“They shit like every five minutes.”

Chinchilla up for adoption – $100 (East Harlem)

I’m finally moving out of the city, which means i’ll have to give away my beloved chinchilla, Mochilla, which i’ve had for the past three years, making her about 3-4 years old. I bought her from an exotic pet store on the upper west side, Fauna, somewhere in the west 70’s or 80’s. Mochilla, Spanish for backpack, is friendly, a little skittish at times, but loves a good scratch behind her ears. She exercises in the middle of the night often, so buying a metal wheel that is silent is recommended (Make sure you don’t buy the ones with small bars like the ones for hamsters, as her tail will get caught between them while running). Plastic is not recommended either, because she has chewed through 4 of them, which is why I cannot provide one at the moment. We have a 300$ cage that is about 6 feet high that can be disassembled and will gladly give to you. I really just want her to go to a good home, so price is negotiable. Please, please please, make sure you have thought this through, because I bought her at a time when I thought I was ready to handle the responsibility of even maintaining a small house pet and I wasn’t. Thank god I lived with my parents at the time. Chinchilla cages need to be cleaned every day, because they shit like every five minutes. They need to be taken out of the cage for exercise, and be given dust baths twice a week (We have food and dust we will give you). I love her, and I just want her to be happy.

“Dust baths twice a week.”