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| Name: |
Armani
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Age: |
Three years old
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| Gender: |
Male
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Kind: |
Ebony chinchilla
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| Home: |
Timmins, Ontario, Canada
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Armani,
the homozygous ebony* chinchilla, is the world's most laid back chin. He
gets along with everyone. We are breeders of Mosaic chinchillas, and while
he is of course an ebony boy, he gets along with everyone, human and
chinchilla alike. When you pick him up, he melts on you ... which is not
only immensely gratifying, but pretty unusual, as many chinchillas dislike
being held, but not him. He's mellow and a snuggler - but he does have one
exception: If you go near his oat treats ... watch out! He guards them
with his life! It's funny, it's not like he has ever been a starving baby
or anything, but oat treats are his treasure, best leave them be! We do
love him, silliness and all.
*This means he's a homozygous ebony - "completely Black with no signs of
any other color - eyes, nose, and even the underbelly is Black, which is
the best way to tell if a chinchilla is a 'Pure Ebony' or an 'Ebony
Carrier.' A 'Pure Ebony' coat feels unusually silky and is more shiny and
glossy than any other color mutation." He's got two ebony genes, the
dominant and the recessive. This is not a a color usually found in the
wild chinchillas, but it is a more recent mutation in domesticated ones
like Armani.
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