Available Chinchillas

I am located in San Antonio, Texas, about 2.5 hours west of Houston and 4 hours south of Dallas/Ft. Worth.

Updated March 28th 2024
(318) 405-1163 or Email
Please Text or leave a message.
I accept Cash, Apple Pay and Zelle.


I will hold a chinchilla up to 7 days with a $50 deposit. Babies can be held for 7 days after the posted availability date.
*Please see pickup/transport notes at bottom.


I am making weekly trips between San Antonio and Fort Worth in March/April 2024 and can meet along the way.
$500 Boy Super plush medium ebony boy. He's potty trained and puts up with being cuddled, looks pure black from the top but is 50 shades of gray underneath. He is not related to the mahogany group and would make a great breeder or pet. 7 months old.
$600 Boy Black Velvet bred by Bobby's chinchillas. This guy gets along great with everyone, is potty trained, gentle and super chill. He is unfortunately still growing and an absolute unit of solid muscle and can no longer fit in my runs without injuring himself trying. If you colony breed he would be a great asset, otherwise he will be a fantastic (huge) pet. He has very dense short fur and was shown in WI in 2022. He was born June 6th 2021 and I am happy to provide an extended pedigree - he is MVCR on the dam's side and Shoots/6Oaks on the sire's side. I showed one of his standard daughters at Nationals last weekend and she took a first. Would be willing to consider trades for equally nice pedigreed males from a strep-free herd.
$800 Boy Mosaic - this little guy is one of my favorites, he gets along great with others and has been in a colony but has not developed testes. Once he gets to know you he is super loving, you can scratch him all over and he makes the funniest faces. He is exceptionally plush and soft, potty trained, really a joy to be around and play with. Very easy to train - he loves treats and is willing to perform for them.
$700 Boy Dark Ebony baby boy, just weaned. Out of the one eared ebony dad above. Sweet little guy, likes to run and play.
$900 Girl - Pure black "homo" ebony baby girl, just weaned. She is the full sister to the above boy, top show quality. Not showing any mahogany traits yet but carries it. Her fur is very shiny and soft and like gazing into a deep black hole. She will probably end up very large.
$1000 Boy Very striking white violet poss. sc baby boy. Very bright airy color and is a very sweet energetic little guy. He will be available mid April 2024.


You are welcome to contact me at chinpoo@sunsetchinchillas.com or call/text (318) 405-1163 to set up a time to visit and pick up a chinchilla. All of my baby chinchillas are played with daily though they are still very energetic and wiggly.

*Due to covid and very prolific Strep A/bacterial bronchitis I am meeting people outside. If you want a chinchilla, let me know which one and I will do my best to describe him/her to you. I am not allowing people to handle them then hand them back and leave - chinchillas can get the respiratory part of covid and bacterial infections just like any other mammal and I do not want to infect myself or the rest of my pets.

Due to the intense Texas heat please understand that I may rush you to put the chin (especially babies) directly into your vehicle so they can stay cool. I am happy to stand and chat as long as you like but they need to stay below 75 degrees.

Thank you for your understanding.


Current payment methods are Cash (preferred), Apple Pay or Zelle. If you choose to pay as services and goods I am required to charge applicable sales tax of 8.25%.

I will hold a chinchilla for 7 days with a non-refundable deposit of $50. This counts towards the total purchase price. After 7 days the chinchilla will be made available on the website again.

I do work full time so please be patient. This is a hobby I greatly enjoy at my home, not a business.

All chins must be picked up in person or you can arrange a transporter. Examples of the transporters people use are USHIP Pets and Citizen Shipper. It is up to the buyer to arrange and pay for these services, previous customers have been quoted $20-$400 depending on distance.


Once you find a transporter you can ask if they provide carriers - many do. You can also have one shipped to me, please include a water bottle if the chinchilla will be on the transport more than 12 hours. The transporters usually contact me to schedule a pickup time and we will go from there. Carriers need to be hard sided cat carriers, or if it is more than a 3 day trip they MUST BE ALL METAL. Chinchillas eat plastic and when they get bored and on long trips they chew right through those carriers. Bunnyrabbit.com Makes metal carriers. Any small wire cage with wire spacing 1" x 1" or less is acceptable.

* I can with 99% certainty ID via photo any chinchilla I have ever produced. Over time and generations the herd is shaped to characteristics I find appealing, especially in the head, the ears size/shape, width between the ears and eyes, color/hue etc. It becomes so uniform within a breeder's herd we can go to a show of 500 animals and point and say "That's a Mark Miller chinchilla" or "That's a Sunset Chinchillas animal" because we've unconsciously done this over so many decades. So while said chinchilla may not be from me there is a chance I can tell you where it is from, this includes pet store chins. The last two years most pet store animals have been supplied from the Czech Republic fur farms and have a very distinct look. When you produce pelts all animals -literally- need to look the same, and those do!




What determines a chinchilla's price?
It comes down to how keen I am on the chinchilla leaving. Sometimes they start high and drop in price if they aren't turning out nice enough to show. Sometimes they turn out so nice I decide to keep them.
-Show Quality
-Have they escaped and/or let others out recently
-Gender - chinchillas always produce more boys than girls so I almost always have a lot of boys for sale.
-Color



Cute Violet Baby



Below is a list of the chinchilla colors that can be born here;



Standard Gray - light to extra dark
Black Velvet
Hetero Ebony Chinchilla
Homo Ebony Chinchilla(+sc)(+vc)
Tan or Chocolate Chinchilla
Tov Tan Chinchilla
Mosaic Chinchilla(+sc)(+vc)
Tov Mosaic Chinchilla(+sc)(+vc)
Ebony White Chinchilla (+TOV)
Tan White Chinchilla (+TOV)
Beige Chinchilla (+sc)
Brown Velvet Chinchilla
Homo Tan Chinchilla
Pinkwhite Chinchilla (+TOV)
Violet Chinchilla (+sc)
Beige Violet Chinchilla
Beige Sapphire Chinchilla
White Violet Chinchilla(+sc)
Sapphire Chinchilla (+vc)
Tov Sapphire Chinchilla (+vc)
Blue Diamond Chinchillas (Pure US/Frazier lines plus some Denmark lineage)

(+sc) = Sapphire carrier
(+vc) = Violet carrier
(+TOV) = Touch of Velvet, short hand for Black Velvet
bdc = Blue Diamond carrier
bpc = Black Pearl carrier
rpac = Recessive Angora carrier.