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Questions about show quality
« on: December 19, 2006, 04:47:18 PM »

Their are a few terms that I have heard and never fully understood. If anyone could clear it up for it would be appreciated.

The 1st is "loose in the hip"
The other is "wedgie"
 
I have tryed seaching for it on the net but couldn't come up with anything.

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Re: Questions about show quality
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2006, 08:13:24 PM »

The hips are a hard place to keep good fur quality.  The fur tends to not be as tight and will lay down and separate  (hence the term loose)

Wedgie usually refers to a chinchilla that is smaller in the shoulders than in the hips.  This would give him a triangle shape if you were to place it on the floor and look down on it.  These chinchillas usually have a longer nose and a mousy type look.  You want a blocky chinchilla that looks more rectangle with the shoulders as big or almost as big as the hips and no dip in the neck.
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Re: Questions about show quality
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2006, 08:58:34 PM »

Thank you Jamie. :)

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Re: Questions about show quality
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2006, 05:59:08 AM »

::silly::Good questions!  We need to add those to the Dictionary of Chinchilla Terms Thread.   ::nod::
(under general chat ... hint-hint)

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Re: Questions about show quality
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2006, 01:36:53 PM »

That's what I was thinking, :::grins::
Good ones ThreeLilChins  ::thumbsup::
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