05/17/2025
We should have made a post earlier, but it's time for everyone to ensure they have a backup plan, and if applicable, back up equipment. Storms and hot weather season are here, and it can be deadly to your Chinchillas to not have proper cooling!
A quick short story, and a cute baby photo tax 😍
Always have a plan, and practice it too! And that's where even we fall short at times, the practice. The other night, we had a massive storm roll through. We had gas for the back up generators, and luckily didn't need them! The storm didn't knock out power. Or so we thought...
Around 2am, we lose power, and it's still warm enough outside that it's not going to keep the Chinchillas passively cool. The weather was going to be a high of 85 in the day, and we weren't scheduled to get power back until 2:30pm in the afternoon! 😬
Worst part too, the backup generators were buried under other equipment, since we didn't need them yet 🙃 So there we are, in the middle of the night, getting equipment ready to power the air conditioners for our babies, just in case power didn't return.
Always have a plan, practice it, and be ready. Our fuzzy goblins need cool environments and can't cool themselves off.