Date of Birth:   3-25-2002

Mother:  Vendela (RAC - FH97) (Standard Grey)
Father:  (RAC - MX173) (Standard Grey)

Mother's Mother:  (RAC -   FC102)
Mother's Father:  (RAC -  MC101)

Father's Mother:  (RAC - FT131)
Father's Father:  (RAC - MT41) 

Adopted on:  6-28-2003
Adopted from:  "1WYO" - Wyoming

Babies:

Freda - Black Velvet Female

Date Died: 3-16-2014

Cause of Death:

I am in shock right now.  I have had Wren here for nearly 11 years and I can't believe she is gone.  While 12 years is a pretty good age for a rodent to live, I wish it were 20 or 30 years.  This morning Wren was fine, she was playing with some younger chins and having a great time bouncing around.  At around 11:00 am she started acting a little off.  I had to pick up some rescue chins at around 1 om, so I left her and her two cagemates (both around 3 months old) and thought I would come back and see what I could do to help her.  When I arrived at home at around 2 pm she was gone.  Normally when this type of thing happens we can be assured it was a stroke or a heart condition. 

Wren was a happy chin.  If nothing else could be said about her, it could be said that she was joyous.  There wasn't a mean bone in her little body!  I put her with young baby chins the last 7 years and she did a wonderful job serving as a mother and a teacher to them after they were weaned

Last night she played with her girls and shared her treat with them.  I just can't believe that she is gone!  At least I know she had her little girls around her when she passed away, and she was loved and happy.  I think she waited for me to leave to let go.  This is still such a shock as I read this.   Losing chinchillas is so hard, it hurts very much.  But, losing a chinchilla like Wren is unbelievably difficult.  It seems like she has always been here and always would be.

I am heartbroken.