Does anyone else on the forum share their house with a chinchilla. We got two tans a little while back and  unfortunatley one of them died last week. It was a real shame as they are so young and were both bought as males but one turned out to be a girl so we had the boy castrated only for his sister to die on him.
Luckily we are getting another little beige boy tomorrow from a breeder near by. The kids are so excited about their new arrival. Was just wondering if anyone else kept them?

well there's me but you already knew that.

we can't be the only two on the whole board that keeps chins can we?   Munsters and chins - we must be daft!!!!!!

I used to keep Chins, I had two from when I worked in a petshop, one died so I rescued a new friend from the RSPCA.  Last year the original one died :(  I decided I really didnt have time to give him all the attention he needs what with the dogs and cats so I gave him to chinchilla rescue, this man had a house full of chinchilla cages and before he re-homes he introduces them to another so they always go in pairs.  I still feel guilty about giving up "herman" to rescue but im sure it was for the best and I bet he is really happy :)

I have 10....

Well ok, I look after 10 every day at work (I'm an animal Tech.) So I class them as mine :D

i have chinnys too.

I knew there must be some out there!!!!!1

I havent got any but i think they are lovely and have always wanted to have some but oh says 'NO' :(
He never had any pets when he was growing up and when my son and i moved in with him so did our little kitty and thats was enough for him!!
untill we moved into a bigger house then came fishes and then came Ruby (our great dane puppy)
I would have a house full of animals but have been told thats it no more :(

I have admired them for years. I made a promise to myself that when my life gets onto an even keel I would like to have them.

But I would have to do my research first. Years ago, a friend of mine had 8 of them and she always used to say that if you've got a noisy, frenetic household don't have them because they don't like all the noise. So that rules me out I suppose :(

If I decided that I could have them, I'd like to get them from rescue :)

I have 8 chins at the moment 6 adults, 1 at 5mths abd one at 2 weeks. I also have 1 calm dog, 1 loud mouth munsterlander and a 10month old baby so not exactly a peaceful house hold and it doesnt seem to stress my chins out at all.

Gill

same here we have 6 dogs , 2 cats, 5 guinea pigs, 1 hamster, 1 quail, 2 kids and a hubby so no quiet here and the chins love it.