The Chipmunk Wrangler

New chipmunk news!!!

2011-09-09T06:15:00.001Z

A lovely lady named Kim rescued this cute little one from her cat... he has an injured leg but seems to be doing very well... What a little cutie pie he is!!!!

This is the dilute baby male that I have for sale if anyone is looking for a chipmunk. I am selling him for £60.... he is ready this weekend.

2010-11-08T18:27:00.001Z

Hi.... it is winter now and my chippies are doing their winter thing... nesting and hiding food. Come back in the spring when they are thinking about making a new family.... I will be posting updates!!

all sold out

2010-08-11T07:04:00.000Z

All the babies have gone to their new families... should have more babies next spring!!!! It is a long wait but worth it. Contact me if you would like to be put on the waiting list.

Baby chipmunks and an adult female for sale

2010-08-05T06:01:00.002Z

I have two boys left ready to go to a new home...and one of my females who I am going to retire. She is only £30 if interested.

still got a few babies left and ready for homes

2010-05-22T06:17:00.003Z

Still got two boys and two girls
ready for homes now

please send an email to

julian.patti.tucker@gmail.com

mum and baby today

2010-05-12T18:58:00.000Z

There are still babies looking for homes

2010-05-12T05:38:00.003Z

I have two girls and a boy still looking for homes.... :0)

This is way too cute!!!

2010-05-12T05:27:00.003Z

http://www.chippychipmunk.com/

"Hi - I just found your website. I get a lot of children asking if they can have  a chipmunk
as a pet. I'll tell them to move to the U.K.! I'm the author and  photographer of "Chippy Chipmunk Parties in the Garden" which just won the Eric  Hoffer Award for Best Children's Book. It is currently up for another 3 award  nominations.
I thought you'd like to know about it since you are connected to  a lot of chipmunk fans. It is based on the antics of the photogenic Eastern  Chipmunk living in my garden. It is available from Amazon in the UK and Gazelle  Books is also my UK Distributor. Here's a link to the
website:

www.chippychipmunk.com

From one  Chippy admirer to another,
~ Kathy M. Miller"

Deposits via paypal

2010-05-10T05:50:00.002Z

From now on I am now going to request a deposit for chipmunks that have been reserved due to people cancelling their reservations. I work very hard to insure that I keep track of reservations and keep my end of the bargain. I will be setting up paypal for this .... thanks for understanding.

LOOK

2010-04-25T21:44:00.001Z

two girls are already spoken for.... but have three boys and two girls left!!!

Bummer

2010-03-21T13:09:00.002Z

Two babies died... from what I can tell it looks like they couldn't get milk... their little tumm tumms were empty :0(

Fingers crossed that my other female chippy is going to have a litter in a couple of weeks... fingers crossed!

BABIES!!!!

2010-03-21T10:12:00.001Z

Six beautiful babies were born yesterday morning... looks like at least 4 boys and 2 girls... but still really hard to tell when they are so young... the colours are not visible yet... but should be in a couple of days... I will take pics today if I can sneak some :0)

Any Day Now

2010-03-19T13:27:00.002Z

Oh my!!! Mama chippy is going to pop any time now... I can't wait to see how many she has!!!

yep...babies on the way

2010-03-06T09:43:00.001Z

One of my chipmunks is going to have babies in about two weeks time...and I just put my other female in w/ the male yesterday.... so she should be having babies in about a month.... yippee!!

Babies may be on the way

2010-02-08T08:37:00.001Z

My chipmunks were busy yesterday morning.... having a "special cuddle" time... so babies will probably be on the way in a month... I will keep you all posted.

All the babies have homes now

2009-10-05T09:33:00.003Z

Hi.... all my babies have new homes now...but keep checking back for updates on new litters. I expect to have two litters in the spring... but you never know what Mother Nature has up her sleeve. So keep an eye on this blog.

chipmunk babies having some lunch

2009-09-19T10:50:00.002Z

they are getting so big... poor mum is tired of them nursing and can't wait for them to be weaned

Chipmunks for sale

2009-09-18T10:45:00.001Z

I seem to be having a problem with my adverts getting on a search engine... hope this will help... maybe I put in the wrong search criteria... ?

baby chipmunks

2009-09-10T18:40:00.005Z

I checked them today and their eyes have opened now!!!!

Four weeks and they will be ready to go!

