Due primarily to the health concerns, I would not breed a pet store chin. I would, however, be weary of not breeding soley because of the "quality" of the chinchilla. By quality, I mean physical quality such as coat texture and physical size of the animal. I currently have a pet store chin and a breeder quality animal. There is a noticable difference in the physical aspects, and not a question about the superiority of the breeder chins coat. However, most of the breeders on this forum are breeding animals for primarily pet purposes. Yes, there are shows and such, which again judge an animal on its coat and size. But with chinchilla coats going out of style,and not many breeders still breeding to make coats out of their animals, why does it seem that a pretty coat still seems to take precidence over a great personality? If I had a healthy pet store animal with a extremely friendly personality, and a great quality show coat animal that bit everyone and everything, I would breed the pet store animal.
