xkatx
June 1st 06, 05:32 AM
I'm just so excited, and although this is kinda off topic, I just can't help
myself...
We have a new addition to our family... Not the regular kind of baby, but
still a baby...
Or chinchilla, Kiki, had a baby! We didn't even know until just tonight,
maybe an hour ago! ;)
This morning, getting ready to catch the school bus, DS is in the living
room watching a bit of TV, and out of nowhere he says to me, "Mommy, I
really like the baby chinchilla." I look in the chins' cage (we have a
female, Kiki, and a male, Daxter) and nothing looked out of the ordinary. I
passed it off as nothing. Then again, this evening, about an hour ago, DS
again is watching TV before bed and he says, "I really LOVE the baby
chinchilla!" I tell him there's no baby chinchilla, and he gets mad at me
and says that yes there is a baby! I get down on my hands and knees and
sure enough, in the little house is a little baby chin! I get all giddy and
excited and want to maul the little chin and squeeze him because it's so
cute, but I contain myself - although just barely
We just finished separating the male and female + baby, as we saw that Kiki
is basically savagely attacking Dax. We manage to get the male out (DH had
to corner him in the cage with a pet carrier, as the male would hiss and
spit if you tried to go near him, and from a chin that has NEVER shown any
type of aggression, he was definitely going to bite if given the chance...)
So we remove the male, and see that he's got a few open wounds. I guess the
female was being a downright b**ch to him, but we'll monitor him - and mama
and bebe - and see how things are during the night and come morning. He
seems to be doing fiine otherwise, and mom and baby seem to be doing great.
Mom looks great and baby looks adorably cute, and yes, VERY funny looking.
So, *we* have a new family member for the time being, and I'm racking my
brain on a very silly name to name this little thing! :D
myself...
We have a new addition to our family... Not the regular kind of baby, but
still a baby...
Or chinchilla, Kiki, had a baby! We didn't even know until just tonight,
maybe an hour ago! ;)
This morning, getting ready to catch the school bus, DS is in the living
room watching a bit of TV, and out of nowhere he says to me, "Mommy, I
really like the baby chinchilla." I look in the chins' cage (we have a
female, Kiki, and a male, Daxter) and nothing looked out of the ordinary. I
passed it off as nothing. Then again, this evening, about an hour ago, DS
again is watching TV before bed and he says, "I really LOVE the baby
chinchilla!" I tell him there's no baby chinchilla, and he gets mad at me
and says that yes there is a baby! I get down on my hands and knees and
sure enough, in the little house is a little baby chin! I get all giddy and
excited and want to maul the little chin and squeeze him because it's so
cute, but I contain myself - although just barely
We just finished separating the male and female + baby, as we saw that Kiki
is basically savagely attacking Dax. We manage to get the male out (DH had
to corner him in the cage with a pet carrier, as the male would hiss and
spit if you tried to go near him, and from a chin that has NEVER shown any
type of aggression, he was definitely going to bite if given the chance...)
So we remove the male, and see that he's got a few open wounds. I guess the
female was being a downright b**ch to him, but we'll monitor him - and mama
and bebe - and see how things are during the night and come morning. He
seems to be doing fiine otherwise, and mom and baby seem to be doing great.
Mom looks great and baby looks adorably cute, and yes, VERY funny looking.
So, *we* have a new family member for the time being, and I'm racking my
brain on a very silly name to name this little thing! :D