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okay, your standard grey chinchilla costs 90 to 150 dollars and other colors can be up to 500 to 700 dollars, maybe more. How much would you pay if there was some chins that were guaranteed to be affectionate, loved to be held, loved to go places with you, loved to ride in car like dogs do but...

Is fleece the only kind of fabric that is safe for chinchillas or could I use cotton, flannel, etc ?

I was wondering if it or if chinchillas would like to be outside in a safe protected zone like a 5 ft high enclosure with a cover for the top almost like a chicken wire type thing and they could be outside running in the grass of course on a dry fall day, is it possible, has anyone ever done this?

This could be fun, If your chinchilla or chinchillas could speak to you in english, what would be the first thing they say to you? And, what would their voice sound like? would it be a jazzy, hey daddy oh type jazz voice, or a mafia type gangster voice, or how about a fictional character from a...

Finally I got my second male standard gray chinchilla today, and he is so small and so cute got him from a breeder and rescuer in my area and I love him, hes in a separate cage in a separate room way from gus, but gus knows hes here cause he must of smelled him on me and here in the house, and...

Okay this just came to me , I am picking up my new liitle chinchilla from someone who rescues chinchillas and breeds them on this sunday morning, he just got weened off his mom on monday, and I am bringing him home to meet gus my male chinchilla who I have had for over a year now and I love him...

Hello all, first let me say again that this website, the people, the information has brought much joy, fun, security, some sadness to my world, if you cant tell by my username that I am a chef, so I keep late night hours working on menus etc, playing with my chinchilla gus and reading and typing...

Just curious if it is normal for a chinchilla to go into a state of trance from time to time? My gus does this sort of trance thing at least 5 to 6 times a day where he will stand up on hind legs and cock his head to the side and be completely still but at the same time his body starts to sway...

I just bought some local organic carrots to roast off for my own consumption, and I was wondering if it would be ok to feed a small bit of the tops/sprouts to my chinchilla? Or even if I dried them out? I wont feed him this unless I hear thats its ok for him, thanks

I dont know if there is something wrong with my gus but when I let him out to play in our chin safe zone room, every now and then actually alot I catch him standing straight up but just staring off into space like hes in a trance sometimes so bad he almost falls over backwards, but he always...

Just signed up, and I am excited to learn about chinchillas I have had my chinchilla (gustavo) aka Gus for a little over a year and I am blown away how attached I am to him/vice versa I think/hope, I could go on about him forever but Just a quick hello and am looking forward to chating with all...