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Are you looking for a location near you that takes in rescue chinchillas? Do you think that adopting a rescue chin and giving it a forever home is a good option for you? Are you searching for a rescue organization to donate money or time? Chinchilla Rescues can help. This list of volunteers allows you to find someone near you who is familiar with chinnies to possibly take in rescues or provide you with a rescue chin. Use the contact information below to get in touch with rescuers near you. These people have volunteered to assist when it is possible. Not all volunteers listed are guaranteed to have space available at all times. Rescues that come with cages and food may be easier to place. Please contact these volunteers directly. Transportation may be arranged through rescue volunteers or through The Chinchilla Railroad. This information has been placed on The CHINformation Organization as a means of easier access to direct information. The CHINformation Organization cannot guarantee care for animals placed in rescue. It is your responsibility to determine whether or not the rescuer you contact is fit to take in an animal.
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 where you would like to find a rescue location and it will take you to each person who might be available to assist in that particular state. If you do not find a rescue location in your state, please check the surrounding states for possible locations.
Alabama
Tammy Sellers
Location: Salem, AL
Email: vapair1@yahoo.com
Phone: 334-745-5389
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Willing to provide a forever home or foster until a forever home can be found.
John and Tammy Knight
Location: Georgiana, AL
Site: Chinchilla Knights
Email: jknight@greenlynk.com
Phone: 334-376-5301
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Will need to know if there are concerns about the chin and reasons it is being left.
Willing to meet a short distance from home.
Thais C. Copeland
Location: Mobile, AL
Email: tc2loveanimals@yahoo.com
Phone: 251-633-6367 or 251-422-6652
Other animals: Barred tiger salamanders, golfish, koys, parrakeets, any kind of parrot, and guinea pigs
Lindsay Mercer
Location: Birmingham, AL
Email: Imurholidae@aol.com
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Will take in any chinchilla.
Billy Gutierrez
Location: Wilmer, AL
Email: b_bchins@hughes.net
Phone: 251-610-3633
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Will take in any chinchilla.
Other animals: Birds
Heather G.
Location: Troy, AL
Email: hblgar@gmail.com
Other animals: Guinea pigs
Alaska
Tristan Thon-Hough
Location: Anchorage, AK
Email: chinchillas_ak@yahoo.com
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Willing to provide loving, healthy, forever homes for chinchillas. Chinchillas will not be adopted out.
Other animals: Will consider rabbits and some livestock
Arizona
Susan Leonetti
Location: Sahuarita, AZ
Site: AZ Chins Rescue
Email: chinnies@azchins.com
Phone: 520-399-3697
Jessica Graziano
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Email: jessica_graziano@hotmail.com
Other animals: Puppies, kittens, turtles, fish, birds, sugar gliders, and more
Vanessa Costanzo
Location: Tempe, AZ
Email: vcostanzo@juno.com
Phone: 480-688-8283
Other animals: Tortoises and box turtles
Samantha Peterson
Location: Tucson, AZ
Site: Desert Chinchillas
Email: desertchinchillas@yahoo.com
Phone: 520-245-2773
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Will take in any unwanted or special needs chinchillas.
Arkansas
Brandy Bentley
Location: Ratcliff, AR
Email: my_funny_farm@yahoo.com
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Will find or provide forever homes for rescues.
Other animals: Small animals such as hamsters, cats, dogs, reptiles, birds, horses, etc.
Kristen Carey Turner
Location: St. Joe, AR
Email: kristen@ritternet.com
Phone: 870-439-2921
Specifics regarding taking in chins: No shipping.
Other animals: Livestock, exotics, small mammals, birds and reptiles. Wildlife for rehabilitation.
Jan Taylor
Location: Magazine, AR
Email: luckybug63@hotmail.com
Phone: 479-849-5254
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Help for unwanted chins in Western Arkansas.
Christy Swindall
Location: Siloam Springs, AR
Email: furrificpets@earthlink.net
Phone: 479-238-1672 (Call after 6pm)
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Will take in chins and provide love and attention until a forever home is found.
Other animals: Sugargliders, hamsters, hedgehogs, other small exotics
Teena Crabb
Location: Harrison, AR
Email: teena72601@yahoo.com
Phone: 870-741-1268
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Can travel, if needed.
Other animals: Sugargliders and some hamsters, space permitting.
