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alliesox

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Where do you live?
« on: June 09, 2006, 12:20:46 AM »

I`m just curious where everybody lives on here?  And the ages of their chinchillas....
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Re: Where do you live?
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2006, 06:50:59 AM »

hi...I live in southeastern USA..
I have 9 chinchillas....
Toby and Nibbles (tan and ebony)..brothers - 1 1/2 yrs.
Cheeta and Phoebe (beige)..mother and daughter - 2 and 3 yrs.
Jerry and Cinsi (standard) - 1 1/2 yrs.
Debbie (black velvet) - 1 yr.
Snowflake (white mosaic) - 1 yr.
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My New Baby.....

Tippy (son of Snowflake and Jerry)..- 8 weeks  I think he will be a white mosaic.  Right now he is a beautiful silver with a white tip on his tail.
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Re: Where do you live?
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2006, 09:23:26 AM »

I live on the west coast of the US. :)
I have 3 chinchillas
Squirrelbuny (Standard male 2 years)
Monkeybuny (Black Velvet female 2 years)
Mystique (Violet male 2 years)
I am planning to get a female or 2 for Mystique and begin my herd.  ::silly::
I also own 2 sugar gliders, 1 rabbit, and 1 kitty.  :D
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Re: Where do you live?
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2006, 12:03:38 PM »

I live in Newfoundland Canada, a far east in Canada as you can go.The coldest too I think.
I have 28 chins from new borns to 12 years old, though I bought my first one 8 years ago.
I rescued a few that are older then my first.
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Re: Where do you live?
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2006, 01:20:57 PM »

WOW!  Mine seem so old!  I have 3, CHICO (approx 17yr old), CHRISSY (approx 13yr old) and their little girl BEBE (3 yr old).  All standard grey.  I live in VANCOUVER BC CANADA.  I can trace CHICO back to 1989 with the previous owners he had...but I don`t know past that...who knows how old he could be!  And CHRISSY was bought at a pet store in 1993, so again, I don`t know how far back she could go either.  How do you post pictures here?  I clicked on 'insert picture' and don`t know what to do then...usually something comes up to let me browse my pictures...but nothing...
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Re: Where do you live?
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2006, 06:16:46 AM »

::silly:: Hi!

   ::wave::  My name is Jo Ann McCraw (use to be Bernstein).  We live in Vinton, Virginia (near Roanoke, VA).

 We have 200+ chinchillas, so the ages range from new born up.  ::nod::

 ::chinhappy::  My web site is www.luvnchins.com/ .

I've never seen an ugly or mean chinchilla ...
just a few that needed some extra understanding ...  :hugs:

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Re: Where do you live?
« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2006, 06:45:25 PM »

I live in Mass.  I'm getting my first chinchilla in about three wks.  He's a violet.
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Re: Where do you live?
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2006, 07:04:56 PM »

I live in Walterboro, South Carolina and I have a herd of 110 chinchillas. My oldest chinchilla is 14 and my yongest chinchilla is 2 days old.   ::wub::
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Re: Where do you live?
« Reply #8 on: June 27, 2006, 08:24:49 PM »

 ;)Hi All,  I am finally back!

My name is Joyce (formerly known to some as WML2002 on the Forums) and I live in Virginia with my husband of 21 years and our 2 teen offspring.  We own 25 chinchillas, the youngest is about 4 months old.  Not exactly sure how old the oldest is because I have rescued most of them over the years.  I am not a breeder, but I am proud to announce that we do have our very first pregnant female and she is due next month!  I am so excited and will keep you posted.
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Re: Where do you live?
« Reply #9 on: June 28, 2006, 11:58:16 AM »

 ::hither::Joyce, nice to see you back.
Can't wait to see your new babies either. ::wave::
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Re: Where do you live?
« Reply #10 on: June 28, 2006, 01:38:09 PM »

Awwwwwww thanks Debbie, it's nice to be back and see you as well.  I cannot wait to see the baby(s) either!  This is my very first litter and as excited as I am, there is some nervousness too!  Mia is about 2 years old, she is a large dark standard grey from Ralph Shoots Ranch.  I got her last year.  She is paired up with a huge light hetero-beige boy!  He is the love of her life, and she his!  What a sweet pair.  I'd post a picture if I could ever figure out how.  We really believe it will be multiple kits at this point based on her size right now and terrific weight gain so quickly.  But time will tell.  RIght now she is 1,000 grams and looks ready to pop.  She is doing very well.  A real sweetheart!
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Re: Where do you live?
« Reply #11 on: July 01, 2006, 08:12:48 PM »

My name is Andrea and my Chin Harvey I believe is only six months old.  He is a standard and the reason I do not know his age is my mom found him at a pet store and we are always rescuing animals from pet shops because we feel bad for them :)
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Re: Where do you live?
« Reply #12 on: July 01, 2006, 09:47:54 PM »

::silly::Joyce ... tell every one about the stethiscope and what you did!  I'm green with envy!!!  ::nod::

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Re: Where do you live?
« Reply #13 on: July 02, 2006, 08:09:49 AM »

Hi Jo Ann, you are so funny!!!

Hi All,  Jo Ann is just fascinated with this whole thing.  I love you Jo Ann. 
My husband & I listened to our "kit(s) to be" heartbeat(s) a few nights ago.  Dr. Mike is a pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist and we are really big on listening to all of the hearts in our chinnie herd.  He uses a special stethoscope designed for preemies/newborns. 
So, the other night "Mia, my soon to be momma" came out to visit me and sat quietly on my lap.  I gave her some loose alfalfa hay to munch as a distraction.  I had actually already put the end of the stethoscope in the palm of my hand between my forefinger & middle finger facing upward.  I kind of just let her come over it and sit belly down on my palm.  Mike found the kit(s) heartbeat(s) right away, then I listened.  It was totally amazing to be able to hear these little, very quick heartbeat(s) inside of their momma.  The beats are very soft & really quick, not nearly as strong or loud as mommas, so it is hard to tell how many kits are actually in there at this point!  We'll find out soon enough!
Now keep this in mind.....Mia is a very calm chinchilla and is used to coming out willingly and being handled.   She is very attached to me and trusts me!  So this whole thing works well with her. She is also familiar with a stethoscope. But, some pregnant mommas may not be so complient.  So, if you ever decide to listen to the baby heartbeats inside of momma, make sure you begin very early on to get mom used to a stethoscope.  Do not want to stress her out.  Be extremely gentle and let her belly gently rest on your palm with the head of the stethoscope between your fingers face up and level with the palm of your hand...not sticking up and poking her..  Never poke or probe the belly.  Never chase her around the cage trying to catch her!  Any stress can cause her to abort the babies.  I have a female or two I would never even attempt this with if they were pregnant!!!
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Re: Where do you live?
« Reply #14 on: July 02, 2006, 08:14:17 AM »

Jo Ann & Jamie,
Think we should relocate these last 2 posts from Jo Ann & I and begin a new thread? 
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