Chincha Nursery

02/13/2025

Have you heard? The standard gray Chinchilla will now be called The Sterling Chinchilla!! This change is long overdue. The sterling is the base of every good breeding program and standard Chinchilla in my opinion does not do it justice. I’m so happy it now has a name that represents. It’s beautiful color and coat and place in the Chinchilla world.

02/02/2025

Love these chins

01/04/2025

Love these makeovers

01/04/2025

Too bad they don’t have Chinchilla size lol just kidding

12/21/2024

Going to see my girl and her husband so excited

12/21/2024

I’m so cute and snuggly

12/03/2024

My chinnies enjoy this cool weather

11/28/2024

11/12/2024

Chinchillas are looking good

07/23/2024

👉 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰? ❓

📌Wild chinchillas are nocturnal animals, while domesticated chinchillas have been following more crepuscular patterns.
visit : royalchinchillas.com For more information.

07/23/2024

Cuties

07/15/2024

Lovely chinnies looking for their forever homes

05/19/2024

Empress breeders Chinchilla cooperative has started a new digital Chinchilla pet magazine. Next edition is June and it will be quarterly (20$ per year) if you’re interested here’s the link to request magazine [email protected] www.empresschinchilla.org
This is a great way to get Information from longtime breeders, rescuers and other pet owners. You’re also welcome to submit stories for the magazine.
Super excited, we finally have a magazine that will give out correct information regarding our fur babies 

Empress Chinchilla has always stood for the finest in chinchilla and chinchilla products and that tradition continues strong today.

05/10/2024

The Short-Tailed Chinchilla

In the United States, this rodent is known as the short-tailed Chinchilla and is also known as the Bolivian or Peruvian Chinchilla. Chinchillas of this species are considered endangered, thus you won’t find them at pet stores. They have similar morphological qualities to long-tailed Chinchillas, however, they have larger shoulders and shorter tails.

Short-tailed Chinchillas are known for their lovely bluish-grey fur, which is incredibly soft and dense and regarded as one of the world’s most precious. The species was once common in the Andes, but now only exists in a small fringe area of the Atacama Desert on the Bolivia-Chile border.

However, it is thought that hunting pressure has diminished as a result of the adoption of domesticated Chinchilla to meet the demand for its fur and that the population may be rebounding in some regions, since two new populations in the Atacama, northern Chile, have been documented by camera traps. Mining, agriculture, and grazing all pose challenges to this species, resulting in habitat loss.

Chinchillas are fascinating animals about which you may acquire a lot of information. We must recognize the value of every living being in the globe, not only for a certain region but for the entire world. As a result, the importance of these adorable animals is enormous, and we must protect them.

05/10/2024

I’m ready to go !!!!

05/09/2024

The Long-Tailed Chinchilla

Except on their tummies, where the fu is yellowish-white, their fur is normally pearl, bluish, or brownish gray. Their coat is exceptionally soft and dense, with a black tip on each hair. In the Andes’ high elevations, their thick fur keeps them warm. Broadheads, huge external ears, large black eyes with a vertical split pupil, and vestigial cheek pouches are all features they share.

The soles of their feet, like those of all chinchillas, aren’t furry, and they have fleshy footpads called pallipes. They have four easily moveable toes on their forefeet, which they employ for gripping. The claws on both sets of feet are feeble. Their rear limbs are longer than their forelimbs, indicating that they are well-developed. This family’s members frequently jump bipedally, but they primarily walk on all fours.

Long-tailed chinchillas can be found between 3,000 and 5,000 meters (9,800 and 16,000 feet) in elevation in the Chilean mountains. Chinchillas have fur that is well-suited to their frigid environment. Chinchilla fur is extremely dense, with up to 50 individual hairs in a single follicle. The chinchilla’s pelt was highly sought because of its softness and density. Chinchilla hunting became popular in the early 1900s, and the animals were nearly extinct because of their valuable pelts.