East Tennessee Chinchillas

11/08/2022

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05/26/2022

We recently sold our entire herd of chinchillas and will no longer have any available for sale. If you are in the East Tennessee area, you may want to check with Northeast Tennessee Chinchillas. Other reputable breeders a little farther away are Carolina Chinchillas and Western Kentucky Chinchillas. We really enjoyed raising chinchillas for the past 10 years and all of the wonderful people we met along the journey.

12/24/2021

FROM EAST TENNESSEE CHINCHILLAS HAVE A VERY
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR

12/23/2021

Another satisfied.customer!

This is Stella. Standard.gray 4 1/2 month old Angora

10/10/2021

Farrah (standard angora carrier) with her 3 male angora kits at 19 days old. Shazam (standard angora) is the dad.

10/02/2021

Elvis, Little angora baby with a bufont hair-do.

09/26/2021

Mozart (METC-L2) Beige angora carrier (RPAc) out of Evie and Zubi; born 1/5/20, current weight 711g.

Pixie (METC-L23) Beige angora (RPA) out of Carmella and Mikie; born 5/23/20, current weight 730g.

09/26/2021

Zeriah (METC-L56) Light Tan angora (RPA) female out of Sierra (Light Tan Angora carrier) and Zubi (mosaic angora). Zubi was Champion Angora at 2019 ECBC Nationals; he weighs 1,000g. Zeriah was born 12/3/20 and currently weighs 660g.

09/26/2021

METC-M34, Standard violet carrier angora (RPA) female born 8/26/21 out of Lilac (violet angora) and Frederich, (white violet carrier mosaic angora carrier). Current weight 180g. She will be ready to go late October.

09/25/2021

Here are Shazam and Allie (I couldn’t coax them out of the run). Shazam (METC-J8) is a standard ebony carrier RPA who was born 3/31/18. Allie (HI-J16) is a TOV ebony RPAc who was born in Hawaii on 5/23/18. They have had 3 litters; 5 kits total, all of which were TOV ebony angora.

09/25/2021

East Tennessee Chinchillas has angoras available! We currently have 3 proven breeding pairs of angora/angora carrier and a recently paired angora/angora carrier. Additionally, we have two young adult angora females (just now breeding age) and 3 nursing angoras (1 male, 2 females) who will be ready to go mid to late October.

The proven breeding pairs include:
- Shazam (METC-J8) Standard Ebony carrier angora (RPA) paired to Allie (HI-J16) TOV Ebony angora carrier (RPAc); this pair has produced 3 beautiful TOV ebony angoras so far. They are paired and she could be pregnant again.
- Flash (METC-F43) Ebony White angora carrier (RPAc) paired to Marcie (METC-J21) light tan angora (RPA); Marcie is currently nursing her standard angora male kit and a surrogate standard angora female from another litter. This pair will be available mid November when her kits are weaned.
- Frederich (from Germany) Ebony White violet carrier angora carrier (RPAc) paired to Lilac (CCCU-J51) violet angora (RPA); Lilac is currently nursing a standard violet carrier angora female kit who was born 26 August. This pair will be available mid October once her kit is weaned.

The ones recently paired are:
Mozart (METC-L2) Beige angora carrier (RPAc) paired to Pixie (METC-L23) Beige angora (RPA).

Young adult angoras include:
Zeriah (METC-L56) Light Tan angora (RPA) female born 12/3/20.
Venus (METC-M1) standard angora (RPA) female born 1/14/21.

Nursing kits include:
METC-M34 Standard violet carrier angora (RPA) female born 8/26/21 out of Lilac.
METC-M35 TOV Ebony angora (RPA) male born 9/1/21.
METC-M36 Tan White angora (RPA) female born 9/1/21.

We also had a litter of quads (RPA or RPAc) all standards and a single standard (appears RPA) born this week.

Pics coming soon. In the meantime, feel free to PM me for more info.

09/24/2021

Kahlua’s and Nighthawk’s 3 week old tan white angora female.

09/18/2021

Lilac’s and Frederich’s 3 week old standard/Vc angora female kit. Very sweet.

09/18/2021

Alamea’s and Poseidon’s 6 week old standard Angora kit. Very sweet and loves to be rubbed behind her ears.

09/03/2021

Shannon (Black Velvet) delivered this big 63g Black Velvet RPA carrier female this morning. Peanut (standard RPA) is the dad. She has already gained 2g; love it when chinchilla moms have milk right away.

