House of Funny Chins

09/12/2024

A terrific weekend.
Saturday December 7th was the NW Branch Annual Chinchilla Show.
We received two Reserve Class Champions and one Class Champion rosette. We also placed 3rd for a Breeder Award- we got a trophy for that one..
We got home today - after a couple of hours home, Ms Sophia and Felix presented us with this lil guy.
Glad she waited until I got home.

Coincidentally, one of the Reserve Class Champions was Sophia’s son.

04/11/2024

Just Stella - cuddled and nursing her two wee kits.

03/05/2024

Peter and Phoebe - hetero beiges from Craner gave us this lovely lady this morning.
She’s the only one in the litter and weighed in at 68 grams. She was at 69 when I got home from work this evening.
Bless the moms that have no trouble producing milk.
I hate hand feeding with a passion.

23/03/2024

Three bonded females are looking for a new home.
2 standards and a hetero beige.
They have been boarded with us since last summer- the owner has long since ceased communication and I would like these girls to find a forever home.
Because I would like to see these girls remain together- we are asking for experienced applicants.
Located in (Port Orchard) Western Washington.

07/02/2024

Sophia’s boy is growing quickly!

22/01/2024

Fiona had a rough day - heck.. Rusty Rake Chinchillas is having a rough day.
Fiona delivered 3 kits today but only this feisty little girl survived.
Welcome to the world R5- 42 grams.
Sophia lost one of her boys this morning (the smaller of the boys).. we suspect a freak accident of some sort. I hope to know more in the coming days.
If you’ve ever considered breeding - please know that though the rewards are rich.. it’s also fraught with tragedy as well. Most breeders see about a 25% casualty rate on average.

20/01/2024

Aurelia and Felix gave us two beautiful mosaic boys this afternoon-
Welcome to the world R3 and R4 - 49 and 69 grams respectively..

16/01/2024

Sophia’s kits are here and they’re only a couple of hours old.
Welcome to the world R1 and R2.
R1 is 64 grams and R2 is 53.
Sire is Steve..
These boys should be pretty amazing.

13/01/2024

What do you do when you are sulky because you couldn’t make the CA show?
Smoosh 14 animals and call it a big fat day..
still waiting for Sophia (and Fiona and Aurelia and Emma) to deliver..

09/01/2024

Sophia is day(s) away from delivering her first litter and she still has moves!
Just shy of 1200 grams.

30/12/2023

Rusty Rake Chinchillas has some exciting news.
This is Sophia - she was the first born of our first litter in 2020.
In 2021 she took Grand Show Champion at the ECBC Northwest Branch show in Baker City Oregon.
She has been in breeding ever since but disappointingly- she never got pregnant..
Until now!
Sophia weighs in at 1182 grams and we felt strong movement in her belly today. In a few weeks our Princess Chonk will have her first litter.
I am secretly hoping for a single chin just because she’s a new mom and I’m nervous about her milk coming in. Her Dam has never had trouble producing milk and neither have any of her sibs..
She has the best disposition of all our chins- and while she is in dire need of a dust.. she has always been very photogenic.

22/12/2023