Name my pet chinchilla!
 

A couple days ago, I adopted a male chinchilla from my local Humane Society and he is a real sweetie! He looks very similar to this guy, but his ears are spotted. :D

http://www.moonbeamdesigns.com/chinchilla.jpg

I have been calling him Chico ("little boy") but I'm not sure this will be his permanent name. Throw out some suggestions for a cool name. :)

My boyfriend suggested "Quaigon Chin" or "Double Chin." Funny, but not quite there yet...

Gus, Pea (sp? hawaian for "BEAR")


Name it Cedar. For shits and giggles ;)

EDIT: added the shits and giggles, cuz i like that term

DEATH TO CHINCHILLAS!!!

Sorry, in joke.

I vote for "Spike" or "Ash".

I've never seen a chinchillas or heard of one before. Kinda cool though. I'd say... Puff!

Mighty Mouse...put a cape on it

by the way how much was it, every time i have seen them they were like $100+

How about Hornsby?

Yea, they are expensive, cuz they live forever. I am thinking about maybe getting one. I still like cedar. I dont know if anyone gets the irony of this name, its like naming a cat woof or a dog chocolate.

ok, I think I have the perfect name....ChillaPoo...huh? whaddaya think?

Cheeks!

Fester!

Taffy!

Coco!

Don't let those beady eyes fool you. They are pure cute furballs of evil. Poor creatures are slaughtered in chinchilla farms for their fur, but the important thing to keep in mind is that they are PURE EVIL. That is all.

(EVIL.)

How about Spot?

Or maybe Goatse :D

sootie

Name it "Z"

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Chinchillas are not evil. They like to chew things and you have to keep them entertained.. but mine is very sweet and never bites.

The people who make and wear coats made of chinchilla fur are evil!!! It takes over 100 chinchillas to make one fur coat. :(

Depending on the color of the fur, different chinchillas cost much more than others. The standard grey chinchilla with a white belly costs around $70 from a breeder (more from a pet store, at least $100). Beige, tan, ebony, and violet chinchillas cost around $200 because they are more rare.

I only paid $45 for mine, as he was a rescue animal.

They can live to be 15-20 years old, so adopting a chinchilla is a long-term commitment. BTW, I kinda like the name Gus. :D

Maybe you should live with it for a few days and see what its personality is before you pick a name. That said, I've always been partial to Bitey, but here are some others:

Peachy (to stick with the fruit theme :) )
Chuey (chew-ey, get it?)
Pookie
Trillian
Arthur
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Wait, I want to lobby for "Z".

Or pookie :)

Yeah, I was joking. They're illegally poached in the Andes and all they take is one square inch of the fur behind their neck. It takes several hundred for just a waist length coat. I forget the numbers of a full length one. I use to work with some at the city zoo and they're so adorable (but EVIL). For some reason one of the chinchillas would purposely jump into a bucket of water so it could enjoy being pampered with a hair dryer. I guess dust doesn't cut it for the little critter.

(EVIL.)

Anyway, I thought Ash would be fitting since in the wild they like to take dust baths in volcanic ash or something like that, and it kind of has the same color tone.

I like the name Fenster.

how about FONZE or the fonz

killer?
tiny?
ralph?
dino?
tank?
foof? or some variation... foofy, foofer, foofstonio, maybe?

Killer?? LOL, I don't think so! :D

Thats cool that you like gus :D

I still like cedar, its a great name for a chinchilla

almost mixed chinchilla and killa, but it really didnt sound right if you put too much emphasis on the k

_Wesley_

danger (short for dangermouse).
or
horse.

personally, i think you should stick with Chico... it sounds cute.

(of course, bundy is a very cute name too, haha!)

toba, maybe. Or Andy. I like andy.

The Last Thing You Will Ever See

I like Chico: a nice pair of puns.
I love Lurkette's Chuey, especially if it is short for Chubacca. Can't you just see him giving out a Chubacca roar?

Gandalf the Grey?
Panthro? (Grey mechanic on the Thundercats; used nunchucks)
Pinkey? (ala Pinky and the Brain)

I take care of about 30 chinchillas for some coworkers when they are away. They bounce around their cages all Matrix like then they stare at me. Strange.

He Who Must Not Be Named.

-Mikey

gus or frank.

How about:

Chuckie (Chuck).....The Chinchilla

Charlie...................." "

Stinky

Peta

.......or my personal favorite.........Chumba Wumba

maybe Double.......chinchilla - sorry, that's just a bad pun.

I like Chico.

You're all wrong, except for Giant Hamburger.

I say, go with Rufus. Then you can run around calling out "RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-fus!"

Gandalf the Grey... I like that! :D

My friend across the way already named his dwarf rabbit "Rufus" so I can't use that name.

how about a robot name, like fuzzbot 800 or johnny 5 or...howsabout just,... chilly?

<center>OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH PLUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMIE...</center>

<center>GODZILLA</center>

Chompi :D

(btw, its SO cute!!!!)

I can already see people making "Abu Dabi" comments about this name. :p

How about "Dusty?"

Since Killer is out (I already have a cockatiel with that name and she's a sweetie), how about Fuzzy?

If that won't work, there's always Merriadoc (Merry) or Peregrin (Pippen). I always did like little thing with furry feet! :D

name him

"Holy Crap What The Hell ARE You? You Look Like a Rat Mixed Rabbit. I Mean You're Cute And All, But WTF Are You? HUH?'

that is kind of a long name.

'HCWTHAREYLLARMRIMYCAABWTFAYHUH'

there. i shortened it.

i still like chico too

oh and i agree with myself and lurky. Z is a cool name!