Chinchilla Resources

Established at the dawn of the dotcom era, in the year 2000, Chinchillas.com set out to revolutionize the chinchilla industry by creating a non-pelting market for the highest quality chinchillas.

The chinchilla’s number one line of defense against pathogens and disease is its own immune system, which depends strongly on nutrition and the chinchilla’s gut microbiome.

A healthy chinchilla has a wide diversity of normally residing beneficial microbes in the gut...

When the perpetuation of a domestic animal falls solely into the hands of a breeder, and is far removed from the laws of natural selection, the knowledge...

Dominant chinchilla mutations, recessive chinchilla mutations, and unspecified chinchilla mutations by year of appearance.

The number of possible mutation hybrid chinchillas is almost endless, including Blue Diamond, Pink White, TOV Beige, and Violet & White Mosaic Royal Persian Angora chinchillas....

Examples of the more common color mutation crosses and the expected percentages of offspring that will carry or exhibit the various colors...

Earliest estimates put the origin of what is now the Royal Persian Angora chinchilla appearing somewhere in the early 1960's, at the Caraway ranch of Ft. Worth, Texas.

Chinchillas vary distinctly in temperament, and this should be taken into consideration before they are purchased, selected for breeding stock, or handled.

Chinchillas require a high quality chinchilla specific pellet, and clean dry grass hay like Western Timothy....

Chinchilla dust serves the important purpose of allowing chinchillas to stay clean, as they would in their native cold, arid environment.

The definition of show quality varies between countries. In the United States, chinchillas are judged against a breed standard....

A blocky chinchilla has a round body, and is wide through the neck and shoulders...

The ear tag numbering system employs a year-letter followed by a number on one side of the tag, and sometimes...

The Locken chinchilla is an ebony-related curly mutation from Germany...

The Goldbar chinchilla first appeared at Bob and June Baar's Royal Oakes Ranch in Jamul, California in or about 1990.

The most common types of chinchilla cages are hobbyist, breeding & holding, colony, and commercial chinchilla cages.
 

The terms dwarf chinchilla and mini chinchilla are often used interchangeably, but there is a marked difference. Dwarf animals...

In the case of the female chinchilla in the xray above, this was a first time delivery. She was two years old. The female went into labor...

Malocclusion ( mal, meaning 'bad,' and occlude, meaning 'to fit' or 'to align' ) is the misfit of the teeth.

One of the most common afflictions of the chinchilla is a skin fungus commonly known as ringworm...

Fur chewing, like malocclusion, tends to be hereditary and is likely a polygenic train, but it can also have environmental influences.

The Chinchillas.com database is an excellent resource for viewing thousands of chinchilla photographs.

Archived chinchilla articles and information from 2002-2008

This article contains advice for importers and recipients of Chinchillas.com air shipments, but much of the information applies to any new arrival.

Shipping Fee Schedule and Terms of Service for International Exports and Domestic Shipments

Show quality, specialty, and Royal Persian Angora chinchillas are for sale on the Auction and through the Sales Gallery. Special requests can be made by contacting...

Chinchilla Puzzles, Mazes, Word Search and Coloring Pages for Kids