4everchins Ranch

  I have been focused on building my dwarf herd for few years now.  Our dwarf heard has grown quite bit in the last year. For now ONLY dwarf  females & a few normal dwarf carrier males. will be available to pet homes, as dwarf females can not breed because of the their size.  I will soon be adding more pics & info.

Dwarf History

Dwarf animals of any species are typically sterile. There are some fertile dwarfs that appear from time to time, however. One of the most prominent lines of fertile dwarfs being bred today originated at Pete and Sue Kiseskey’s ranch, PSK Chinchilla, of Southern California. In about 1989, a true dwarf standard male was littered by a normal violet female at PSK, and that dwarf later proved to be both fertile and to have a true recessive homozygous gene set for dwarfism. He had a large head, very large eyes, short legs, an extremely small round body, and a tail of only about 2 inches in length. He was also long lived and healthy. He was originally sold by Sue Kiseskey at the age of about 6 or 7 to Gaby Scheidig of Southern California for a very modest price. Under her ownership, he produced a single pre-term kit, possibly mummified, out of a miniature non-dwarf standard female. But, he proved himself to be fertile. Not being interested in becoming a chinchilla breeder herself, Gaby finally resold the dwarf to a mutation breeder in Encinitas, California who had expressed a continued interest in having him. It was there that he successfully produced viable offspring, although being a true recessive gene, the first generation was all of normal size. When inbred the second generation, and when line-bred in subsequent generations, dwarfs reappeared. Many of those dwarfs and carriers have gone on to other breeders, and have also proven to be fertile. It is my understanding, however, that dwarf females of this line have littering problems, so only dwarf males or dwarf carrier males should be used on dwarf carrier females to safely produce dwarfs.

Here are some of our dwarf's chinchillas!

Boo is black velvet.

Teddy Sr. is beige.