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Title: hello from N.H
Post by: kathy5 on May 10, 2013, 07:58:01 PM

hello my name is Kathy my son has a 7 month old black onyx male chin his name is zippy
zippy was a Christmas gift to my son who is 12 & wanted his own pet.

zippy at 6 weeks


(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/kathy5/zippy%20pictures/IMAG1109_zps752b24a4.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/kathy5/media/zippy%20pictures/IMAG1109_zps752b24a4.jpg.html)

zippy now...

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/kathy5/zippy%20pictures/c76b4807-748b-4343-a4c0-4e0743ba4617_zps8f717969.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/kathy5/media/zippy%20pictures/c76b4807-748b-4343-a4c0-4e0743ba4617_zps8f717969.jpg.html)

Title: Re: hello from N.H
Post by: GrayRodent on May 11, 2013, 06:03:25 AM

Welcome to the forums. I like Zippy's color.

Title: Re: hello from N.H
Post by: kathy5 on May 11, 2013, 10:01:00 AM

thanks .... maybe one day we can get him a male friend we would love an all white chin too

Title: Re: hello from N.H
Post by: chinclub on May 14, 2013, 06:02:36 AM

Welcome to the forums.  Your chinchilla is beautiful!!

Title: Re: hello from N.H
Post by: mojito on May 14, 2013, 01:54:30 PM

He's beautiful!! Welcome:)

Title: Re: hello from N.H
Post by: Debbie.nl.ca on May 15, 2013, 10:30:29 AM

Nice to meet you and your gorgeous chin.
So what is  black onyx ?

Title: Re: hello from N.H
Post by: kathy5 on May 19, 2013, 09:44:31 AM

sorry I meant    EBONY CHINCHILLAS


Grey ears, black eyes.  The ebony color is accumulative so if you breed a light ebony to another ebony the offspring can be born darker and if those offspring are bred to another ebony even darker chinchilla babies can result.  When trying to breed for an extra dark ebony you will need to start with large animals and eventually breed back to standards to keep the health, vigor and size in your ebony line.  The ebony gene causes the color to wrap around the body making the belly darker instead of white.       






     









EBONY

Title: Re: hello from N.H
Post by: Debbie.nl.ca on May 30, 2013, 10:46:06 AM

No problem just never heard the term before  ;)
My best ebonies come from an extra dark dame and a good standard sire. ::nod::

Title: Re: hello from N.H
Post by: paultim374 on July 01, 2013, 06:53:32 AM

He's Soooooooooooooooo Beautiful...!!