Joy of an apple..

A thing that my chinchillas will not want from me

I believe there's this one thing
that my little fur balls
will never ever ask from me,
and this is the one thing
that I will love to give them
with all my heart (only for them),
that is..




a bear hug.

Oops, pardon me for all my nonsense, the weather had been cool for this past few weeks. It would so comforting to hug something so warm, soft, puffy, smells(a little) and breathing in the middle of the cool cool night. But the one thing is, my chins don't like to be touch at all, especially Oreo. He will push my hands away with his little paws.. ta ta ta.. if I try to touch him too much, he will 'mock bite' me. Duffy will let me scratch his tummy, sometimes.

Naughty chinchillas

Sometimes, it's sad to see my chinchillas in the cage. Being nocturnal, they are active (hyperactive, really) during the night. I had tried letting them out for a run at around 1, 2 am, oh man, there's not a moment when I could just leave my eyes off them! They just couldn't stop chewing anything that will harm them, the corners of walls mostly and cables! When I shooed them away, they would just dart to another part of the room to chew sometime else.

I had tried to put them in a exercise ball, (the clear plastic type where the chins is being enclosed inside so they can roll about in the room), but I think that they felt trapped and got nervous and start to poo a lot, and worst of all, they didn't move more than a few inches, which defeats the whole purpose. Another thing about the exercise ball is given their luxurious coat of fur and the weather(oh, I live in Singapore, and the fan is on for them almost 24 hours a day), that they may feel hot inside, and get heat stroke. Maybe I will get them a exercise wheel sometime, or maybe not, after all they are not hamsters.

And recently, they have taken to chewing the metal cover of the fan, I thought. But on a closer look, they are actually licking off their fur that got stuck on the grilles(time to wash the fan again) Argh, and I think they actually eat the fur, eeeeh, anyone knows why they do that? I know that they sometimes 'recycle their poo'. I had a shock when I first saw them doing that and thought it was some really bad habits but a friend later explain to me it's normal as there maybe still nutrients and her pet rabbit does that too. Guess its some survival instinct thingy that they'll always have, which it is not a bad thing after all.

Chinchillas' ugly picture part ii

Star of the day: Oreo

They can't talk and they seldom make a sound,
but they're sure great at getting the message across.

Chinchillas' ugly picture

Star of the day: Duffy


Hey, i mean it when I say these photos are ugly!(photographer's fault?)