I have a huge tattoo of a flaming chinchilla on my side....

[rainey]

...and for some reason I never thought to share! I got it two summers ago on a whim as my first tattoo, and only a few months after I had owned my first chinchilla, Snoops.

He is in flames 1. because I think of him as invincible: my friend found him (in a small cage) in his dumpster one day when he was taking out his trash! Can you imagine? And 2. because when I was a new owner and did not know any better, Snoops chewed through some major electrical cords and somehow lived. I regret not being knowledgeable before owning him...but he has inspired me, to say the least.

I wish he looked a little more chinchilla-like, but I think it captures well though how little I knew about chins when I got it. LONG LIVE SNOOPS

 

[muzzyj]

loooove it!

 

[TheSurvivor]

:dance3:Awesome!:dance3:

 

[Sdo9396]

omggg love it! what is he chewing on?

 

[xcdnchinx]

wow thats awesome!. He has quite the story, i think he deffinately deserves a tattoo just for him!

 

[Tulula]

That is great and I can totally tell its a chin. Very nice work.
Jeanne

 

[Pikaia]

Pretty cool!

 

[Jenn]

Nice tatoo! I can't believe someone just threw him away! Thank goodness he was found and has a second chance at a better life with you!

 

[Twilight Chinchillas]

Awesome Tat! You are brave, i am not, so will admire from afar! lol i love tattoos but not the pain!

 

[Remyma0408]

I like! Looks like he's chewing on a cord, which would be fitting given his story!

 

[Chin_Up_Sunshine]

Man, that IS huge. Love the story and he certainly looks chinny-like

 

[chin2heart]

Cool tat. How did you explain what a chin is to the dude who did the tattoo...."You want a what?!"

 

[mishellyshel]

that had to hurt! i like it. very fitting! snoops rocks!

 

[soysauce]

ive seen some terrible tattoos of animals in my life but this is one was done very well and the story behind it makes it even better and more personal :] very cute

 

[rainey]

omggg love it! what is he chewing on?

It's supposed to be a wire, I wanted it a bright color rather than black, at the risk of it not looking quite like a wire haha.

 

[rainey]

Cool tat. How did you explain what a chin is to the dude who did the tattoo...."You want a what?!"

Well it was definitely funny! I don't think it even surprised him much though, tattoo artists must see it all. I showed him a few pictures from my phone and then he googled them quickly, and then he just drew it based off of that. Being a newbie at tattoos, I had no idea I had the option of them scanning it to a different size (I thought he'd have to redraw it!) so I didn't say I wanted it smaller even though that was how I was feeling. I'm glad now though that it's the size it is. It took two sessions. Snoops deserves it!

 

[SamiJami]

I love it! I'm thinking of getting a sleeve of my rabbits and chins xD

 

[lishreese]

O my gosh! well that's definitely an interesting series of events. the person who threw him in the trash should be tarred and feathered and then thrown into a trash compactor, but it's good that he was lucky enough to find someone to love him and take care of him. I bet you could win a lot of bar bets with that tatoo!