Hello from St. Louis!

[katomega]

Hello Everyone!
I just registered and am looking forward to getting to know other chinchilla lovers and learning more about these wonderful little creatures. I am a new chinchilla owner. I have had my chin for about 3 months now. His name is Toby, he's a standard, and I think he's about 6-9 months old (they couldn't tell me how old he was when I bought him, but he was very small at the time). When I found him during a long day of searching for the right chin for me, I instantly fell in love with him. He has a very sweet, calm personality, and is very clever and funny. He has me completely wrapped around his little paw, and I wouldn't have it any other way. :)

[Chinchilla77]

yoyoyo! welcome and have fun

[paris26]

Welcome to CnQ! :)

[katomega]

Thank you both for welcoming me! :)

[crittercagesnc]

Hello and welcome! I see that no one has warned you yet about chins - Something that EVERY first time chin owner should know - chins are ADDICTING !!!!!!
No one can have just ONE! LOL
You are going to have a wonderful time with your new boy and this is a great place to get info. Again welcome,
Linda

[katomega]

Thank you, Linda! You're right, no one warned me how addictive these little guys are. He's so adorable and such a delight! I am definitly tempted to get more. For now, though, I think I'm safe from being over-run, as I live in an apartment with limited space. I can't fit another cage in, and I don't think Toby's cage is quite big enough to also accomodate a buddy (it's 2'7" x 1'2" x 2'5"). Of course, I'll probably be moving to a bigger place in about two years, so...

[mary-marie]

:chin4: Hi there well i'm a proud chin owner ( Mary-Marie, Cranberry, Smokey and lovable Ziggy) that lives in indy.Welcome to the site where everyone loves chins hope you find it as helpful as i have and welcome to the site hope you enjoy it.
Mary- Marie
:)

[rosiesmama]

Hello! Im from St.Louis also! I live in O'fallon about 40 mins out from the city. Its nice to meet you, im also a new chin owner and absolutley in love with chins too! welcome to the board!

[katomega]

Thank you for welcoming me, Mary-Marie and RosiesMama! Sorry it's taken me so long to reply, but I was out of town for a while and when I got back, I had to prep for my classes (I'm co-teaching two undergrad classes [my first time teaching - yikes!] and I have grad classes to take myself). It's been a little crazy. I'm back to the forum now, though, and wanted to say "hi" to you both since you were so kind to say "hi" to a newbie like myself! :) Thanks!
Also, rosiesmama, it's so cool to find a fellow new chin lover in St. Louis! I live in Hazelwood (North County, northwestern side of Lambert Airport).

[beckie467]

Hey katomega! Congrats on your new boy! They are right chins are addicticting you can never have enough! This is a really good place to get answers to all those 1st time chin owner questions. Have fun and good luck with your boy!