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Chronicles of Chinchilla Keeping in the UK

It’s a Hard Life Being a Chinchilla

Posted in Animals, Chinchillas, General, Pets  by Claire on September 16th, 2007

It’s not easy being a chinchilla. Life can be tough ………….. there’s all that important snoozing for a start.

Hard Life1

Comfort is important - just cross your legs at the right angle…….

hard Life 2

Then there’s the hammock dilemma……….. just how does one get comfy?

Griselda in Hammock 1

Hard Life 3

Chauvin in hammock

Hard Life 6

Sometimes its nice to sleep in your dustbath
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And finally ………. what happens when your favourite hammock is either taken away for washing or you just can’t be bothered to hop up to it?

This pillow’s a bit hard!
Gris Hard Life

Grissleep

Hammock? Nah, too much effort - teddy will do!

Tubbs Crashed Out

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So how much of a hard life do your chins endure? ;)

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