Sorry but I don't ship my chippies... I can deliver them within a few miles... contact me for more into if you need to make arrangements

Patti

julian.patti.tucker@gmail.com

Three new babies

2009-08-30T17:18:00.002Z

Hi everyone... I have three new babies... two agouti females and one dilute male. They will be ready in about 6 weeks from now... so if you are interested please let me know ASAP. They are still only £40 each... both of the girls can be sold together ...but the male can only go on his own.

Meet Binty

2009-06-14T06:48:00.003Z

Binty belongs to Emily who got Binty for her birthday this year. Emily sent me these pictures of Binty in her new home. I think she looks really happy and her cage set up is wonderful. I love the pic of her in her hammock. I think I may get a couple them them for my chipmunks. Binty was the last baby chipmunk to go to her new home this year... I miss her but she couldn't have gotten a better mum than Emily. Thanks Emily for sending me these pics, they are fab.

ps... Binty is the baby chipmunk in the post below...she was the one her dad would always kidnap... she has always been special.

running around with babies

2009-06-01T10:12:00.002Z

Sometimes the mum and chipmunks will take their new babies in their mouth and run around the cage with them... all of mine have. I don't know why they do it and it does look brutal. I have only had one baby get a slight injury from this...but it was a bit of a different situation. The dad chipmunk wanted a baby of his own... and would kidnap one certain little female baby time after time and hid her in a sock I had hanging in the cage. Somehow he gave her a little cut on her back... but it healed up with no problem. I remedied the problem by taking the sock out of their cage... and of course I would have to rescue her and put her back w/ mum... normally if your chipmunk parents run around w/ the babies just leave them alone... they put them back.

LOL!

2009-05-06T20:37:00.001Z

Chipmunk Trooper Whisperer

all chipmunks are sold now

2009-05-05T19:06:00.001Z

watch this space for future litters... hopefully sometime this summer.

type of carrier you will need... :o) I also have a couple of chipmunks for sale

2009-04-26T12:53:00.004Z

This is Chai my favourite chipmunk who is also not a good mum (she ate her first two children from her first litter)...

I now have one dilute male and one agouti female that are for sale. Please e mail me for more details at julian.patti.tucker@gmail.com

This is the chipmunk carrier that I use for mine. When you come to get your new baby or babies you will need something like this... I also used this one as a hospital for my grandma chipmunk (Chippy) who was very poorly for about two weeks to keep her safe and quiet until she was well.

out of the nest now

2009-04-25T09:44:00.001Z

only a few more weeks until they are ready to go to their new homes

chipmunk info

2009-04-08T16:11:00.002Z

Hi... I have had a load of questions recently.... lol.

Chipmunks are really great pets and very hardy. They are not cuddly and they can and usually will bite if they are frightened or mishandled.

Chipmunks usually have about 2-3 litters a year but from my experience that is just a loose figure... my oldest chipmunk had 5 in one year and I had to separate her from her husband to give her a break.

They usually have between 3 and 6 per litter.

They are pregnant for a month.

The babies open their eyes and ears at one month old and start to come out of the nest....and are ready to go to new homes at two months of age.

There is one thing I forgot to mention in a response to what they eat and if anything is poisonous to them .... pips from plumbs, cherries,... peaches are poisonous and you should also not use that type of branch in your cage... has nasty stuff in it that can make them very sick... forgot about that one until my hubby reminded me.

Don't use wood chips in their cage... they can get splinters in their mouth and cause infection.

Chipmunks fight with each other... I have wound powder bought from a pet store... just dab it on to wound area and it works well.

I read that chipmunks live for around 7 years... my oldest is now over 7 years... so I guess I will just have to wait and see how long she lives.

They need a big cage to run around in and a wheel to run on... do a web search for chinchilla cage and you will find plenty... ebay is a good place to look.

They need nesting boxes to sleep in... and nesting material... straw..and nesting material from the pet store works great.

They will eat flowers and bugs!!! like... grasshoppers and dandelions

NEVER EVER grab your chipmunk by the tail... it will snap off... and they don't grow back. I have a fish pond net that I keep handy in case I have to capture a chipmunk on the loose. They also don't like to be held tight... they will bite you... cup them in your hands, close to your body so they feel safe. I only have one chipmunk that I would say is tame... it was her choice... she decided that she loved me... she rides on my shoulder...and looks in my pockets for treats. Her sister likes the idea of coming out of her cage for a visit but soon decides that she would rather run around and hide under the couch and go places that I can't reach her. She is a brat...but she is the best mum ever.

