybe you could post some pix!

I like to call her Shelly Belly.

thats what my fiance' calls ME! lol

 

[Ruby]

:welcome3: to CnH! I hope you enjoy it here!

Thank you for saving those chinnies!

 

[cindyv3737]

i suck it up and crank the AC all the way up and my bill is really high.....but they're worth it! and its nice for me too!....i'm looking into buying a smaller ac. the type that sticks out your window. my bf's mom has one in the room that her chins live in and it works really well. nice ice cold breeze, but of course not blowing directly at them. and it keeps energy costs low too b/c then their room will be cool without having to ac the entire house. fans work for humans but for chins all it does is move the air around. it's not actually cooling them down. at least thats what i think anways.. from one new chin mommy to another, hope this helps!!

I was afraid of that. Looks like I'll be putting on a sweatshirt and turning the air on for Shelly. I must say I'm surprised at how much I love her. She brings me so much joy. From one chin mommy to another Thank you!!

 

[cindyv3737]

welcome! saving chinnies is rewarding isnt it! maybe you could post some pix!



thats what my fiance' calls ME! lol

LOL!!! Too funny. I created a photo album for Shelly on my profile.