Mr. Fuzzy Pants is a chinchilla who lives with his guardians, David and Norah. Chinchillas are crepuscular rodents — which means that he is most active at night and rests during daylight. He doesn’t like light and so he isn’t crazy about flash photograpy.
Chinchillas are native to mountainous areas of Peru. Mr. Fuzzy Pants has to take regular dust baths to maintain his fur, which is unbelievably soft! Softer by far than any cat, even softer than rabbit fur.
Places to learn more about chinchillas:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinchilla
http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/chinchillas/p/Chinchillas.htm
We’re looking for pets to feature in the Pinehurst Pet of the Week. If you’d like to “show off” your fabulous friend, we’d love to see him/her! Send a picture and a few sentences about your pet to me at ehas2dogs@gmail.com
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