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Interesting Facts about Chinchillas
By: Huey & Dewey (our pet Guinea Pigs)
1. Chinchillas come in many different colors, including black (ebony) white,
standard grey, beige, violet, sapphire, and many combinations.
2. Chinchillas come from the Andes Mountains of South America.
3. The name 'Chinchilla' is named after a Native American tribe in South
America, the Chinta, and the name means Little Chinta.
4. Adult weight:
Males = fourteen to seventeen ounces (four hundred to five hundred grams)
Females = fourteen to twenty-one ounces (four hundred to six hundred grams)
5. Body temperature:
96.8 to 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit (36 to 38 degrees Celsius)
6. Heart rate:
100 beats per minute
7. Age at Puberty:
As early as three months, usually six to ten months
8. Life span:
Usual = ten years; maximum = twenty years
9. Estrous (heat) cycle:
Usual forty days; ranges from sixteen to sixty-nine days
10. Gestation period:
An average of one hundred and eleven days
11. Litter size:
Average litter size is two but they can bear up to six
12. Litters per year:
Two under normal circumstances
13. Birth weight:
Babies weigh one ounce (35 grams) or more
14. Chinchilla babies are called kits and are born with their eyes open, fully
furred, and ready to go!
15. Weaning age of pups: Six to eight weeks
See Also: Interesting Facts about Chinchillas - Page Two
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