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« on: January 12, 2008, 01:48:25 PM »
I first saw a chinchilla at a zoo about 20 years ago. They were letting people pet it and I fell in love! I wanted one ever since, but I didn't know where to get one. After it was easier to find breeders, I was living in a mobile home without central air, so I knew it would not be good for a chinchilla. I was finally able to get one 5 years after we moved into our house. Now I have 4. The ironic thing is, my relatives are giving my dad a hard time, even though he doesn't live with us, (saying "you finally have your chinchilla") because turns out, when he was a kid, he wanted to breed them for their FUR!!!! Luckily he never did.