Chipmunks sleep all night long.

They can catch a cold from you.

They make cute chirping noises that mean different things...

chipmunk cages

2009-04-06T06:22:00.002Z

I bought my cage from ebay .... this cage is the right size and right now they are going for a good price w/ delivery.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tall-Chinchilla-Cage-Small-Animal-Large-Pet-Rat-Cage_W0QQitemZ250401587826QQihZ015QQcategoryZ112602QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1713.m153.l1262?_trksid=p1713.m153.l1262

new pics of the babies

2009-04-05T14:15:00.001Z

the reason why I don't have many pics of the parents

2009-04-05T14:06:00.003Z

is because 99.9% of them turn out like this

chipmunks don't like to pose for the camera.... there are pics on this blog that you can see if you go back in my posts... and little films as well.

baby pics

2009-03-28T17:29:00.001Z

Sage's babies today

Hi E :o)

I need you to send me an e mail please with the subject title of baby girl chipmunks

Thanks,

Patti

julian.patti.tucker@gmail.com

Sage's babies

Chai's baby

Sage's babies just a couple of days ago!

blurry pic of Chai's baby

2009-03-22T07:12:00.002Z

Chai's baby boy... two weeks old... he has stripes now and some beginnings of fur. His eyes and ears are still closed for another two weeks.

Sage had 6 babies... OMG!!!

2009-03-20T21:09:00.003Z

From what I can tell... she had two dilute (white)... one female and one male... and the other 4 are brown.. all female... from what I can see... {so hard to tell this early... but... I think that is what we have}... the two on the top are dilute... they are very pink compared to the agouti (brown). I am soooooooooooooooo excited!!! I will try and get a pic of Chai's baby who is an agouti... and I suspect is male... she is still such a freak with the whole thing... poor Chai...oh well.

Baby News

2009-03-11T07:09:00.002Z

Chai had her first litter but it didn't go so well. She ended up with only one live baby out of three... I was a little sad at first but it was her first litter and she had no idea what to do with them.

Sage is also expecting... I would guess that her babies will arrive in a week to two weeks. She is much more like her mum so I expect that she will do better with her first litter.... fingers crossed!

I think Chai's baby is a boy... from the glimpse I got of it... he will be ready to go in about 7 to 8 weeks if it all goes well.

I will post pics when I can get a chance to take some.

Babies will be £40 each and we can deliver if the drive isn't too far from Bristol for a small fee to cover traveling costs.

some news

2009-01-20T09:07:00.004Z

Hi again... well it seems that the little male has now matured and it looks very positive for a litter or two this spring... fingers crossed.

Still no babies :o(*

2008-08-06T12:25:00.002Z

Hi everyone... I know you all are wanting babies as bad as I do...but my chipmunks don't see it that way unfortunately. Please keep coming back to check up on us.

still no babies yet

2008-05-28T07:26:00.001Z

But I have a few photos that were sent to me by other chipmunk people :o)

This is a really nice aviary that one of my chipmunk people

built for her babies that she got from me.

She has given me some really good ideas for how I want to build mine this summer.

These photos were sent to me from Italy!!!

Notice the fantastic squirrel tatt on her wrist??!!

This is one of her lovely chippies eating a strawberry.

Chipmunk Updates

2008-05-15T06:55:00.003Z

A couple of months ago Julian (my wonderful adoring husband) got me a new male chipmunk. He is perfect and the girls have fallen head over heels for him. He is still young and isn't mature enough to produce any offspring as of yet but is keen to give it a try. I am optimistic that my chipmunks will have some babies this summer or in the fall. I will certainly make sure to post any updates of upcoming litters etc. I will be selling the babies for £40 each. I will let them go in pairs but same sex only so that they won't inbreed. All of them will have dilute and agouti blood lines as the Fathers of all the chipmunk were dilute and the mum's were agouti. This means that some of the babies could be dilute and some agouti and their offspring could be either as well.

They will be hand tamed just like the past litters to ensure that they will make great pets.

Funny and weird... love it

2008-03-27T08:53:00.001Z

Adult Female

2008-03-26T12:27:00.003Z

I haven't got any breeding plans for this year yet. I have too many females to be hones.... two of which I am very fond of and will never part with and one that I will consider selling to someone who wishes to breed them and has a male or will get a male at the same time. Chippies get very lonely if they are on their own.... especially if they are use to being w/ other chippies. This chippie is from my last litter so she is still very young.

email me if you are interested.