Chris Gibbany
Location: Harrison, AR
Site: Got Hedgehogs Breeding and Rescue
Email: cgibbany@yahoo.com
Phone: 870-429-6652
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Can take in chinchillas to get them to other organizations specializing in chinchillas.
Other animals: Specializing in hedgehogs and hedgehog rescue with over 10 years experience
Tiffany Woodard
Location: Clarksville, AR
Email: Duo_Maxewell@yahoo.com
Phone: 479-774-8594
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Willing to take in any chin until a forever home is found.
Other animals: Ferrets, cats, small dogs, birds of all kinds, rats, and sugar gliders
California
Shehla Khan
Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
Email: babycakes1752@hotmail.com
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Can take in some chinchillas to give them a forever home. Can also take in chinchillas as foster until a forever home is found.
Other animals: Can take in several kinds of small animals. Contact for more information.
Christina and Mike Hertzig
Location: Sacramento, CA
Site: lovechinchillas.com
Email: christina@lovechinchillas.com
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Can take in any chinchilla needing a home. Serious medical issues will be taken on an individual basis. Aggressive and fur chewing chinchillas okay.
Other animals: Other small caged animals as space allows
Sandra Childress
Location: Ramona, CA
Email: sandra.childress@gmail.com
Phone: 619-865-8255
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Must relinquish cage, feed, and all accessories. Prefer assistance with re-homing without taking in of chinchilla as this is significantly less stressful to your chin.
Susan Phelan
Location: North San Diego, CA
Email: phelansu@adelphia.net
Phone: 760-603-0524
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Patient with sick and mistreated animals.
Other animals: Any smaller animals that do not require outside leash exercise
Brandon Armstrong
Location: Carson, CA
Email: Javystrong@peoplepc.com
Phone: 310-516-0072
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Willing to take in chinchillas that are not sick and provide a forever home.
Other animals: Some birds and other caged animals
Mary Yun
Location: Orange County, CA
Email: maryhyun@hotmail.com
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Will take in a chin for temporary or forever. Must be friendly. Minor health problems are OK. Very patient.
Amanda Bare
Location: Santa Clarita, CA
Email: caretodream2004@aol.com
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Can be a forever home. Will help as much as possible.
Other animals: Most small animals or reptiles
Heidi Ly
Location: Elk Grove, CA
Site: Fuzzbutt Chins
Email: Heidi55529@aol.com
Phone: 916-752-8106
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Willing to take in chinchillas or foster until a permanent home is found.
Other animals: Other small animals
Walita Powell
Location: Pittsburg, CA
Email: nyghtsong@yahoo.com
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Willing to take in rescued chins and provide a forever home.
Dawn Hofer
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Site: ChinchillaRescue.org
Email: dhofer9437@aol.com
Phone: 650-367-8517
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Will take in all rescues and place into one of many foster homes.
Tina Mischke
Location: North Highlands, CA
Site: Birds and Dogs.com
Email: pro2ter@yahoo.com
Phone: 916-216-5997
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Can take a few males.
Other animals: Anything that can live in a cage in an air conditioned room
Anmarie Oliver
Location: Paso Robles, CA
Email: anemke1@hotmail.com
Phone: 805-712-6821
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Will take in any chins that need foster homes, permanent homes, or that are in need of veterinary care.
Other animals: Other small, unwanted animals needing homes, including birds
Mikael Ohlsen
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Email: aandmchin@yahoo.com
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Will take in a chin temporarily or forever. Does not have to be friendly. Health problems are OK. Very patient.
Other animals: Email to discuss
Bea Heller
Location: Fountain Valley, CA
Site: Chinchilla Rescue OC
Email: DrBHeller@yahoo.com
Phone: 714-898-0515
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Quarantine cages available for both males and females.
Avi Walker
Location: Marysville, CA
Email: aviwalker@comcast.net
Phone: 916-804-6695
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Willing to take in healthy chins, but will consider those with serious illness on an individual basis. In the Sacramento area weekly and can pick up when there.
Erin Cutter
Location: Alpine, CA
Email: eccutter@cox.net
Phone: 619-722-6393
Vera Rodriguez
Location: Ojai, CA
Email: xaviera.rodriguez.cpt1@gmail.com
Phone: 805-574-9185
Colorado
Libby Stone
Site: International Placement Coordinators for Chinchilla Rescue and Re-Homing
Email: rescue@thedustbath.com
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Cannot take in chinchillas, but can assist others in finding other homes.
