Our friends/neighbors are gone visiting family, leaving their chinchilla, Timmy, in need of care. I’d never seen a chinchilla before, much less been responsible for one. But I’ve never let details like that stop me before.
He’s cute. His fur is as soft as a cat’s, though shorter, and very, very dense. His regular diet is a chinchilla food mix and timothy hay. But his treats are what brings him scurrying to say hello. Dried fruit, sunflower seeds, an almond. That’s how you make friends with a chinchilla.
I took this shot with my phone and Timmy doesn’t stay still. I may try another portrait with my camera to see if I can capture him better.