A quick guide for anyone considering buying a chinchilla. Tips on chinchillas as pets, behaviour, where to buy, transporting them home and settling in.

With mousey ears, large eyes, kangaroo-like back legs, and huge whiskers, chinchillas make wonderful pets for the right person. This post will explore some of chinchilla history as well as their characteristics and suitability as pets.

The CHINformative chinchilla herd lives in a custom-built unit that is known as Monty’s Manor. This post is about the unit and also introduces some of the chinchillas who live there. Their ages range from 4-21 years.

Monty’s Manor is where it all began. Claire’s first chinchilla, Monty was purchased from a pet shop in 1997. He taught her a lot about chinchillas and started a life-ling passion for learning all about these wonderful pets. As an introduction to chinchillas, Monty was a revelation. Intelligent, inquisitive, sometimes fleet-of-foot, and absolutely terrified of…