"Rare" Chinchillas like Angoras

So... on occasion, I get emails that basically say, in a nutshell, someone is looking for an angora chinchilla, and would like to be put on a waiting list for one that will come into the rescue.

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Ok, I'm good now. 

Got that out of my system.

We have NEVER gotten in an angora into the rescue.  And I'm pretty sure, we never will.  Most of the rescues we get, like 95%, are standard grey adults.  IF we get other colors, they tend to be either bitey, ultra-flighty, or have some other personality quirk that makes them not-super-adoptable.  Sure, there's the other-colored-nice-ones... but those are the minority.  And we're talking about chins that are white or violet or sapphire, not angoras.

See, angoras are sold on chinchillas.com, primarily.  Even the CHEAP ones go for $1000+.  The people typically buying them are often buying them to breed, and often those people are out of country.  Sure, there are people within the country that are buying and selling them, but they're not cheap, and those chins that they paid thousands for (for example, white angoras still go for $3000+ routinely), they are going to re-sell, rather than drop off at a rescue.

And, let's be honest.  If I ever get an angora in at the rescue, as in, before the market is saturated with them and you can find them for sale everywhere... I'm totally gonna keep it.

So, if you ask for an angora chinchilla or to be put on the list for one, I mean no disrespect... but not only would it be super unusually rare to get one in, it would be even more rare for me to then sell it... I will nicely be referring you to chinchillas.com.

By the way, this is an angora (see pic below).  Omg look at the FLUFF!!!  It sold for $2,500.  That isn't even high... a violet angora once sold for $24,000.  You read that right.  I can't find that auction really quickly (and I'm writing this real quick before I have to leave), but here's a violet angora that sold for $17,000 --> link