Chincha Nursery

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.
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07/23/2024

Cuties

07/23/2024

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.

05/09/2024

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.

05/09/2024

04/16/2024

Coming home from mini vacation and ready for a fur ever home Let me know if your interested

04/16/2024

Chin babies out for adventures!!!

04/16/2024

So happy for these chins going home w these wonderful chin parents

04/07/2024

I figured I would take pictures while socializing my babies

04/06/2024

Hey chinchilla pet owners, Empress Chinchilla is announcing the new quarterly magazine for pet owners. I am excited for this magazine, which is packed with lots of chinchilla photos and great stories, as well information on feeding wood, herbs, training, and so much more, Would you like a free copy, contact [email protected]

04/04/2024

My chinnies