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The Chinchilla Maid...
I came across this cute video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XCBxqBp2Iw
And noticed the first couple comments in the page:
thanatosstorm
That is impressive. I hope that you don't take this the wrong way, but do you give him a lot of floor time? I just think that that cage looks pretty small from this angle, or maybe I'm just seeing things. God bless.
mishirish
I'm a breeder and all my chins are kept in breeding cages. They do not get play time. This particular chin was sold to a very loving pet home and now gets plenty of play time, and I'm told he still does the flips!
And I wondered about the breeder's comment. Don't get play time? It occurred to me that I've seen the breeders on this site mention they have over 200 chins, which at first only made me marvel at the amount of work there must be to keep the business flowing. But then I realized, how do you provide a happy lifestyle to these chins if you have to care for hundreds of them? You can't possibly have time to give them all attention, which is understandable, but do they really not even have the opportunity to run around and explore?
I know with my chin, and admittedly I am a newbie chin owner, I feel stressed at the thought of leaving him in the cage for so many hours in the day. I try to let him out for at -least- an hour in the evening so he can get exercise, and also mental stimulation. You ever see a caged dog that was never let out? They look so distraught! I cant imagine leaving my chin in a 'breeding cage' such as this video portrays, much less not letting him out to play.
So my question is, what is the life of a breeding chin?
And please don't see this post as an attack on your work or lifestyles. I am merely curious as to the whole business of breeding chins. No don't worry, I would never DREAM of starting this as a hobby - I have absolutely no interest in it and love my chin simply as a pet - I just would like to know what your jobs are like and what it is that you go through as a breeder, and what the chins go through as the animals being bred.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XCBxqBp2Iw
And noticed the first couple comments in the page:
thanatosstorm
That is impressive. I hope that you don't take this the wrong way, but do you give him a lot of floor time? I just think that that cage looks pretty small from this angle, or maybe I'm just seeing things. God bless.
mishirish
I'm a breeder and all my chins are kept in breeding cages. They do not get play time. This particular chin was sold to a very loving pet home and now gets plenty of play time, and I'm told he still does the flips!
And I wondered about the breeder's comment. Don't get play time? It occurred to me that I've seen the breeders on this site mention they have over 200 chins, which at first only made me marvel at the amount of work there must be to keep the business flowing. But then I realized, how do you provide a happy lifestyle to these chins if you have to care for hundreds of them? You can't possibly have time to give them all attention, which is understandable, but do they really not even have the opportunity to run around and explore?
I know with my chin, and admittedly I am a newbie chin owner, I feel stressed at the thought of leaving him in the cage for so many hours in the day. I try to let him out for at -least- an hour in the evening so he can get exercise, and also mental stimulation. You ever see a caged dog that was never let out? They look so distraught! I cant imagine leaving my chin in a 'breeding cage' such as this video portrays, much less not letting him out to play.
So my question is, what is the life of a breeding chin?
And please don't see this post as an attack on your work or lifestyles. I am merely curious as to the whole business of breeding chins. No don't worry, I would never DREAM of starting this as a hobby - I have absolutely no interest in it and love my chin simply as a pet - I just would like to know what your jobs are like and what it is that you go through as a breeder, and what the chins go through as the animals being bred.
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