Chinchilla Nation

Links

16th January 2010

Chinchilla Care

Chincare – this is a comprehensive website providing chinparents with educational information & resources. This website also has scientific study reports on chinchillas.
Chin-Cross Calculator – this calculator lets you determine the color of the kits by entering the parents’ genetic color make.
Chinchilla Place – has a good product reviews section.
Chinchilla Planet – a site dedicated to all things chinchilla.
Chinchilla Sounds – a great site to hear all the different types of noises that chins make!
Chinchillas Unlimited – a great chinchilla forum full of friendly & knowledgeable members.
ChinnyChinChins – an informative UK website dedicated to chinchillas & everything about them.
Sir Chins Links-a-lot – a list of “best of the best” pet chinchilla-related websites on the Internet.

Chinchilla Pictures

Cheeky Chinchilla – a listing of cute chinchilla pictures & heartwarming stories. Anyone can have a page of their chinchilla pictures for a fee of £3 which will be donated to a chinchilla rescue.
Chinchilla Flickr Group – this group is full of cute chinchilla pictures!
ChinchillaVilla – a family of 5 chinchillas.
Justin Qian’s Albums – this guy takes the prettiest pictures of his beige chinchilla. Such a joy to look at!

Chinchilla Rescues

Chinchillaburg – be a Chin Knight who wants to protect chinchillas from cruelty to animals!
Chinchillas4Life – a rescue in Great Britain that rescues unwanted & sick chinchillas. It also has superb information on common chinchilla diseases.
Save the Wild Chinchillas – a conservation organization, aiming to restore essential habitat for endangered Chilean chinchillas while deterring further habitat degradation.

Chinchilla Webcam

Critter Rescue

West Michigan Critter Haven – a local shelter that rescues furry & non-furry critters alike, including rabbits, guinea pigs, & iguanas.

Doggie Rescues

Kentuckiana Pug Rescue – a volunteer based, non-profit rescue committed to helping needy pugs in Indiana & Kentucky.

Fun Stuff

Carrot Couture – lots of different bunny games & animations.
Cute n Tiny – a picture of blog of all things cute and tiny, including animals and miniature foods.
Disapproving Rabbits – a picture blog of disapproving rabbits.
Dogs of War – a Cafe Press website that sells propaganda merchandise featuring your favorite breed of dog or cat. Too bad they don’t have any of chins I’d order some if they did.
The Fretting Zoo – cartoons of Mr. Yumy Tummy Bun Bun who lived in a meadow & had no control of his feng shui. This caused him to feel a constant sense of vague unease which only deepened when he saw how big & disordered the world really was.
Gerbil in a Microwave – microwave this cartoon gerbil & see what happens to it!
Hamleto the Hamster – a comic strip that speaks about hamster and people.
Hamster Dance – the original hamster dance.
Hamster Tracker – a college student who set up a device to measure how far his hamster has run & how fast. He also creates yummy recipes for his hamsters that’s definitely worth trying.
How Fast Are Your Reactions? – to test how fast your reactions are, you have to tranquilize running sheep.
Last Dance – Want to know what’s on the minds of the dancing hamsters?
Miniatures by Rachel – art of handmade air dry clay miniatures.
My Youtube – has videos of all the family members.
When Hamster Attack! – clobber the hamsters before they clobber you!

Hamster Care

AAA Hamsters – Linda Price’s Hamstery. Has information breeding, for those who are interesting in achieving certain coat.
An Interesting Life – how to make your hamster’s life more fun.
Hamster Breeding – information on the long-hair & short hair gene & how to achieve them.
Hamster Club – a one-stop site for hamster information, cute hamster pictures, and hamster merchandise.
Hamster Hideout – a forum & a blog for hamster lovers.
Pet Care Veterinary Hospital – has helpful descriptions of common health problems in hamsters.
Pet Website about Hamsters – a good website for information on hamster care.
R & R Hamsters – a website dedicated to everything about Roborovski hamster care.

Hamster Pictures

Chmurka – pictures of hamsters living in Poland with the cutest sets!
Hamster a day – a dose of cuteness for 360 days.
Seattle Roll – a Japanese living in Seattle who takes the cutest pictures of her hammies.

Hamster Rescues

New York Hamster House – a wonderful wonderful shelter for homeless hamsters (& other furry critters) in the New York City area. Sadly, NYHH was closed in April 2009. But read on in case you want to adopt the remaining hamsters.

Other Animals