Greenwood Chinchillas
Belladonna
Female - GA03/F413
Black Velvet
Born: 28th February 2003
(acquired 14th October 2003)
Awards to Date:
Novice 2nd: Birdwell 2003, Judge: Paul Spooner
Novice HC: Napton, Oct 2003, Judge: Fred Duggins. Slightly tinged, neck grey, mutation fur too narrow, good size, neck, conformation, belly strip good white, good for bre
Parents
Otto
Bred by Riga Chinchillas
Cedar
GA01/FAFD
no picture available no picture available Male
Black Velvet
Born: Unknown
Female
Standard
Born: Unknown
Bella, as she is known for short, was bought from Lyn Gardner as a 12 week old kit and came to live with us as a very scared and frightened youngster. It has taken a long time of getting her slowly used to being handled to not spray us when we put a hand in the cage.
She was a lovely dark black as a youngster and this fur was all along her back and sides, but as she has grown the colouration has remained mainly along the top of her body - though her colouration was praised at the shows even if the coverage was not as good as required. She wont be shown as an adult as she would not do well now as the coverage is not good enough to compete in the adult class.
As well as the colour not growing in, Bella stopped growing at just over 500g which was worrying as she had been very large as a kit.
She has been paired with a few males, but appears to be quite fussy about who she likes and only got snuggly with Arum, the third male that she was placed in a cage next to, so they were introduced for breeding.
Kits to date:
28th Oct 2004 - Std Sapp Carrier Male - born dead