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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 03:32 PM
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who would want a stinky fat beaver when you can have a
CHINCHILLA!
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 03:58 PM
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1. I have two. I call them both Mitten.
One is Left Mitten, the other is Right Mitten.
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 04:00 PM
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2. do they do their business where they are supposed to?
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 04:04 PM
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3. Pretty much.
They're in a large room with lots of room to jump around. Clean out the bedding regularly. I had to move the cage from the wall becsause one of them liked to gnaw on the lamp cord.
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driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-10-11 11:02 AM
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22. Ha Ha -- that cracked me up!
I love Chinchillas -- they are so cute.

Every time I take my kids to the Pet Store to get dog food, we always head for the Chinchillas first...
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eShirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 04:18 PM
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4. my best friend in grade school had one!
WAY cuter than a hamster, a rat, or a bunny! IMHO

seriously, it looks like a silly anime sidekick
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 04:32 PM
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5. Remember when we were all gonna get rich raising chinchillas?
In the 50s and 60s I think.
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Brother Buzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 04:44 PM
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7. My aunt actually mad a modest living raising and selling breeding stock
I still have her tattoo machine.
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csziggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 10:46 PM
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21. A friend of my father was sold a pair with that idea in the early 60s
When he realized they were not as easy to raise as the rabbits he had, Dad bought them for us for pets. We eventually had four of them - Momma, Poppa, and children. They chewed their way out of every cage Dad made for them, ate Mom's parlor palm, and ran across teh piano keys in the middle of the night. We had them for years, but they all eventually died of old age.

And those sucker bit HARD!
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Demoiselle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 04:41 PM
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6. I particularly like the second to last picture. Adorable.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 04:56 PM
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8. Those are cute, but we have a hermaphrodite mutant bunny who is even cuter.
He'll/She'll be four on July 4th!
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 04:56 PM
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9. I've got one....named her Amy....She runs around the house harassing the bunnies.
:)
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7wo7rees Donating Member (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 07:22 PM
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10. My cats would think it's darling!
They would hug him, and pet him, and call him George!
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nolabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 12:18 PM
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12. LOL! What is it about that line that's so damned funny?
And inaccurate, as far as I can tell, though it's exactly the way I say it too. You can look up the cartoon on Youtube (I won't post it because it's the whole thing). I wonder how many people understand the Steinbeck reference.

Man, I am WAY overtalking a cute animal thread. :rofl:
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Moondog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 05:15 PM
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14. Are any of them named Lennie? n/t
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-08-11 09:49 PM
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11. What do you have against Mel Gibson?
And Jerry Mathers, for that matter?
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Old Troop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 04:54 PM
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13. Actually, today I've been thinking of a weasel (possibly a dead one)
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 05:29 PM
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15. My cats would not call these Chinchillas....they would call them....
LUNCH
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bluesbassman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 08:28 PM
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16. Actually, they've always kinda creeped me out...
Evil looking things.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 09:26 PM
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17. But can a chinchilla compete with a nice, freshly stuffed beaver?
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PotatoChip Donating Member (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 09:32 PM
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18. My kid's chinchilla used to give himself a bj, then
fall asleep with it still in his mouth. Constantly.
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Chan790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 10:24 PM
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19. Oh come on...
if I could manage that, I wouldn't get out of bed on days ending in -y.
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-09-11 10:30 PM
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20. Shit if I could do that
I'd never leave the house :D
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