Today, Salt and Pepper turn 18 years old. They were very cute babies- about the size of a chicken egg, with fuzzy white (or gray) hair.Read more
Posts tagged: #chinchilla
QuikPic: Chinchilla sedation
I’ve been doing some clean-up in my office and on my computer and came across this picture of sedating a chinchilla for teeth trimming. The anesthesia mask to use for chinchillas is very small!Read more
Rain Rain Go Away
As you know, the rain has been EXCESSIVE. Even our chinchillas, who reside indoors, are heading for cover.Read more
Creature Feature: Salt the chinchilla
I stole this picture from one of Erin’s previous posts, but it was just so cute I figured why attempt to get a better one? Salt was born at the museum in December 2002 with his brother, Pepper. Their parents were named Chili and Argentina, and they lived at the museum for several years, as well. Salt lives in our education holding room (EHR) off exhibit with Pepper, where they share an enclosure together. They are both used for educationalRead more
QuikPost: Sofia creates a chinchilla playground.
Our awesome volunteer Sofia ( actually this month she’s a paid youth animal keeper assistant!) made a new climbing structure of tunnels and tubes and stairs for our chinchillas this morning. They’ve been active all afternoon exploring!Read more
QuikPost: Your Daily Cute
When I weigh the chinchillas, they get a raisin treat while they’re on the scale. Jill didn’t want to get on the scale, but she didn’t refuse a raisin treat! Chinchilla hands vs. Jill handsRead more