Canadian Chinchilla Rescue

We have an ongoing Go Fund me. Please consider donating as we have had so many costs this year. 

Ongoing COVID Procedures:

Due to covid we aren't having people enter our foster homes. This has made for a different way to do adoptions but we must all be safe during this time. Therefore, we will send pics and videos of chinchillas and on the adoption day you arrive at the foster home and hand over a carrier. Your new chinchilla is then brought outside to you. 

All rescues and shelters are very full fight now and we are no different. Please be patient when sending an email. I do my very best! 

Our wait list is very full. We have been unable to take any chins due to the number in our care. If you have an emergency please contact us. 

Donations needed the most are:

Oxbow Chinchilla Pellets

Timothy Hay

Aspen Shavings

Dust

You can paypal or emt donations of money directly to: [email protected]

You can see our Amazon Wish list here:

Chinchilla Wish List

OR you can contact Zoey and Lilo`s Toybox to make any kind of donation from their site:

Zoey and Lilo`s

Don`t forget to like our Chinchilla Appreciation Day page on facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/chinchillaappreciationday

We have a referral link for you to purchase items from Quality Cage. WE LOVE their products and the chin spin is my favourite wheel to put in the chin cages! Quality Cage

The Canadian Chinchilla Rescue is a foster home-based rescue in Southern Ontario.  While most of our rescues are in the GTA, we have had fosters homes across Canada.  For the time being we will be sticking with the GTA as it is much more manageable.  We currently have foster homes in Mississauga, North York, and Toronto. 

Should you wish to be a foster home please check out of our fostering page.

Lots of great info on the site, including up to date chinchillas looking for their FURever homes.  

Donations:  If you want to help out the rescue you can do so a few ways:

you can donate to our vet fund here at our Canada Helps Page

Or we have our Paypal donate button above.

We also have a new campaign to raise funds through indiegogo's Generosity Page;

Chinchilla Rescue Donation Page

Lastly we have created a wish list on Amazon:

Chinchilla Wish List

If you have any items you wish to donate you can always email us as well: [email protected]

Owner Surrenders:

If you need to surrender your chinchilla, contact us and we can let you know when we have a spot. Our waitlist is currently full. 

[email protected] 

Please note: shelters will bump anyone waiting for a spot. As well any chinchillas formally adopted by CCR will bump the wait list. 

There are many ways you can help if you are not able to foster or adopt.  

You can email us if you have a donation of chinchilla items or want to send us a donation directly [email protected] 

We also have a long list of items we are always in need of.  

Not sure about owning a chinchilla? Or thinking of getting a chinchilla, you should check out our info site: Owning Chinchillas 

It will go over the pros and cons of owning a chinchilla and help you decide if a chinchilla is the right pet for you. 

We get a lot of emails about volunteering for the rescue. Because all the chinchillas are fostered in private homes, it's not the same as a shelter.  We do need volunteers to help transport chinchillas, pick up donations, take pictures of the rescues, help at events and help on social media.  If you can do any of that, please email us: [email protected]