2025 Section Champion. 893 grams on his 1 year birthday. Exceptional color, fur quality, size, and conformation. Beautiful head and a notably personable temperament. Without true foundation quality Standard chinchillas, the future of quality mutation breeding will be lost forever.
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Coming this Winter - A Gift of Parallels
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(pictured) Pink White (violet carrier) G2 Royal Persian Angora female chinchilla w/ lion mane
Silence is also conversation - Ramana Maharshi
Mother and daughter recognize each other after a year apart. The key takeaway of this image is the photo ready condition of the eight...
"To the world, she is just a mother...."
"So many horrid ghosts" -W.S., Henry V
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Take an archival journey through the life or Mr. X
The Final Part Now Live!
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Natural sunlight is incomparable for assessing color
pictured - Blue Diamond female chinchilla under controlled full spectrum indoor lighting, top and natural sunlight, bottom
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The charming and charismatic Lockens stand alone as the most personable and 'chill' chinchillas.
(pictured) Tan quasi-locken male chinchilla. See additional pictures in the Chinchillas.com Sales Gallery
Weanling Extreme Ebony and White Mosaic Royal Persian Angora female chinchilla
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The Finding of Mr. X and the Gillingham Violet Chinchilla
"Mr. X, whose identity was thought to be lost forever, is finally made known..."
Thank you to all the visitors and supporters. 'The Finding of Mr. X and the Gillingham Violet Chinchilla' broke the record for the most viewed article on Chinchillas.com - 27,000 page views in one month!
After 60 Years, the infamous Mr X has been found...
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Naming Contest Entry 108 Beige Royal Persian Angora Male Chinchilla
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Naming Contest Entry 107 Pink White Royal Persian Angora Female Chinchilla
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Naming Contest Entry 106 Pink White Royal Persian Angora Male Chinchilla
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Another Trifecta - new Veruka kits born this spring!
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Naming Contest Pictures of 106, 107, and 108 have now been published.
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The origin of the violet chinchilla, for 60 years, was one of the most closely guarded secrets in the chinchilla world... Join Chinchillas.com as we unravel the mystery.
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Join Chinchillas.com on Midsummer's Eve 2025, as we begin to unlock a 60 year old chinchilla mystery!
The Full Locken Chinchilla - 2025
& full sister
(pictured) Ebony & White Mosaic Locken chinchilla
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(pictured) Black Velvet G2 Royal Persian Angora chinchilla with 'ear tufts'
(pictured) Juvenile Brevi-type TOV Pink White male chinchilla
The evolutionarily successful dandelion, broadly regarded as a common weed, is a delicacy for chinchillas
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Dandelions - a Natural Chinchilla Prebiotic
Maximum Genetic Potential + CCOM Type
New kits born Feb 15, 2025, out of a large premium production quality violet dam, and by an extra large champion violet sire
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(pictured) 076, Exceptional young Blue Diamond Male chinchilla, out of Premium Production Quality Blue Diamond Female
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"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that."
RIP Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. - the light that will never go out
(pictured) white G3 Royal Persian Angora chinchilla
Chapman Chinchilla Research, the Final Part 4 Now Live
Wild Chinchilla chinchilla (short-tailed chinchilla), captured on camera by Alejandro Pietrek
'Setting New Standards Around the Globe' applies to more than quality standards. Standards of care are equally important. Chinchillas.com does not use breeding runs, breeding collars, or small commercial cages, which are vestiges of the pelting industry.
(pictured) White Mosaic Royal Persian Angora female chinchilla
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Don't miss the Moon-Venus conjunction of March 2025
(pictured) Beige (violet carrier) Royal Persian Angora Female Chinchilla at 8 months of age. See additional pictures
Mathias Chapman Chinchilla Research, Part 3 Now Live
Like other living organisms, chinchillas are susceptible to a range of disease causing pathogens...
"...our ability to conceptualize higher dimensions - beyond the four we experience - suggests their existence." -Michael Pravica, PhD condensed matter physics, Harvard
Mathias Chapman Chinchilla Research
Part 2 Now Live
(pictured) Bunch grass, Andes Altipano desert, Chile
May 2025 Bring the World Hope and Peace!
'Ivanka' - Veruka's Heir Apparent - Ringing in the New Year!
Pink White G2 Royal Persian Angora Female Chinchilla at 8 months
Then and now - Chinchillas.com 072 'Eclipse'
Large Brevi-type Ebony (violet) G2 Royal Persian Angora Male Chinchilla
(above) Dec 16, 2024 @ 7mo ~ 780 grams
pictured June 13 @ 1 mo
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht,
Alles schläft, einsam wacht
Mathias Chapman Chinchilla Research
Part 1 Now Live
(pictured) Chilean Chinchilla lanigera
A rarity, just in time for Christmas
397 gram dwarf male chinchilla