Chinchilla Love - Miss Daisy Comes to Stay

Mom decided my name before she even saw me. "Muffin," she said. "Won't Muffin be the cutest name for a Chinchilla?" The whole way to get me and the whole time she was waiting to see me, she was still positive my name would be Muffin. Then she saw me and said, "Oh! You're not a Muffin at all, are you?" She looked into my eyes and then said, "Daisy!" I'm sure glad she realized the truth. I was meant to be a Daisy, and not just any Daisy. Nope, I'm Miss Daisy.

I'm feeling a bit self conscious right now so I'm not about to take a dust bath so mom can post my bathtime photos all over the internet! Trust me, though. A Chinchilla taking a dust bath is going to be the cutest sight you ever see. Maybe in a few days, I'll let her snap a photo or two to share with you so you can see how cute it is.

Of course, dust baths do involve a certain amount of...dust. Mom says that in the old days back before I was born, they didn't have all these cute Chinchilla bath houses to contain the mess. She said there was dust EVERYWHERE after a Chinchilla hopped back out of the bath, which was usually a cake pan of some kind. She hopes that the bath house will keep down the dust some.

There was quite a commotion today. I was really curious to see what was going on. Mom says I'll have to wait a bit to see what's going on, but she thinks I'll be pretty happy with some company, even though it will be in the next cage since they're boys. Company? Boys? What is she talking about?

Oh, if I could just stand a bit higher on my tippie toes...Aw, man. I'm not the only child any more? I'm going to go throw a tantrum...

Man. I had no idea I could just rip the roof off my Snak Shak like that. And mom says she didn't realize chins could vocalize that much. Now that my tantrum's over, I have to admit I'm a bit interested in the goings on next door...