Cheeky Chinchilla Kits

Chinchilla kits on the whole are very endearing - fluffy, precocious, and full of beans. Some are more “beanified” than others.

Leila’s kits are a hoot! Grenville and Griselda were cheeky from the moment they were born - the triplets are exactly the same. Within 24 hours they were climbing the bars and flinging themselves off backwards with gay abandon. Within 3 days they were mouthing pellets and Readigrass. Within a week they had begun dragging the toys about in the cage. Tonight they’ve been climbing up the humans and attempting to mountaineer up the sofa.

The third kit fostered with Bella is a mini version of her bigger siblings - she is a little quieter but that did not stop her from clambering all over Talie and attempting to disappear between the sofa cushions. She also spent a good few minutes “peeping” at Talie and then Bella’s little male (who was clambering gingerly over me at the time) joined in the communication noises. They sat and “peeped” at each other for ages, even when they were touching noses and then the female decided to use the poor male as a springboard.