I'm freakin' BRILLIANT.

[apocalypsos]

Remember how I double-checked when I got Elliot to make sure they were both boys?

*buzzer sound*

Er, I just re-checked out of some paranoid feeling and, well ...

I think Emmett is a girl.

*forehead smack*

Goodbye, futon I planned on buying this week. Helloooooo, other cage.

(Not that they're beating each other up or anything. They're actually being pretty nice to each other. I just, you know, would prefer them not be all THAT nice to each other. The rule in this house is that nobody in this house has a baby before I do. I don't care how adorable they might be.

Of course with my luck it's too late. *eye roll*)

EDIT: So somewhere around the middle of June I get to find out just how bad my luck is. Fabulous.

OTHER EDIT: On the other hand I'm now horribly amused that my chinchillas are having an older woman/younger man love affair. *hums Simon and Garfunkel*

Comments

[florahart]

Not chinchillas, but guinea pigs can get pregnant at the age of SIX FUCKING WEEKS, so yeah, may be too late. You never know.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Well, I will in about a hundred days or so.

I think I'm going to blame my parents for this one. Because yeah, I did buy the second chinchilla, but my mother's the one who told me Emmett was a boy and if anybody were going to get at least that much right about a pet, it'd be her.

Of course, I'm the dumbass who can't sex a chinchilla, so ... *shrugs* (Well, NOW I can.)

[faithzan6el.livejournal.com]

Hi trollprincess. I'm Crystal, and have been checking out random journals on this very dull Monday night.
This entry made me laugh so hard I had to check out the rest of your journal. I wasn't surprised to find out the rest of the entries were just as interesting/funny as this one.
The offer is there if you want to add me back. :)
And best of luck with Elliot and Emmett.

[lilacsigil.livejournal.com]

Is there much of a market for baby chinchillas? Maybe enough profit to buy a futon?

[scottique.livejournal.com]

Did anybody at the pet store tell you that Emmett was a boy?

Because I'm thinking the solution is, "Look. You said she was a boy. Now she's going to have babies. Since you're the ones who got me into this, I'd appreciate it if you'd take the babies and sell them for me--or at the very least, just take them and sell them for yourselves."

You can't neuter a chinchilla, can you?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

My parents got Emmett for me for Christmas after I moved into the apartment. As far as they put it, I think they got him (well, her, I guess) from a breeder. In which case ... stupid breeder.

[ridicully]

Of course you can neuter a chinchilla. You can even neuter *mice* and other animals even smaller.
It's just not the most common procedure in the word and thus a bit more risky.

(Hi! I jump into any discussion mentioning animals and start to ramble at unsuspecting people. I'll shut up now. Sorry.)

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

So I guess you're going to call Emmett Emma from now on?

[riskygamble.livejournal.com]

lj comm=baaaaaaaabychinchillas?

*shifty eyes*

[malhablada.livejournal.com]

Are you familiar with C&C cages? All the rage in the guinea pig community, a place I've recently found myself.

You could make an absolutely enormous cage for about twenty five dollars. The only drawback is gathering the materials and building it, but I can tell you, the whole process makes a damn fine LJ post.

Look into it, seriously. Very inexpensive, and the best part is, the cages are very customizable, so you can easily change them later.

[malhablada.livejournal.com]

Just a heads up, though, I was poking around the forum and I hadn't realized how much chins like to chew. If you went with a C&C, you'd have to do some customization. Metal wire instead of zip ties, coroplast outside the cubes, that kind of thing. Might not be your best bet. :/

I've got a missexed pair of guinea pigs myself right now, and they had plenty of time together before the mistake was realized, so I know what you're going through.

[budclare.livejournal.com]

Well, if they're anything like hamsters, you probably would have noticed them having sex. And having sex. And having more sex. With a side of sex-having. Horny little bastards.

[katbcoll.livejournal.com]

Oh dude! Man, that just kinda... yeah.

So umm, if you end up with babies, you could always point to them and tell your mom "there's your grandkids." *shrugs*

I'm just trying really hard not to laugh because it's not funny and yet... it is.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Well, technically they'd be her great-grandkids. Which is kind of why I'm hoping at least a little bit that she is knocked up, because I don't really plan on telling my mom she got me a girl chinchilla by accident until I can call her up and say, "Guess what? You're a great-grandmother!"

I'm so evil. *snickers*

[katbcoll.livejournal.com]

Well, ya know, I was gonna suggest that too. *snerks*

Should that happen, I hope that you share the reaction.

[random-serious.livejournal.com]

Well, it's great you found out now, pre-babies.

[teenygozer.livejournal.com]

Surely there is a market for chinchillas? They are wonderful little creatures and a bit more exotic than hamsters. You could do a craigslist and LJ entry asking people who live in your area if they are interested.

Or you could always, you know...

Do something... Just. Plain. Wrong.