Hanako's black velvet baby

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I think this baby is a black velvet. He looks so much like his mother. But I'll have to confirm it again with some other chinchilla breeders. He's an active and spunky little dude. Full of attitude and spice.

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Sorry for the blur pic. This is the last one, where I was trying to get a pic of his face. But he's just too fidgety. You can see the angry expression on his face. "Put me down!" lolz

[ghost]

That was a cute chin baby....tell u honestly....mehaven't got a chance to touch a chin yet lei....must go your house one of this day.....

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lolz Yeah, he is a really cute baby. Really full of life. He'll protestand squeak when I catch him. Hehehe... One day you come visit me, then you can touch a chinchilla.

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Me too.... never touch a chin before... can let me touch touch ??

Actually they looked like bunny when they are little, just that they have quite a fat and long tail....

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Kekeke, of course can. I sometimes wish I can bring my chins for outing. But I feel they'll be scared, so I don't do it. If they are scared and stressed, then it's my fault.

Ooh, like baby bunnies? I remember you let me pet that baby, so young! The light brown colour one. Keke, so cute.

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Here are some pics of Hanako and baby.

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Wah!! me 1st time see chin nursing her pups lei....the babies sure looks cute,huh?? And Hanako also look so Motherly lei.....one of my Favourite colour....Black!!

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lolz Ya lor. The baby alwiz suckle lying down one, so funny. Hahaha. These days, Hanako is very mellow. She lets me pet her for very long one. She'll just sit and keep quiet. Hehehe. Her baby is gaining weight, a real cutie pie! He is almost 100g already. So happy.

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clover said:

lolz Ya lor. The baby alwiz suckle lying down one, so funny. Hahaha. These days, Hanako is very mellow. She lets me pet her for very long one. She'll just sit and keep quiet. Hehehe. Her baby is gaining weight, a real cutie pie! He is almost 100g already. So happy.

Jus wonder when the baby will be weaned lei??

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Umm, I think it's abt 2 months old then fully weaned. He is eating some solid food now, but still suckles alot. He cannot be separated from mum until 3 months old, actually. Meanwhile, he'll be learning lots from her. I saw him try to drink from a bottle, but cldn't. Hahaha... Cos he alwiz see his mum drink cranberry juice from that bottle.

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imagine the lil baby boy goin "cranberry juice! i also want!" *suck suck suck* "ehhh..nothing leh...waaaaaaaaa..mummy! why i dun have??"

i touched a cin at clover's plc...tho i was sleepy n on the vrge of collapsing that day..but stil it was nice to hold the chins..they were so active n the fur so smooth n nice.. but they shed a lot hor?

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Oh....i c,thanks clover...didn't know it takes 3 months for Chins to be fully weaned lei....it's really a long wait....hmmm.....

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lolz Ya. She sneezed cos she can't get the juice out properly and wiped her nose. Hahaha, so funny. Chinchillas shed alot, but personally, I keep 9 chins, and compare them to 3 rabbits, I'd say, the rabbits shed more! lolz Serious, cos I can alwiz see the rabbit fur float abt after I play with them, but not so much for the chins.

ghost, I just checked my chin book again. It says that chin mothers start weaning babies at 6 weeks. The baby shld be full weaned by 2 months. Then can remove the baby from mother already. But I wld prefer not to do that and leave baby with mum for another month, for her to teach him things. The baby must learn to dust bath, to eat different kinds of things I offer his mum and to use his paws. So I prefer to separate only at 3 months old.