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Are you looking for an easier means of retrieving your chinchilla from across the country or a few states away? Shipping chinchillas can be stressful and heat exposure prevents shipping during warm months. The Chinchilla Railroad can help bring your chin closer to home! This list of volunteers allows you to bring your pet home without spending hundreds of dollars on shipping. For the price of a tank of gas (give or take), you can have someone who is familiar with chinnies help you get your new little one from point A to point B. I will not arrange transportation for you. Use the contact information below to organize transportation. Please keep in mind that many of these people have full time jobs and may only be available on the weekends.
PLEASE NOTE: Some volunteer information has been lost. If you have volunteered to be part of the railroad and your information does not appear below, please resubmit your information. I apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your willingness to help!
The Chinchilla Railroad was originally started on a chinchilla message board by Jessica in New Mexico. It has been placed on The CHINformation Organization as a means of easier access to direct information.
If you are not on this list but would like to be or if your information needs to be removed or corrected, please fill out this form with the full details.
The map below is interactive. Click on the state you need your chinchilla transported in and it will take you to each person who might be available to assist in that particular state.
South Carolina
Kindra
Location: NC
Travel: VA, WV, SC, and into GA
kmammone2@mindspring.com
Ann Baker
Location: Greenville, SC
Travel: SC, NC, TN, and possibly GA
eadyson@hotmail.com
Carrie Currin
Location: Fayetteville, NC
Travel: VA, NC, and SC
good_elizabeth@hotmail.com
910-822-3141
Elizabeth Safford
Location: Raleigh, NC
Travel: Within NC, to VA and SC, and occassionally to WI.
lizsafford@hotmail.com
919-219-6844
Kayla Vorse
Location: Fayetteville, NC
Travel: Willing to deliver within NC, SC, VA, TN, and GA area. Travels often.
Lsknc@hotmail.com
910-322-0638
South Dakota
Peggy Jakopak
Location: Avon, SD
Travel: Can transport for two hours in any direction from home, including to the IA and NE borders. Also may be able to arrange for transport to Rapid City, Winona, MN, Valentine, NE, and to Colorado, depending on time.
tunes@direcway.com
Karla Summers
Location: Box Elder, SD
Travel: Approximately a couple of hours in any direction.
summers58@rap.midco.net
605-923-9007
Jessica Bartunek
Location: Omaha, NE
Travel: Two hours in any direction (Sioux Falls, SD, Des Moines, IA, Kansas City, MO, and into central NE)
dracrats@yahoo.com
712-256-7713
Tennessee
Tara Wilkerson
Location: Elizabethtown, KY
Travel: In KY and to Southern Indiana and Northern Tennessee
makeusmileii@aol.com
Amanda Payton
Location: Bowling Green, KY
Travel: Possibly up to four hours of travel, in KY to Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Huntsville, and central TN.
APayton250@aol.com
Ann Baker
Location: Greenville, SC
Travel: SC, NC, TN, and possibly GA
eadyson@hotmail.com
Jessica Waldrop
Location: Cookeville, TN
Travel: Throughout TN on Mondays and Tuesdays with some Wednesdays possible
jnwaldrop21@tntech.edu
865-250-8248
Sheri Moore
Location: Mt. Juliet, TN
Travel: Within a 150 mile radius of Nashville
smoores@deloitte.com
615-977-2384
Kayla Vorse
Location: Fayetteville, NC
Travel: Willing to deliver within NC, SC, VA, TN, and GA area. Travels often.
