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| Name: |
Elvis
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Age: |
Four and a half months old
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| Gender: |
Male
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Kind: |
Standard Grey Chinchilla
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| Home: |
Central Ohio, USA
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Elvis
is the first pet I've had bigger than a hamster. I am terribly
allergic to both cats and dogs, so I couldn't have either. Then I
discovered chinchillas usually don't bother people with allergies as
they have no dander. So I went to a local pet store to play with their
chinchillas and discovered that they didn't bother my allergies. It's
a good thing too, because they were too adorable to resist. I went
home got online to find a breeder in my area. (The pet store's
chinchillas were kept in a glass aquarium and were very unsociable. I
also didn't know their history and wanted a healthy chinchilla so I
didn't end up broken hearted later on.) I found one, four hours away.
I was determined to get him so we made the trek one Sunday afternoon
in September and brought home the best pet I know I'll ever have.
Elvis is playful, sweet, entertaining, full of energy, and especially
naughty, as chinchillas will be. He gets his name because he thinks he
is the King of the house. He'll give me 'kisses' before I go to bed,
run around the living room literally bouncing off the walls during
play time, pull all of my chinchilla barriers out and dart into
whatever area I had blocked off, tear apart his cardboard tubes and
throw the pieces outside his cage, bend over backwards to be scratched
on his chest, and just generally be his lovable little self. The
picture shown is of him peeking up over his 'bedroom' the way he does
every afternoon to greet me. I'll never regret the eight hours it took
to go get him. He's a part of our little family now and will be for a
long time!
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