Lori Petersen
Location: Arvada, CO
Email: petersen16@msn.com
Phone: 303-423-0382
Sabrina Szatkowski
Location: Denver, CO
Email: falloutkit@yahoo.com
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Cages prefered, but not required.
Other animals: Hedgehogs, sugar gliders, and guinea pigs.
Connecticut
Andrea Kundrotas/Forever Feisty Chinchilla Rescue
Location: Enfield, CT
Site: Forever Feisty Chinchilla Rescue
Email: foreverfeistychins@sbcglobal.net
Phone: 860-844-0511
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Will take in chins in need of a good home. Good health preferred, but most health issues are not a problem. Behavioral problems such as shyness, fur chewing, spraying, etc. are acceptable. No breeding or selling of animals. Will pick up chins in CT, MA, RI, NH, and VT.
Brenda
Location: Canterbury, CT
Email: crookedacreschinchillas@yahoo.com
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Will foster chins that are in DESPERATE need of a temporary home. Unable to travel far, so chins must be delivered or a meeting can be arranged at a nearby location.
Elsje Smart
Location: Stafford, CT
Email: elsje.smart@gmail.com
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Willing to provide a forever home or foster until a forever home can be found.
Other animals: Would be willing to take in a hedgehog
Patty McDermott
Location: Middletown, CT
Email: monkeychickens1@yahoo.com
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Willing to take chinchillas, get them healthy, and possibly place them in new homes.
Melissa Mastroni
Location: Huntington, CT
Site: C&C Chinchilla Rescue and Rehabilitation
Email: ccrescueandrehab@aol.com
Phone: 203-913-4534
Delaware
Dana Hartzfeld
Location: Dover, DE
Email: dbest19901@yahoo.com or dhartz@newszap.com
Other animals: Possibly open to taking in other small animals
Teena Rice
Location: Laurel, DE
Email: teensaweez@aol.com
Hope Habitat Small Animal Rescue, Inc.
Location: Milton, DE
Site: Hope Habitat Small Animal Rescue
Email: generalinfo@hopehabitat.org
Phone: 302-684-5099
Other animals: Non-profit group also able to take in rabbits, ferrets, guinea pigs, hedgehogs, mice, rats, birds, gerbils, hamsters, degus, sugargliders, birds, fish, and some reptiles/amhpibians
Florida
Elizabeth Whitt
Location: Perry, FL
Email: Lightsey.Jazbel@mail.dc.state.fl.us
Phone: 850-578-2144
Lindsay Evans
Location: Floral City, FL
Site: Florida Chinchilla Rescue
Email: flchinchillarescue@earthlink.net
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Will accept any chinchilla, no matter behavior or medical need.
Chrystal Draper
Location: Beaufort, SC, but willing to travel to parts of FL to assist
Email: chrystald82@yahoo.com
Phone: 843-379-2277
Specifics regarding taking in chins: If you have any unwanted chins or chins that you just can't take care of for any reason, please email or call. Willing to drive to parts of SC, NC, GA, and FL.
Other animals: Sugar gliders and ferrets
Michelle Palazzolo
Location: Mulberry, FL
Site: J & M Chinchilla Rescue
Email: surge360@aol.com
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Willing to take in any chinchilla without major life threating diseases or disorders. Personality and behavior is not an issue. Network of people who are willing and able to help, including a local vet and breeder.
Jennifer Mcclelland
Location: Orlando, FL
Site: Sunshine Chinchillas
Email: minativegoblue@bellsouth.net
Phone: 407-207-0153
Specifics regarding taking in chins: Able to take in any chinchilla. Behavior problems or medical issues accepted.
Other animals: Gerbils, hamsters, spiny mice, and degus
Jackie La'Saine
Location: Orlando, FL
Email: j_lasaine@yahoo.com
Phone: 407-275-8082
Jessica Fee
Location: Spring Hill, FL (North of Tampa Bay)
Site: Arwen's Friends
Email: admin@arwensfriends.org
Alexandra Walker
Location: Tampa, FL
Email: Iruleufool6969@hotmail.com
Phone: 813-531-1665
Other animals: Lizards, turtles, snakes, frogs, and birds
Michelle Setele
Location: Jacksonville and Pensacola, FL
Site: The Chinchilla Rescue and Adoption Ranch
Email: TheChinRanch1@aol.com
Other animals: Sugar gliders and other small animals
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