Lsknc@hotmail.com
910-322-0638
Sarah Foshie
Location: Greeneville, TN
Travel: 2 hours in any direction. Work schedule can be a little challenging but will try hard to help.
csgems@yahoo.com
Texas
Melinda
Location: Decatur, TX
Travel: Up to two hours in any direction from Dallas/Fort Wort
countrychinchillas@hotmail.com
Kristi
Location: Shrevepost, LA
Travel: North to Central Louisiana, possibly to the Arkansas border, and from Shreveport to Houston or Longview, Texas
cypresspets@hotmail.com
Carla Wilkins
Location: Mexia, Texas
Travel: Two hours in any direction from Mexia (to Houston, Dallas, and Austin). Possible travel from Mexia to Shreveport/Bossier City, LA
carla@glade.net
Elizabeth Ordonez
Location: El Paso, TX
Travel: To Las Cruces, NM, and Alamogordo, NM, or any location or neighboring town within a two hour drive
sunwestemb@yahoo.com
Penny Ghinaudo
Location: San Antonio, TX
Travel: Throughout Texas
paghinaudo@yahoo.com
Jeremy Partin
Location: Houston, TX
Travel: Within a 100 mile radius of Houston. Sometimes Baton Rouge, LA.
partinjeremy@yahoo.com
281-678-5009
Ellen Smith
Location: Austin, TX
Travel: Will Travel within a 2 to 3 hour radius to San Antonio, Waco, Ft. Hood, and Houston.
kastlestara@hotmail.com
Starla Arceneaux
Location: Gonzales, LA
Travel: Anywhere within LA. Sometimes Houston, TX.
starla777@eatel.net
225-614-1976
Utah
June Brown
Location: San Jose, CA
Travel: Depending on the situation and time of year, CA, OR, AZ, UT, and ID. Always looking to carpool to Empress and MCBA events in NorCal, SoCal, and ID.
chinnierr@yresim.com (Please put "chinchilla" in the subject to avoid being filtered.)
Amy Miramontes
Location: Pocatello, ID
Travel: UT, MT, NV, and OR
pinknblack@gmail.com
Vermont
Nikki DeSarno
Location: Vermont
Travel: VT, NH, and NW NY
NikSawyer@aol.com
Holly and Scott Wheeler
Location: Wareham, MA
Travel: NH, VT, RI, CT and MA
hpooh4@earthlink.net
508-295-0247
Tracy Byers
Location: Wells River, VT
Travel: VT, NH, Plattsburgh to Lake George, NY, northern MA, possibly western ME
vtmens@yahoo.com
Virginia
Desiree
Location: Baltimore, MD
Travel: From Baltimore to PA, Southern NJ, DE, Washington D.C., Northern VA, and Eastern WV
bluewater_dropp@hotmail.com
Kindra
Location: NC
Travel: VA, WV, SC, and into GA
kmammone2@mindspring.com
Cathie McCall
Location: Stafford, VA
Travel: Northern Virginia
mccalls@adelphia.net
Carrie Currin
Location: Fayetteville, NC
Travel: VA, NC, and SC
good_elizabeth@hotmail.com
910-822-3141
Lura Davis
Location: Shady Side, MD
Travel: Around MD and possible up to PA and VA.
xxnewportbabixx@yahoo.com
443-871-1246
Kimberly Reeves
Location: Dewitt, VA
Travel: VA, NC, MD and occasionally PA.
chemdragonx1@netzero.net
804-469-3142
Elizabeth Safford
Location: Raleigh, NC
Travel: Within NC, to VA and SC, and occassionally to WI.
lizsafford@hotmail.com
919-219-6844
Ann Marie Cassada
Location: Chesterfield, VA
Travel: Richmond and surrounding areas
maricassada@comcast.net
Hannah Moats
Location: Richmond, VA
Travel: To NY and FL
Cute_Chilanga@comcast.net
Kayla Vorse
Location: Fayetteville, NC
Travel: Willing to deliver within NC, SC, VA, TN, and GA area. Travels often.
