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Grant
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Hey, I just joined this forum yesterday, because I plan on getting a chinchilla within the next few months. :dance3:
My friend had a chinchilla (the chinchilla died young at only two because she accidentally ingested glue that was on a paper towel roll she wasn't supposed to get) so I do have a good idea of their habits and personalities, of course, every individual is different.
Yesterday, I went to a pet store to hold a chinchilla to show my mom what they are like in person (I do not plan on buying from a pet store, I plan on getting him from a reliable breeder.) My mom did not think that they are bad looking (as you can see in my signature, I am a reptile person - my mom doesn't mind the reptiles, but she is not in love with the work, money, and mess of mammals) but she didn't like that fur was falling out of the chinchilla as I held it.
The chinchilla was not struggling or moving at all, just sitting in my hands, but once I put him back, I was covered in fur. My mom would not want it to be leaving fur all over the place, do the shed year round, or is it just now because it is summer time.
Also, my mom is allegric to cats, I know rabbits have the same allergens as cats (I know rabbits and chinchillas are not closely related though), would a chinchilla cause any problems with allergies?
Thanks in advance!
My friend had a chinchilla (the chinchilla died young at only two because she accidentally ingested glue that was on a paper towel roll she wasn't supposed to get) so I do have a good idea of their habits and personalities, of course, every individual is different.
Yesterday, I went to a pet store to hold a chinchilla to show my mom what they are like in person (I do not plan on buying from a pet store, I plan on getting him from a reliable breeder.) My mom did not think that they are bad looking (as you can see in my signature, I am a reptile person - my mom doesn't mind the reptiles, but she is not in love with the work, money, and mess of mammals) but she didn't like that fur was falling out of the chinchilla as I held it.
The chinchilla was not struggling or moving at all, just sitting in my hands, but once I put him back, I was covered in fur. My mom would not want it to be leaving fur all over the place, do the shed year round, or is it just now because it is summer time.
Also, my mom is allegric to cats, I know rabbits have the same allergens as cats (I know rabbits and chinchillas are not closely related though), would a chinchilla cause any problems with allergies?
Thanks in advance!