09/02/2021

Kahlua (tan white angora) delivered triplets today! 46g TOV ebony male, 52g tan white female, and 54g tan white male. Nighthawk (TOV ebony angora carrier) is the dad. Kits are either angora or angora carrier (time will tell).

08/15/2021

Very pregnant Kailua, Pink White Angora, due kits now , is trying to get comfortable.

08/13/2021

Breeding chinchillas is not always fun and games. Sometimes it can be a very tiring, sad, and expensive experience that results in dire consequences.

This week we lost Gala, a beautiful large mosaic angora carrier. She was bred with a beautiful tan Angora with lots of feathers. His name is Sampson.

Gala went into labor and delivered a tiny hard 16 gram kit not fully developed. She continued in labor, with kits still kicking inside, until she looked like she was having a hard time. We took her to the exotics vet and one of the babies was breech and blocking one other kit; neither kit was alive at this point. They gave her IV fluids and antibiotics and kept her overnight to get her a little healthier to do a Caesarean Section. The next day they did the surgery but she was not doing well, so they kept her overnight again. She passed away the next afternoon at the Vet. They did everything they could (giving her critical care, fluids, and antibiotics, with probiotics) and kept her in an incubator to raise her temperature which had dropped dangerously low, but could not save her. Vet bill will approach $1,500 for this valiant but futile effort.

Below are Gala, her mate Sampson, and their daughter, Venus, from a previous litter (pictured at 5 months) a large beautiful Standard Angora who hopefully will continue this gorgeous line.

08/13/2021

The following is very good info provided by Amber Rose:

Why did you choose a tall cage? Was it with your pet in mind or to save space?

Chinchillas are commonly described as a squirrel/rabbit hybrid but to be fair, a Chinchilla is closer to a rabbit than a squirrel and needs more floor space than they do height. Chinchillas are in the same family as Viscachas and most information on Viscachas applies to Chinchillas, but many are unfamiliar with them, So we'll use rabbits as a reference, but rabbits are lagomorphs and not rodents like Chinchillas. Everyone can picture what a rabbit's habitat is.... a FIELD! Now imagine that field in a desert that is cold. That is where a chinchilla lives.

Like rabbits ( Viscachas ), Chinchillas are not tree climbers. Squirrels are, and they have a natural adaption to do so such as fingers and claws that allow them to grip trees. They also have specific joints in their body that allow them to rotate grip, hold, and change direction ( like going down ). Chinchillas do not have these features. That is why they fall. Anyone who's spent enough time with Chinchillas will realize that they don't have claws that would help them hold on. They have tiny short nails whose purpose is just to protect the tips of their toes/fingers. Like our own.

Instead, chinchillas share features with rabbits. Short stubby upper arms and huge back feet. Do you know why their feet are so large? They have big feet to help jump higher, dig faster, and fend off aggressive predators.

In the Andes, you'll see in our photo that there is not a lot of trees for a chinchilla to climb. Instead, they have a lot of wild grasses to eat, and rocks to jump on/hide under.

To be honest, the most fitting cage for a chinchilla would be one that is somewhat short but long. Accessorizing the enclosure would be better if it followed how Degu owners set up theirs. Rocky, sandy, and long!

( and yes, We're pointing our fingers at ourselves here. We also once had too-tall of cages. We're slowly changing to shorter and wider setups and hope to eventually have 3ft tall x 6ft long enclosures when we move! ) The popular cage on the market is a Ferret Nation cage, with pine shavings on the floor. This is fine for a chinchilla to live in, but it should not be confused with natural. If you could flip a double unit on it's side... it would be great!

Chinchilla: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinchillidae
Viscacha: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagidium

The number of species of mountain viscachas was considered to be three by most authors: L. peruanum (northern or montane viscacha), L. viscacia (southern or mountain viscacha), and L. wolffsohni (Wolffsohn’s viscacha). However, taxonomy usually differs by authors (e.g. L. peruanum is included with...

08/08/2021

This little guy is going to his new home tomorrow.

08/05/2021

Wildfires post danger to Chinchilla ranchers in Northern California.

08/04/2021

This is “KNOX” a TOV Ebony white.
He went to his new loving home yesterday and is very happy!

07/05/2021

This mosaic boy is already 98g at 6 days old. He is out of Petunia (standard violet carrier angora) and Frederich (white ebony, violet carrier, angora carrier). NFS

06/26/2021

“Zuri” will be going to her new family home today. She is such a sweet girl!