Lsknc@hotmail.com
910-322-0638
Washington
Maricel Pena
Location: Bellingham, WA
Travel: Up to three hours, to British Columbia, Canada, and within Washington state.
razzledazzlebee@hotmail.com
Matt Saavedra
Location: Seattle, WA
Travel: Puget Sound area
mattsaavedra@earthlink.net
425-894-3161
West Virginia
Kindra
Location: NC
Travel: VA, WV, SC, and into GA
kmammone2@mindspring.com
Desiree
Location: Baltimore, MD
Travel: From Baltimore to PA, Southern NJ, DE, Washington D.C., Northern VA, and Eastern WV
bluewater_dropp@hotmail.com
Tracy Barss
Location: Frederick, MD
Travel: MD, Washington D.C., Southern PA, and Eastern/Northern WV
scubakitty@erols.com
Eve Hoernlein
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Travel: From Pittsburg to Philly or possibly NJ, OH, and WV.
eve2@earthlink.net
Leah Hoffman
Location: Williamson, WV
Travel: A couple hours in any direction.
chickydawg_42@yahoo.com
Annie Joseph
Location: Wheeling, WV
Travel: To Buckhannon (WV), Pittsburgh (PA) and a few hours past, Columbus (OH), and parts of MD. Anywhere within a few hours of home. Can also transport cages and supplies.
blacksettingsun@comcast.net
304-242-1215
Wisconsin
Nicole' Z
Location: Kenosha, WI
Travel: From Milwaukee, WI, to Chicago, IL
z1908@execpc.com
Meg Mantyh
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Travel: From Milwaukee, WI, north three hours (to Green Bay) & west three hours (around the Minnesota border) & south to the Illinois border
megmantyh@juno.com or mmantyh@cpg.mcw.edu
Camille
Location: Twin Cities, MN
Travel: Willing to travel 2 to 3 hours in any direction, upper Iowa, Western Wisconsin, and parts of Minnesota
cmgangelhoff@aol.com
Victoria Malthe
Location: Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Travel: West to Twin Cities, South to Rockford (IL), East to Green Bay, and North to Wausau
purplechinchillas@hotmail.com
715-424-4203
Liz Safford
Location: Birnamwood, WI
Travel: Anywhere in WI to IL, MI, and MN
lilbandit0012@yahoo.com
715-216-4142
Deanna Mattek
Location: Racine, WI
Travel: Willing to travel 1 and 1/2 hours in any direction
dlmattek@netzero.net
Karla J. Grimes
Location: Thomasboro, IL
Travel: All of IL, Southern WI, East St. Louis (MO) and Western IN
pocketpetsrescue@yahoo.com
217-643-2236
Elizabeth Safford
Location: Raleigh, NC
Travel: Within NC, to VA and SC, and occassionally to WI
lizsafford@hotmail.com
919-219-6844
Chris Bradley
Location: Streamwood, IL (Chicago suburb)
Travel: Throughout IL, Southern WI, Northwest IN, and occasionally IA
Spazzie416@yahoo.com
847-385-1351
Wyoming
CANADA
Lisa
Location: BC
Travel: From the US/CAD border at Blaine or Peace Arch to anywhere in the Lower Mainland, to the ferries, or to Kamloops
lisa@pets-on-the-net.com
Devin Manky
Location: Vancouver, BC
Travel: From Vancouver to Seattle, WA
d_manky@hotmail.com
Maricel Pena
Location: Bellingham, WA
Travel: Up to three hours, to British Columbia, Canada, and within Washington state.
razzledazzlebee@hotmail.com
Barb Smith
Location: Ottawa, ON
Travel: From the US border at Cornwall/Prescott to Ottawa, to Montreal (Quebec) or border crossings between Ottawa and Montreal. Travel to Toronto, Kingston, and the Niagara area or other parts of Southern ON may also be possible.
smithouse1@sympatico.ca
Christine Tyler
Location: Detroit, MI
Travel: Two hour radius from Detroit (Ohio, Indiana) and to Canadian border
christinet@insurer.com
Chantal Boily
Location: Cambridge, ON
Travel: May be able to transport between London, Windsor, Stratford, KW - Cambridge, Guelph, Mississauga, Toronto, Barrie, and Oshawa. Also willing to act as a stopover point for chinchillas en route.
ceboily@rogers.com
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