Sadness

The past week has been pretty miserable for our family - last Thursday, we had to have one of my chinchillas - dear little Chilli - put to sleep, as she'd had a stroke that had paralysed her lower body and tail.

We brought her home from the vets (how could we have left her there?) and filled her nesting box with flowers, laid her in it (she loved her box and always felt safe in it), then filled it to the top with more blooms. We buried her in the garden, next to Will (Willow) my tortoiseshell dutch rabbit who died 5 years ago, and George the fish.

My brother chainsaw-carved a lizard out of a poplar log earlier that day, and we've put that on Chilli's grave until we can plant something pretty there. My room feels very empty without Chilli's cage in it, even though I still have April (a violet chinchilla, who is rather less good natured than Chilli was).


Yesterday I found out that one of my younger cousin's little cats (rather unfortunately named Ne-Yo I believe) had been run over outside their home - very very sad for them and the cat's sister, who will now be very lonely.

Rest in peace little creatures :(


If anyone wants, or knows anyone who wants, a chinchilla cage, please leave a comment here or email me.
Chilli's cage measures 70cm(h)*65cm(w)*45cm(d), has a plastic base and removable shelves (you could add your own wooden ones). We only bought it for her last year, and there is no risk of infection as we scrubbed the cage thoroughly with bleach, and Chilli was not ill with anything contagious.