Thanks.

Giving mum a break and Chai

2007-10-22T07:52:00.000Z

I decided to re home Marmite because he wouldn't let Chippy have a rest. Chipmunks are supposed to have two litters a year, Chippy had four litters and the last one really got her down. I did decided to keep two girls from the last litter to keep her company and to keep for future breeding.

One of the girls has proven to be quite a character and has bonded w/ me. Every time I open the cage door she hops out onto my arm and climbs all over me. She loves to go up my sleeves and in my pockets if possible. She also likes to sit on top of my head because it is the highest point on my body. I read that they like to do that if you have a really friendly one like this one. I have named her Chai... after the Indian spiced milk tea that I like to drink. It just suited her and I like the sound of the word.

When I decide to breed Chai or her sister I will post an update. I think I need to wait until next year to do so and give them a chance to just be chipmunks for a while. I will be breeding her w/ my friends chipmunk, she has two agouti males.

wild and crazy hamster's exploding mouth

2007-10-21T12:51:00.001Z

Cara's hamster

current litter pics

2007-08-30T08:02:00.000Z

one day old
one day old
one week old
one week old... starting to get nails and hair

3 boys and 2 girls... new babies born yesterday!!!

2007-08-24T09:25:00.000Z

young male chipmunk having a snack

2007-08-14T11:05:00.000Z

A letter from Georgina...and how she introduced her chipmunks

2007-08-07T14:21:00.000Z

Georgina had previously adopted a female chipmunk and recently adopted another female as a companion. Here is the the letter she sent me and how she introduced them..... everything went really well.

Hi Patti

Just thought I'd let you know how the chipmunks are getting on. After collecting No. 2 (now named Scamp) on Friday, I kept her in the travelling cage for the rest of the day to allow her to leave her scent on it and to calm down. That night when both my existing chipmunk (named Skippy) and Scamp were asleep in their respective nest boxes, I very quietly sellotaped a piece of cardboard over the hole at the front of each nest box and swapped them over. The reason behind this was to allow the new chipmunk to check out the permanent cage. I kept the two apart for the whole of Saturday, but I put the two cages together so that they could smell each other through the wire, although when they did catch sight of each other they didn't seem too bothered.

Scamp decided that she didn't want to sleep in her nice new nest box, she chose the thatched house hanging from the top of the cage. After taking her time sorting out the bedding she finally climbed in and made herself comfortable, looking very sweet with her little face just peeping out through the hole in the front.

That night I had to wait until about 9.30 when they had gone to sleep and I then transferred Skippy, again with the cardboard covering the hole in the nest box so she couldn't escape, into the main cage. But she was too sharp for this deception. As soon as I put her nest box alongside the other one, she was wide awake and eager to get out and check out what was going on. I just hoped she wouldn't wake up Scamp and that they might end up fighting. But she started running round the cage and smelling everything. I turned the light out in the room in the hope that she would take the hint and go back in her nest box and sleep till morning.

I must admit I was quite concerned that when they woke up in the morning they might starting fighting. But, thankfully, I had none of that. When I went to check them out on Sunday morning they were both awake in the cage and doing their own thing. Occasionally when Skippy was running down one of the branches in the cage she would meet Scamp coming up and they just stopped and sniffed each other on the nose. They are now driving me nuts playing on the wheel you got me. I'll have to see if there's a way of silencing it, as they are on it non-stop. There must be lots of energy in all those nuts they eat, as I don't know how Skippy keeps going all day. She does this thing like Marmite, her Dad, of jumping from the top platform onto the wire on the opposite side, and jumping back onto the ladder. As she lands it bangs, and then she goes around again, and again, and again!! When Scamp was sitting at the edge of the top shelf yesterday it hindered her from this repetitive action, but she didn't fight with her. She just stopped short, and decided to run around elsewhere instead.

What was strange though was that last night Scamp chose Skippy's nest box as her own, and Skippy couldn't seem to rest. She just stayed running around the cage for longer - still awake at about 7 o'c. Eventually she must have been tired as I saw some movement in the sock you gave me. I had it hanging on the side of the cage packed with some shredded paper and white bedding. I think she probably stayed in there all night, but have no way of knowing. Anyway, this morning when I went in to check them out they were both awake and running around like normal.

So I'm glad to say the introduction went remarkably well, and I think they'll be living happily together for a long time.

