New Addition! *pics*

[Katt]

Now, I definintely don't want to hear any "good snake" food comments, b/c a) she's my pet and b) if you fed your snakes chinchillas, then you're not a very good herper!

Here's my new little girl! Her name is Tarantula (Tula for short), she's a black velvet chinchilla. I bought her from a fur ranch.

These pics are absolutely horrendous, but since I took them, I take all the blame.

<img src="http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/137tarantula.jpg">

Here is where she lives. She eats lots of hay, chinchilla pellets, and water, plus some goodies like wheat germ, rolled oats and barley. Her cage needs a few more shelves and some more toys.

<img src="http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/137chincage-med.jpg">

She's pretty curious and quite friendly for having been a fur ranch chinchilla. She was born Nov 9th, 2003.

[Dani33]

She's beautiful, congrats!

[Rebecca]

This may sound dumb but what exactly is a fur ranch??

[Gregg M]

Yeah plus they are alittle bit expensive to put on my snakes menu...... Thats a cute little bugger......

[vanderkm]

She is adorable - love the name. That cage (modified shower stall ??) looks incredible for one tiny chin! How long before you have more??

mary v.

[daver676]

Cute chin. And very spoiled to have such a huge enclosure.

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Originally posted by Rebecca
This may sound dumb but what exactly is a fur ranch??
Although I have never actually looked up a definition, I am fairly certain just by looking at the words that it is a place that farms animals for their pelts.
R

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Edit: Oops, double post....

[sketchy4]

awww shes cute. congrats on your new addition!

[Syco]

Very cute, and born on my birthday! :D
It looks like she is going to be well taken care of. Good luck with her!

[mykee]

Very cute, and the digs are sweet too.

[marisa]

Ah totally cute! I am always tempted to pick one up when I see them. Nice house it has too!

Marisa

[Katt]

Exactly as Ryan said. Fur ranchers are folks who raise chinchillas (or other animals) for the fur industry. They're usually pretty nice people and treat their animals quite well, which you need to if you want a good pelt.

When I approached Vanan about getting a chinchilla we made the deal that I would get only one, and NO MORE MAMMALS. So, no pet gerbils, prevost squirrels, etc. Although, a patagonian cavy outside would be ok.

So Tula will be my one and only chinchilla, and yup, her cage is a modified shower stall. If I'm only going to get one, might as well go fancy smanchy! Ok, well the cage is a little bare right now, but I'm already eyeing toys, more dust, more supplements, more shelving.

Thanks for all the compliments guys!

[gonesnakee]

No disrespect, but damn that would make a nice Python enclosure heh heh Glad to hear your new pet now won't become part of some fat old ladies coat LOL Mark

[Katt]

Mark, Saskatchewan? Hellooooo.........

Glad you like her Mark, would you like one of your own???

That cage used to house our iggie, but she has since passed on.

[ChaosCat]

awww pretty chinchilla! Great idea for an enclosure, too! I always wonder why people keep them in ferret-cages-that one looks much nicer.

-cat

[Clownfishie]

She's adorable Katt! :) Congrats... I've always loved chinchillas... maybe one of these days! And her cage looks awesome, I'm sure she loves it!

[manville]

nice setup and she is adorable

[beth wallbank]

great find Katt. you will get many o years of enjoyment out of her I am sure. When we had ours, when she decided that it was run wild time, ours did full circles of the room she was in and was able to bounce off the walls 4' up and keep trucking. Was a very enjoyable pet. Ours lived till 10, but pneumonia got her =(

[Rob McRobbie]

I look at that shower stall and all I see is " man that would be a nice emerald tree boa display enclosure..." :D


Rob

[Katt]

If you want to send me one and I can move the chin.

[Linds]

Congrats on the new addition! LOL... she's gotta be in Chinchillie Heaven in that enclosure. She's a real cutie :)

[TheRedDragon]

Adorable chinchilla, I've always wanted one of those. :) Awesome enclosure that you have for her too! :)