Hello from Missy

Hi! My name is Missy. I am a chinchilla and my owners think I'm cute. I think they are strange, they seem to like to pick me up but I hate it. So I bounce about and bite everything in sight until they let me go...

I was born on the 1st of April 2006, but that don't make me an April fool! I'd like to think I'm very clever - I run and hide in the box when my owners annoy me. Also, I managed to plot my escape the other day by pretending to not notice the open door of my cage. Next thing they knew, I was out the door and hiding under the sofa! It took her 10 minutes but my Mommy found me eventually. Darn.

I live a simple life. In the morning when human beings wake up, I go to sleep. But I'm a light sleeper. Every now and then I wake up and chew on my bed. It's kinda cool being a chinchilla. Imagine waking up in the morning and thinking, hmmm I fancy chewing my blanket. And then you chew your blanket. And everything else that takes your fancy.

I get to run around outside in a hallway. My owners sit around and fuss over me but I just ignore them. Sometimes I walk all over them because I can. Then I get to take a bath! That's me in a bath, it's full of special chinchilla dust. I get to kick dust around and make a mess!

Anyways I must go now. My owners are going on holiday so they left me with the breeder who brought me into this world. I get to play with my chinchilla friends for a change, even managed to sneak on to use this computer! I will try to come back to give you an update soon. Till then I will be busy chewing and running around.

Shhh! It's human bedtime now and my day has just begun...