Includes index.

Chinchilla is -- Chapman's chins -- Choosing a chinchilla: Buying your chinchilla -- Chinchilla colors -- Feeding chinchillas : Chinchilla pellets -- Hay -- Feeding supplements -- Dietary changes -- Housing chinchillas: Litter -- Miscellaneous equipment -- Cage location -- Cage sanitation -- Grooming chinchillas: Shedding -- Combing -- Common health problems: Medications -- Tooth care -- Fungus -- Fur chewing -- Ear ailments -- Bacterial infections -- Vaccinations -- Playing with chinchillas -- Breeding chinchillas: Sexing chinchillas -- Breeding for color -- Introducing the pair -- Post-breeding preparations -- Birth process -- Post-birth care -- Hand-feeding -- Weaning -- Mating problems -- Ranching: Ranch housing -- Starting a ranch -- Showing chinchillas: Mutation shows -- Standard shows -- National chinchilla shows -- Sources of information.