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This
site
endeavours
to
provide
information
on
caring
for
pet
chinchillas
with
pages
on
feeding
chinchillas,
their
general
care,
equipment,
cages
and
health
problems.
The
general
care
and
feeding
of
your pet chinchilla is very important.
The
health
page
covers
the
more
common
problems
and
there
is
some
helpful
information
on
hand
feeding if your chinchilla is sick.
Keeping and looking after a chinchilla is a long term commitment.
There
are
also
photographs
and
videos
of
chinchillas,
along
with
a
page
on
the
different
sounds
and
noises that a chinchilla can make.
I have also included details and photos of the more common colours of chinchillas.
This
site
is
for
owners
of
pet
chinchillas
and
not
a
breeder's
site.
However,
I
have
included
some
basic
information on breeding with photographs of kits.
Along
with
information
about
the
general
care,
health
and
feeding
of
your
pet
chinchilla,
there
are
Pictures, Videos and a page of humour, which I hope you will find amusing.
There is always a competition running, so why not enter and try to win one of the chinchilla prizes.
Send a picture of your own chinchilla or pet to display on the site
The Cheeky Chinchillas Challenge has previously helped to raise funds for Chinchilla Rescue.
For
those
of
you
who
are
not
familiar
with
chinchillas,
they
are
members
of
the
rodent
family
and
originate
from
the
rocky
mountain
range
of
the
Andes
in
South
America.
Discovered
by
Spanish
explorers
in
the
1500's,
they
were
named
after
the
Chincha
Indians,
who
through
necessity
to
keep
themselves warm and have food to eat, used them as a source of food and made clothing with their fur.
Later
introduced
to
Europe,
their
soft
luxurious
fur
became
very
popular
and
was
sought
after
so
much,
it nearly caused their extinction, as literally millions of chinchillas were killed for their pelts.
It is very distressing to know that it takes well over a 100 chinchillas just to make one coat!
Today,
hunting
the
wild
chinchilla
is
banned
and
they
are
protected
by
the
Convention
on
International
Trade of Endangered Animals.
Mr
M.F.
Chapman,
is
responsible
for
the
domestication
of
the
chinchilla.
He
worked
as
a
a
mining
engineer
in
Chile.
In
1923,
after
finally
getting
permission
from
the
Chilean
Government,
he
transported
11
chinchillas
to
California.
They
bred
successfully
and
were
originally
sold
to
fur
ranches
and
then
later
sold
as
pets.
It
is
more
than
likely
that
most
of
our
pet
chinchillas
today
are
descended
from
Mr
Chapman's original eleven.
This site is dedicated to
Whisper
the Chinchilla
Always in my heart
I hope you will enjoy your visit and call again soon.
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