Modern Chinchilla Farming

Modern Chinchilla Farming


 

Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION
THE WILD CHINCHILLA
THE BREEDING STOCK ERA
M. F. Chapman
Heated Pens
Early Quality
PELT MARKETING
The First Auctions
Early Problems
Hostile Fur Trade
Breeders Over-enthusiastic
Private Treaty
THE NATURE OF FUR FARMING
THE NATURE OF THE CHINCHILLA
The Lagetis
The Vischaca
The Brevicaudata
The Lanigera
Chinchilla Calls
HOUSING OF BREEDERS
Heat
Temperature
Humidity
Buildings
Pens
Nest Boxes
BREEDING
Herd Improvement Stock
Line or Inbreeding
Pedigrees
Canadian Registration
Separating
Breeding Cycle
Weaning
Pregnancy
Breedback
Collar Method
MUTATION BREEDING
FEEDING
Research
Hay
Alfalfa
Clover
Timothy
Vitamins and Minerals
Automatic Watering
Feeding Kits
Ranch Management and Sanitation
Catching Animals
Rats and Mice
Dust Baths
DISEASE AND ILLNESS
Gastro-enteritis
Diarrhoea
Slobbers
Yellow Ears
Fur Slip
Fur Chewing
Prolapsed Intestine
Colds
Blindness
Stillborn Kits
PRIMING
Pelting Pen
Killing
PELTING
Drying and Shaping
EPILOGUE