A month into living with Chinchillas.

My boys Wilbur and Orville came home around valentines day. I will most likely just adopt this as their birthday. They came from different homes, but both from military families. One was presented as a total sweet heart and the other a moody brat. the personalities were there just in the opposite chin. Wilbur the supposed cranky dude warmed up to me immediately. Orville has just recently started giving kisses for treats and hangs half in and half out of the cage, perched on my hand and the shelf. We are all learning each other likes and dislikes.

                                             Orville                                Wilbur

We ditched all of the plastic igloos and wheels that came with the boys as soon as we could. My father built them a new hidey hut and I made as many toys with the extra scraps of wood. During a weekly cleaning I dyed on of the blocks to resemble tie dye. Dad also put together 4 ledges, 1 of which I stored away so they have a fresh one down the road.

                                    Wall-E Fleece                        Opps Had to use Lila's liner
           
I went to thrift stores and got about 15 dollars worth of fleece and another 40 dollars in fleece at Hancock Fabrics. We completely converted from pine bedding in the chins cage. Lila the hedgehog also got a hammy down igloo from the chin brothers and her own girly fleeces.

                                            Lila traded the log for the igloo for more space

I got a great pop up play pen with a zippered mesh top, 2 zippered doors, and mesh windows on every panel. It came with a carrying case that has just enough room for the fleece I use in the pen. I also bought a alligator they can hide inside of. I also found a doll sided bear claw bath tub to do bath photo shoots in!

I recently put together a hurricane readiness kit for the Wilbur, Orville, and Lila. I'm kinda proud of my self for this, no shame here. Chin food, Hedgie food, chin treats, hedgie treats, water bottles(not pictured) Water bottles for them, extra fleece, baby blanket liners, Chin bed, Serving bowls, the carriers, and the play pen.