Greenwood Chinchillas -
Gary Carter
Chinchillas
I initially contacted Gary Carter with regards to obtaining a good quality Standard Female from him, and in doing so was informed that he didn't at present have any available but would work out his lines and let me know what he then had. After a period of time I contacted him again to enquire as to what he had found to be told that he had decided that he was going to be selling his complete herd, and that I could take my pick of the females that he had.
Well choosing a single female from such lines as Tom Hanford, Etherdale Chinchillas, Brian Wales, Paul Spooner and Ivan Ongley lines was next to impossible - so I asked for a price for the complete herd. And was offered a price that was agreeable to both of us - so arranged to purchase all the animals (23 in all) along with all equipment that he had.
The lines included Whites, Standard and Beige from Brian Wales, BV from Etherdale Chinchillas, Ebonies from Paul Spooner and Standards from Ivan Ongley - along with a number of Browns, Standards and Black from other lines - and a lone Standard VC male.
some of the animals were sold on to other breeders where they were surplus to requirements- but the core standard females, BV and Browns were added to our own lines - along with the Standard male that he used as main breeding male.
Sadly there were some issues with a couple of animals - fur chewing, so these and their offspring were rehomed as pets, but the majority were settled in well to join the breeding stock here at Greenwood Chinchillas.
The addition of such good lines has been a great boost to our gene pool and our potential to increase the quality of future kits.