So thank you again for supplying me with such very healthy young chipmunks, and it is obvious all the care you put into them when bringing up the babies. It has been good to come and meet you, your family and your animals.

No doubt we'll be in touch again.

Take care

Georgina

WARNING

2007-07-26T10:50:00.000Z

Don't use this type of bedding for our chippies. One of my chipmunk people rescued her chippy from being strangled to death by this type of bedding. The chippy had it wrapped around her neck and it had to be cut loose.

eyes are open!!!

2007-07-01T16:17:00.000Z

getting bigger... eyes will open soon

2007-06-24T17:49:00.000Z

OMG OMG OMG!!!

2007-06-04T17:28:00.000Z

I thought that Chippy was getting a little chubby! I thought yesterday that perhaps she could be expecting again, but I thought it was too early in the season....then today I noticed that she didn't come out of her nesting box to eat breakfast and when I checked on her I found this lovely surprise! She has 3 new babies, born last night. The last of her

first litter went home w/ her mum this morning... poor Chippy doesn't get a break eh?

Look how fragile and tiny they are... like little jelly beans really. They should start to squeek soon... I am keeping a female this time and the lady who adopted the female today may adopt another one from this litter... I think there are two. I am also thinking about trading my male for another male and pair up my new girl w/ him.... anyone out there have any males to trade in a couple months?

Two happy sisters

2007-05-15T16:12:00.000Z

A lovely lady named Teresa adopted two sisters. They are doing really well in their new home w/ their new family.
They are so beautiful and sweet... awwwwwwww!
I'm so happy that they have wonderful humans to care for them.
Just look at that face!
They are just so precious... thanks Teresa for sending pictures of your beautiful girls, I'm really chuffed. xxxx

Harry and his chipmunk

2007-05-13T16:23:00.000Z

Harry wanted to bring his chipmunk today to show me, if you look closely you can see that they have a matching set of teeth. Hi Harry...see, I told you I would post your pic on my chipmunk blog... xxxx you both look great!

2007-05-03T18:46:00.000Z

chipmunk babies today...eating grass

2007-05-03T18:45:00.000Z

The story of Marmite and Chippy

2007-04-23T15:39:00.000Z

Two males for sale :o)

2007-04-17T10:45:00.000Z

I now have two charming baby males that can be reserved due to a cancellation.

All the babies are doing really well and getting big... it is going to be hard to part with them but I know that there will be more litters and that they are going to good loving homes.

Yummy!!!!

2007-04-12T11:26:00.000Z

This is one of the boys.

Happy Easter

2007-04-08T08:21:00.001Z

All the babies have been reserved

2007-04-07T16:42:00.000Z

The babies have all been reserved for their new loving homes. I will continue to update the blog to show their progress until that time comes.

Here is one little guy enjoying his breakfast whilst sitting on my hand... he is eating a meal worm.

When I handle them I am very calm and gentle making sure that they are not frightened. I gently place them back in the cage when they are ready to go back in. I put them back when I can see that they are becoming a little worried...they let me know.

I hold them loosely and cup them in my hands... let them crawl on me and explore as well.

oooooooooops... duplicate.

Chippy and Marmite should have one more litter this year... I will be sure to let everyone know when they decided to do that. .... ,o)

One male left

2007-04-06T06:29:00.001Z

I have one male left for sure.... all the other babies have been reserved.

out of the nest and eating

2007-04-04T13:14:00.000Z

one month old now

2007-04-04T05:26:00.000Z

The first baby ventured out yesterday evening....

Mum was a little worried and kept putting baby back in the nest.

Going fast

2007-04-02T13:33:00.000Z

All the females have now been reserved (I think...still waiting for one person to confirm...but I think they will).... so I have males left.... two for sure! I am asking £35 each for them.

Nearly a month old now

2007-04-01T07:53:00.000Z

As you can see, they are a lively bunch!!!

They are so curious of their surroundings।

We cuddled them for a long time, letting them crawl over us and sniff us, when they were done they simply went back into their nesting box on their own accord.

Meet the parents

2007-03-31T19:25:00.000Z

Chippy (mum)

Marmite (dad)

Pregnant Chippy

babies 3 weeks old now

2007-03-28T18:34:00.000Z

these little guys will be ready around the middle of May। I am asking £35 each... same sex pairs if sold in pairs. No dilutes this litter. 3 boys and 3 girls.