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[TheSurvivor]

Hi all,

I'm Joep from Belgium, and me and my fiancee just got our first 2 chins (Gizmo & Scrat) a little over a week ago.
Against on-line advice we didn't go to a breeder but got them from a pet store as I figured pet store animals deserve a good home as well.

I'm waiting on a friend to come by with a camera and will post pics of them when I have some.

:dance3:

 

[Chinmama]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[alli713]

Welcome to CnH! )

 

[Pikaia]

Welcome!

 

[lauralynne]

Hello & Welcome!

 

[Sandi]

:wave3: Welcome to the forum!

 

[TheSurvivor]

Thank you all

 

[Dragonflye]

:flowers9: Welcome!

 

[Jenn]

Hi and welcome! Congrats on your new additions!!! And I agree, all animals need our love, no matter where they come from

 

[Laurie]

Guten Tag! My Deustch is quite rusty but at least I remember that lol! Welcome! Cute names for your two, can't wait to see some pics

 

[Chin_Up_Sunshine]

Wilkommen zu CnH! Ich freue mich auf sein Fotos ob Gizmo und Scrat! Ich praktiziere mein Deutsch mit ihr einmal mochte gern. Mit Ihrer Erlaubnis.

 

[Sdo9396]

:CSarcasm: Can we have a translator please?? Sorry, no hablo espanol!

 

[TheSurvivor]

Thank you all some more

though to clarify my first language would be Dutch not German/Deutsch (das ist nur meine dritte sprache)
My grandmother was German though actually

This morning before I left for work Scrat & Gizmo were their usual active morning selves(somehow so far they're a lot more active in the morning than evening/night), and I actually had to stop Gizmo (normally the shy one) to climb all the way to my shoulder.
They're just adorable

 

[starleomach]

Welcome

 

[Chin_Up_Sunshine]

*** u me

Thank you all some more

though to clarify my first language would be Dutch not German/Deutsch (das ist nur meine dritte sprache)
My grandmother was German though actually

This morning before I left for work Scrat & Gizmo were their usual active morning selves(somehow so far they're a lot more active in the morning than evening/night), and I actually had to stop Gizmo (normally the shy one) to climb all the way to my shoulder.
They're just adorable

:rofl: Well, my mother had a saying about ***uming. :] While I was in Amsterdam last month I was constantly surprised by how Dutch was both charmingly familiar to my German studies and also so distinctly different. I kept trying to understand words that I had no way of figuring out. LOL

Chins are technically crepuscular so you should have lots of early morning greetings since dusk and dawn are best. Isn't it a lovely feeling when they start exploring you?

 

[Siany]

welcome to the site

 

[TheSurvivor]

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And they're really amazing creatures. They're getting bolder every day and I'm looking forward to when getting them out of the cage and into the playpen will no longer require a lot of coaxing and waiting with the pet carrier by the cage door (they've spent one session in the pen while I was cleaning out their cage on sunday, and I might try again tomorrow (have a day off) and definitely sunday again as it'll be cage-cleaning time. I'd rather they can run around some than having them in the pet carrier while I clean. (and getting both of them in there was difficult enough last sunday, getting them out and into the playpen went very well though and they had a lot of fun popcorning and running around through the tunnels I'd set up)
But I definitely don't want to push them - just want them to get used to us and their new surroundings at their own pace

And I actually think in a way I'm lucky I got them from the pet store. They never seemed real frightened by us (or the cat). And the reaction of the pet store people when I picked them up was very heartwarming. Everybody gathered to say goodbye to them (actually asking other customers for a minute of patience). It was really emotional, and the chins were surprisingly well looked after (had a huge cage in the back of the store, past the other animals with practically a small herd (around 10 chins including three week-old kits and one pregnant female) and lots of branches to crawl on, several houses etc). And the pet store people still seemed very happy also that they were getting a new home.

 

[Sunnyastounded]

Welcome!