Chinchilla Chuckle of the Day

My usual routine first thing in the morning is to pop into the chin room when I get up to check on all the chinchillas, make sure they are all ok, have water, and have not misbehaved too much during the night.

This morning when I wandered into the room I stopped dead and chuckled ………. Barney lived with Harry for 8 years and when I sadly had to have Harry put to sleep with tooth problems I thought Barney would really miss his little pal. I gave Barney a new cage (for a change of scenery) and a square of fleece to snuggle up to. He loves his fleece and can often be found snuggled under it in the bottom of the cage. Last night though, he had a dustbath in his cage and he had obviously been a busy boy. He’d decided to be very clever and creative…………

This is what I saw when I went into the chin room this morning

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Bear in mind that the “duvet” piece of fleece is quite large in comparison to Barney and it is completely tucked into the dust bath - clever little furry