I AM DONE WITH RESCUES. This was a long time coming and it is not an easy decision. I put a lot of thought into it and it breaks my heart but I can no longer carry on like this. Ive been doing it since 2007 and shared absolutely everything I did. Because I breed I will forever be hammered on this and although I dont care it impacts on the lives of my family and friends. My door is always open and I show every visitor everything. I also explained so many times that I dont change the names of rescues, which means I have my own breeding chinchillas and rescues with the same names. Mine are registered, the rescues are not. I also pair them where possible, boys with old girls who dont breed anymore. Of all the girls I took in over the years, very few survived because they were either fed or bred into the ground. The boys survive, they take it better than the girls. The only girls left are the old ones I got from friends to help lonely boys and the 2 with the teeth problems. The rest all died. This morning I went through every single cage. I know my chinchillas, every single one. Every boy in breeding were either bought over the years, came from good friends or were bred by myself, no exception. There are boys I took in over the past year or so that are with old girls, I show them to people. No kits, ever. Rescues who gave birth here didnt survive, there was too much damage to their bodies. Those kits I gave away. The ones I sold cheaply to help people were my own kits, I just tried to save peoples feelings. These chinchillas are not rescues anyways. They are unwanted pets. People didnt want them anymore so I took them in and care for them. I re-homed a few to good friends. The rest? I sold you one of my kits because I felt sorry for you and wanted to help you get one cheaper. Im not taking the blame for other peoples mistakes anymore and Im not getting accused of stuff just because I try to help people. Even old Jacob, that has babies now, I bought him, a 12 year old chinchilla. Nobody gave him to me. Im still paying my friend for all her chinchillas I took over, old ones included. It took me many years to get to where I am today. I guarantee the health of all my babies and I guarantee the breeding ability of my females. If they die before they are a year old, I give you another one. If one of my girls have pregnancy complications or cant raise her kits, I give you another one. I do this because I believe in them and I try to make the right choice when selling them. I try to keep contact with the buyers and expect of them to let me know if anything goes wrong. Because of this I dont yet find it necessary to advertise my chinchillas because I get enough people referred to me. There is no way I will risk this with unknown genes. It cost me enough to lose so many chinchillas I bought from breeders. I lost every single mutation female I bought, there are none left. I dont even write about them anymore because it would just get nasty. I went through all my chinchillas 3 times today, just to be sure. I can even tell you where the rescues come from and in many cases who bred them. You really dont want me to do this. I can also tell you what they ate and what they are dying from. You dont want this either. I share all the births, parents and all. By doing this I try to help people and there are no secrets. If a rescue bred, everyone would know. The last one was Joanies mom. She died and I gave Joanie away. The last 4 females I got in? One died, 2 have bad malo and might not recover and one is dying of fatty liver disease. The only ones left are the old ones who doesnt breed. You breed them, you find homes for them. You buy them, you take care of them. Its easy to dump them here because I will take them in and care for them. With my own money, I dont take donations. It is illegal. What I will take in are cases like Lenny, Spartacus and the malo chinnies. I will never say no to such a chinchilla and I will always make a plan. They will die here, all of them. I bred very responsibly and carefully for a long time, staying away from the money makers. I will not let rumors destroy what I built. There is a difference between a chinchilla in need and an unwanted chinchilla. I will always help the ones in need. If you cant find homes for them, dont breed them. If you are not willing to make a 20 year commitment, dont buy them. My old chinchillas retire here, I dont get rid of them. All those unwanted chinchillas I took in, they are still here because I feel too sorry for them to re-home them. I can sell them for dirt cheap, I will find buyers. They will stay here, where they will live out their lives. There will just not be more because rescuers gets hammered. It is not about the well being of chinchillas. It is about discrediting the breeder because I am competition. Come show me, Id love to see. Just ironic that it is acceptable for anyone to buy 2 chinchillas from a pet store and breed with them or make pairings where half the kits never grow up. I will still share everything about the special needs chinchillas I will keep taking in the rest of my life. Just no more unwanted pets that gets dumped here. You know, my friends know my chinchillas. Willie and I go through the cages and we discuss them. I show him the ones I took in and who I paired them with. I tell him why, because there will not be babies. I have stunning girls waiting for my boys I bred to grow up. Last week I took in 9 big and strong Standards. My girls are still alone, waiting for the right boys. People dont want you to do good, you are just competition and you must be discredited to make them look better. No more.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 13:01:21 +0000
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