My name is Mavis!

Posted over 3 months ago

Cared for by NWI Chinchilla Rescue

My basic info

Species

Chinchilla

Color

Silver or Gray

Age

Adult

Sex

Female

Pet ID

–

Hair Length

short

My story

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

Standard grey female chinchilla -- "Mavis"
--unknown age (adult)--

**Mavis sleeps in the cutest positions, laying on her sides, her stomach, her back... but be aware, she's the sweetest when she's sleeping (and giving her family heart attacks when they think she's dead... nope, just sleeping!). Want to reach into the cage to get her out? She has no qualms with spraying you if she's in a bad mood. This is NOT a chinchilla for a family with little kids or anyone who's easily intimidated by chinchilla antics.**

So, basically... she's considered cage aggressive. BUT! Once you get past the streams of pee and pick her up...

Likes to tuck her head into the crook of your arm while being held
Not bad about being held!
Actually does pretty well with being handled and petted
Will chill with you relatively nicely

**this chinchilla has never bitten anyone...she basically is territorial and needs an owner who understands that and will love her regardless**

**we have been told that Mavis will stress-run on a wheel (and this is HIGHLY believable due to her personality, so she should NOT have a wheel in her new home. She is already a petite chinchilla and would not do well with losing any weight**

Adoption fee -- $100 CASH / $110 CARD OR ELECTRONIC PAYMENT

Interested in adopting? Fill out an adoption form on our website

All of our chinchillas come with a baggie of food to start you out with as well as a printed out version of our chinchilla care packet.

These chinchillas are located in Wolcott, Indiana (47995 about 30 minutes north of Lafayette, IN. We do deliver for $1/mile on chinchillas / packages over $500. We CAN work with
transports such as UshipPets and CitizenShipper and others (buyer pays for transport)

We also sell cages / supplies / accessories for your new furball!

Check out our website nwichinchillas.com for more

Rescue

NWI Chinchilla Rescue

Contact info

Pet ID

—

Contact

Ashley Gajda

Phone

(219) 789-0026

ashley.gajda.3916@gmail.com

Website

http://www.nwichinchillas.com

Address

4294 N 900 W, Wolcott, IN 47995

Donation

Donate to This Rescue

Their adoption process

Additional adoption info

Our adoption process requires all of our potential homes to read our care packet and fill out an adoption form. The care packet talks about the care and needs of the specific animal the home is looking to adopt. The adoption form asks questions about the type of home the animal will be going into, what type of cage will be used, what type of food the animal will be fed, and so on - questions to verify that the pet will be cared for well in its new home. There is no application fee with our rescue, the only fees are the adoption fees for the pets.

Go meet their pets

Visiting our adoptable animals requires an appointment. To make an appointment with us, give us a call 219-789-0026. The rescue is run out of our house, so we are not always home for someone to view the animals. We are home most afternoons/evenings, and people are welcome to come visit then (after having called and set up an appointment).

More about this rescue

I am Ashley Gajda and I am the "owner" (if it could even be called that) of the rescue. I opened this rescue because I hated to see small pets without homes, and wanted to help. We opened the rescue in 2003 with very few cages, but have since expanded and now take in a variety of small animals and have plenty of spare cages. It is just me running the rescue, so I'm always looking for volunteers to help with whatever needs it at the time.