Chicago, IL - Chinchilla. Meet ChiChi a Pet for Adoption

My basic info

Species

Chinchilla

Color

Silver or Gray

Age

Adult

Sex

Female

Pet ID

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Hair Length

short

My story

Here's what the humans have to say about me:

ChiChi is an adorable, playful, gentle, friendly and active, four-year-old female Chinchilla with incredibly soft fur looking for a loving guardian.

Chinchillas have a diet of mostly Timothy hay, pellets, fresh water and an occasional foraging treat. They love to take a dust bath twice a week and their rolls and somersaults are utterly adorable to watch. Chinchillas can be long-term companions living on average 15 to 22 years.

Chinchillas are native to the Andes mountains of northern Chile. They are agile and able to jump around mountain peaks and their dense fur protects them from the cold. That is why they need a large multi-level cage to jump from ledge to ledge.

Chinchillas are actually an endangered species in the wild because they were hunted for their fur. They were brought to America to make fur coats and the breeders were so enamored with how sweet and adorable they were that they began keeping them as pets.

ChiChi is currently being fostered in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood. To meet and possibly adopt her, please fill out an adoption application at https://friendsofpetraits.com/guinea-pig-adoption-application/ and follow up by e-mailing friendsofpetraits@gmail.com to meet her.

Her adoption fee of $100 benefits the rescued pets of Friends of Petraits.

If you would like her entire set-up of a huge multi-level cage, pellets, hay, water bottle, treats, food bowl, litter, wheel, hidey hut, dust bath, and carrying case - everything you need to care for her, that’s available for an additional $150.