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My local animal shelter is having a hard time maintaining the high inventory of cats that they have. Since I volunteer there, they have asked if I would either like to adopt or foster a cat to make room for others who need to be there as well. I have the money, time, and knowledge to invest...

We moved into this beautiful place. It's lovely, twice the size of our last place, and it has these enormous, huge windows that just leak in natural light. It's a wonderful thing, until we've realized that this "natural light" feature is messing with our internal temperatures, especially being...

Finally got done cleaning Sigma's cage. He's normally super afraid of the camera, but he posed for this one! I was really excited. Got all of my fleece items from Fuzzie's Kingdom- I am really satisfied with the quality of this fleece. It's super thick and fluffy. And, most importantly, it is...

I love Sigma. I love everything about Sigma. Even when he makes a total mess in his cage and decides that Hay is a better bedding than the fleece as he drags it ALL over the cage (and sometimes out). However, the cage that I have is really quite a production to clean it. I have the Martin's...

I'm really excited about this. I found a seller who sells seagrass rope by the foot at a reasonable size to crochet with. I have this idea to cover the two other wire shelves that aren't currently covered in Sigma's cage with little, edible seagrass mats. He loves this stuff. I might even try to...

Okay, so I've heard from someone else that they have a cat climbing tower for their chinchilla. Does the chinchilla really use it? Is it safe? Most that I've seen are made out of carpet and fluffy parts. I don't know if Sigma would try to chew at the part that's the scratching post part of the...

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11180183&f=PAD%2FpsNotAvailInUS%2FNo I really love this water bottle (you can tell when you're a chinchilla parent when you get excited over things like water bottles!). Haha. This water bottle was expensive but so, so worth it! The...

So Sigma is a pistol. We do playtime for about 20 minutes a day (he's still very, very young and once you release him he is non-stop and easily wears himself out). He's gotten into this thing now that he wants to try and jump up the walls. Granted, this is incredibly adorable. But I am...

Wish I could show you pictures of the progress that Sigma has done on his chew toys in less than a week- but unfortunately, they're all torn to shreds mixed into his bedding. Oh my. Yea, now I see why people want to make their own toys instead of buying them. My chin managed to shred up $50 in...

It's been three days since I got Sigma. The first two days he really didn't show much interest at all in me. He was more interested in his surroundings. But today, we came dangerously close to having him step up onto my hand on his own. He certainly is sniffing at me- at my hand, my voice, when...

He's currently still getting used to his cage which is twice the size he had grown up in, so he's still confused as how many ramps he has to climb up. XD He's also extremely worn out from the car ride- so he's falling asleep on each level as he's exploring. :) Eventually, he'll make it up to...

Sigma comes home Sunday. Crazy, right?! I ordered a Martin's Chinchilla Skyscraper (I believe it's called something like that) with four different levels. All levels are wire mesh. Me, being the clever one, decided to sew fleece liners for the top three levels so that Siggy doesn't hurt...

I have gone to THREE pet shops to find hay holders that aren't plastic (you'd think this is a simple request?). Petsmart had a wooden hay holder, but it didn't seem very large, and I have a feeling if a chewer were to be in the cage- that wooden hay holder wouldn't stand a change since I could...

So he isn't ready to come home yet until May- BUT the breeder sent me photos of him and I am just dieing from cuteness over here- I'll share the love! Haha. Sigma is a beige with red eyes. <3 He's a looker!!

As I'm shopping for more chinchilla items (it seems like shopping for a pet is never finished! Haha), I'm seeing a lot of different "types". Chews, throw toys, cuddle toys, ect. I know that chins can be really big chewers, and I don't want my little Sigma to chew through a select amount of toys...

So I did have a question about the hair rings. I was wondering if there was a specific age that I'd start doing the hair ring checks. Or how I'd know if I need to, erm... check. Learned how to check- just not know entirely when or how often. Certain age? Just a certain sign? Is this a weekly...

So, after a long debate of what new addition to our family we were going to get- we have decided that a chinchilla was a best bet for us. We found a local breeder who has placed very, very high in many chinchilla shows and has an assortment of different chin-colors. We really loved all of them...