to: i adore my dogs. a very excellent post you gave on the care of chinchillas. i have to agree that they are alot of work. (as is any animal if one truely cares for it.) i did ALOT of reading on them before and after i asked my dad if i could rescue my friend's. out of the rodent family, they are probally my favorite and i still would consider gettting one.

i wish everyone would read up on pets before they get them, just so they know what kind of work needs to be done. i had parakeets at one time. i lost them years ago, but was considering getting one again, and decided to do some brushing up on their care. mostly looking into types of sicknesses.