chinchillin2005
Shadow's mom
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- Jul 11, 2012
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Ok, so I buy every thing for my chinchilla with my own money. Anyways, chinchillas are far the most expensive animal I've ever owned. My dog has her own toy box with a whole bunch of dog toys/stuffed animals. She gets treats once a month that last for months, a huge bag of rawhide bones that lasts months, and she eats freshpet food which lasts a little more than a week that's refrigerated. She's perfectly content with her stuffed animals. My chinchilla however is spoiled rotten and every time I feel like he has everything I see something else that I feel like I absolutely need. Like for instance, those corner metal litter pans! I spent over $550 on my chinchilla this year! A FN 182, a chinspin wheel, a haybox and 2 shelves, 5 more shelves, 2 lava ledges, a lava swing, customized toys, a customized bowl, a fleece tunnel, dust, pumice stones, sticks fleece set, hammock, calcium sticks, cuddle buddy, a huge bag of herbs, glass water bottle, aspen bedding, bass pans, etc. Not to mention having to buy his food and hay. Yesterday, my chinchilla just destroyed a huge ball of all kinds of wood and toys. Worst thing is everything I get, I can't find at the petstore! My chinchilla doesn't like any toys from there and they don't sell safe chinchilla stuff. (no i'm not willing to make my own wood or fleece materials cause i am clueless about that) The shipping is expensive :hair: so I always try and buy in bulk. Now I need those metal liter boxes, a customized house, a customized fleece den, a constant supply of wood, new herbs, food, the superpet cleaning spray which is obviously going to cost me more than a hundred with all the shipping fees. I'm already saving up and honestly every single thing he gets is expensive! (like it has to be safe wood, it has to be all fleece) Chinchillas themselves (are the most expensive rodents) and then there cage has to be huge and then they need to constantly chew and run around. they are seriously high maintenance! Yes it's far worth it and they live long and I think chinchillas are awesome and a whole bunch of fun with all their energy rather than a rabbit (my opinion). I'm just really hoping to decrease the amount of buying him stuff. Like I'm doing most of his supplies customized so it will last a long time rather than buying him a regular wooden house (his old house is falling apart; went through many). i'm worried right now of wood supplies. he started chewing like crazy and now i only have few sticks left. i am really not willing to spend any more on him with my own money because obviously i'm going to leave money for myself. my parents honestly have provided my chinchilla in the first few years like when we had to move (they paid 200$ for airplane fees just for one chinchilla bringing him with me) and food/hay and barely just may be a couple of wooden sticks when at the petstore (they dont know anything about chinchillas and dont care). Other than that, it's all up to me and they are really really expensive animals to take care of. esp. when you're still in high school and have to work for it all with a job. I mean they think I'm crazy that it's for one small little furry creature but everything I buy aren't even presents , they're necessities. i was so tired of his old wire cage (even though it was a 3 story cage) that i had to buy a FN because I didn't want him to spend the rest of his life in that cage he lived in for 6 years. so that was like a necessity for me. point is blank they are expensive if you're going to give it everything it needs and a good home because they require a lot. (lots of air conditioning also even though it feels freezing for me) And than plus on top of it, I am worrying so much about his possible hair ring I feel like I need to bring him to the vet.:hair: Is there any way to save money or any tips on buying supplies? I mean every month he gets and goes through so much stuff and if this is all for one chin i can sure imagine how much it would take for multiple chins!