Re: Do Chinchillas make good pets?

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On 7/08/09, kevin wrote:
> I had a chinchilla in my special ed classroom for years. Then
> I moved to first grade. The kids loved Chip and he seemed very
> happy in our room. The animal helpers for that week would give
> him his dust bath every day. He loved it. Sadly he passed
> away a few years ago. He was a great pet!
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> On 1/25/09, some one you will never meet... haha... laugh...
> giggle wrote:
>> On 2/06/07, Susan wrote:
>>> I am searching for a classroom pet. Chinchillas look
>>> cute, but they are nocturnal and I read they can get
>>> stressed out in a classroom. I have a third grade class.
>>> Does anybody have any suggestions?
>> Well, my mother had a chinchilla in her classroom, they do
>> get stressed out by all the people and noise in the
>> surrounding areas. i would not get a chinchilla for a
>> classroom... the kids will just annoy it and it can not get
>> that hot in a chinchilla cage. Also, they have fragile
>> bones and could get diabetes. They do not like to be held
>> and could bite the kids. I am a chinchilla rescue agency so
>> i know a lot about chinchillas.

I bought a chinchilla for a classroom pet but ended up keeping him
at home. They are lightning fast; picture trying to capture a wild
squirrel in your room if it ever got loose. They are delicate.
They are nocturnal, and really need to sleep during the day. They
are actually the perfect pet if you do work all day, because they
are ready to play at about 7:30 p.m. They can't tolerate heat
above 75 degrees F. Not a good classroom pet.
 

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