Today, I woke up at 5:30 AM to my boyfriend flipping on the lights and shouting "we have a problem!". Our chinchilla had gotten out of his maximum security cage & half of our apartment is now underwater because he decided the water line that leads to the fridge would make a tasty midnight snack. FML
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On 03/04/2009 at 5:42pm - misc - by Sara (woman) - United States (Washington)
(0)hahaha yah now tht chinchillas going to be a tasty snack
#88 - On 02/23/2010 at 7:43pm by matt1234321
(+1)That is fucking crazy! Best of luck on that one... those damn chinchillas are cute, but lurking deep beneath their masks of adorableness lies a malicious monster, waiting to escape...
#2 - On 03/04/2009 at 6:27pm by nipas13titans
(0)So much for the max-security cage...if that is even what you had
Better get a refund
#5 - On 03/04/2009 at 6:32pm by shanghaista
(0)lmaoo!!!!! that is so FING FUNNY!!!!! i had a rabbit who did st like tht once..... it was not pleasant =[
#6 - On 03/04/2009 at 6:35pm by theluckygirl28
(0)ouchhhh. id catch him and get a shock collar. that way if he even LOOKS hungry you can shock him and he wont think aobut it again hahah
#9 - On 03/04/2009 at 6:39pm by chieffanLJ27
(0)oooh i had a rabbit once, and we just let him walk around the house every now and then 'cause we thought it was cute. he bit the cables of our VCR lol it never worked properly after that... but i guess that was our own fault. XD
(0)I hate those things... I stayed over at this girls dorm and she had one and of course it got out and every hour when I was about to fall asleep itd bite me and run away
#11 - On 03/04/2009 at 6:41pm by spankyness
(0)Hahahahaha mine chewed through the cord on my stereo and almost electrocuted hinself. He knows better now.
#12 - On 03/04/2009 at 6:44pm by March_2_1836
(0)lol chinchillas are dumb(even though super cute)
one of my friend's had one and it chewed threw an electrical cord and burned off all its whiskers. another friend of mine had one who decided to chew on its water bottle and choked and died.
(0)We had a chinchilla and recently gave it to a friend. She chewed on everything in my brother's room and if we ever want to sell the house we have to completely redo his room.
#14 - On 03/04/2009 at 6:55pm by greenangel
(0)I would love to see the FML post for your downstairs neighbors.
#17 - On 03/04/2009 at 7:32pm by Vogelfanger
(0)aww, i have 2 chinchillas, and even though they are so cute they do eat anything n everything, and are very clever, once they have decided somthing thats it they do it haha. although i will say, they are so good with kids, n they dont really bite, just nibble. but i understand what a pain they can be, mine ate through the dvd cable... i wasnt happy lol
#18 - On 03/04/2009 at 7:37pm by shady_angel
(0)I hope your chinchilla didn't get wet. They rot if they get wet.
(Or something like that...aren't they only supposed to take dust baths?"
#24 - On 03/04/2009 at 8:23pm by gossamerstarsxx
(0)I have a chinchilla and he's actually really smart. I let him run around every day and he actually gets back in his cage when he's tired so I don't really have to run after him. He also stopped chewing on things (he's got all the wood he wants in his cage); I still have to look after him everyonce in a while cause he can do funny things but I don't think he dumb and he most definitely does not look like a rat; rats are gross. I hope your chinchilla is ok; water is like the devil to them.
(0)its ironic cause chinchillas hate water... guess he learned his lesson.
#27 - On 03/04/2009 at 8:36pm by deeznutzismine
(0)LMAO. I'm just picturing a guy slamming a door open and yelling "WE HAVE A PROBLEM!!!" Makes the story. XD
(0)aaaawww but chinchillas are so cute.
They seem destructive though, keep the pet in its cage or leash it somehow.
#34 - On 03/04/2009 at 9:07pm by cecilia_weasley
(0)haha my chinchillas (i have two) got out a few days ago and they took a bath! ....strange :)
#35 - On 03/04/2009 at 9:24pm by yankeenoodle2
(0)Who in their right mind would own a chinchilla? o_O those things are cute and all, but they're like a demented mixture of rabid rats and bunnies.
I never knew metal tasted good.
#38 - On 03/04/2009 at 9:49pm by youareindeepshit
(0)I have never seen such a huge Fridge, like in an Icecream factory(that I have seen), that would need a water supply. What the hell is your fridge? Like 20 square meters? No way...
(0)#39 my fridge has a water supply and is average size. you need a water supply for a fridge if you have a water dispenser in the front, like me. basically u put a glass in the notch and water comes out
#87 - On 01/21/2010 at 1:07am by kooldrew3
(0)Also, if you didn't know, and apparently you didn't - Chinchilla - there is no such DOG, there is such a hamster!
(0)that's what you get for living in an apartment...
get a real home srsly lol
#41 - On 03/04/2009 at 10:12pm by zachattack
(0)maybe you shouldn't have an animal in a cage. I'd want to get out too.
#43 - On 03/04/2009 at 10:25pm by goodnightliz
(0)either you were lying about the cage, or that devious chinchilla is smarter thank you think... muahhahaha
#44 - On 03/04/2009 at 10:35pm by musicalmandi16
(0)your fridge has an ice maker. and you have a chinchilla that chewed through the hose that connects the ice maker to the main waterline. well, atleast you never had to buy ice. until now.
#45 - On 03/04/2009 at 11:02pm by King_of_Kings
(0)Does your landlord know yet? Cuz you're problem's gonna get bigger wen he finds out...
#46 - On 03/04/2009 at 11:05pm by alwaysalady
(0)don't worry...your bf can resolve all of your problems with one thing =p
#47 - On 03/04/2009 at 11:09pm by skillz3333
(0)note: chinchillas chew ALL THE TIME to keep their teeth trimmed...you should probably invest in some chinchilla approved wood for them to chew on instead.
(0)lol! This sucks. I hope your chinchilla is OK, though.
#20 - They don't look much like rats to me at all, but that's probably because I've owned pet rats. I think both are adorable, though! I love rodents!
(0)@#39 It is probably a fridge with a built in ice-maker.
I have rats. I am glad that none of them has shown a desire to escape. My hamster on the other had does nothing but attempt to escape.
(0)getting that cage was probably a very good idea but there is only one flaw to it the cage must be locked for it to actually work. lol
(0)Ha, that really really sucks. You'd think it'd stop chewing when it first gets through the pipe and a small amount of water is leaking, they hate water. My ex had one when we were dating and a drop of water fell on its head from its water container and it spazzed out for about 3 minutes trying to get the water off. A few months ago it started chewing through its cage bars and getting out... he new boyfriend, being the lazy bastard he is did not offer to fix said cage, and she of course had no idea what to do. She began placing the cage in the corner to cover the holes such that the wall stops the chinchilla from escaping.
The chinchilla proceeded to chew on other areas of the cage. Eventually getting out. My ex has 2 cats; therefore, my ex does not have a chinchilla anymore. They didn't eat it, but one of them beat it up playing with it and it died two days later.
#59 - On 03/05/2009 at 7:45am by solaris1302
(0)hmmmmm, i woke up to a dead guinny pig the other morning, my pittbull gave him a heart attack. my son found him. flat,.FML
#61 - On 03/05/2009 at 10:33am by weldergirl26
(0)I feel for you. I have ferrets, and I've been lucky to have them never chew cords or anything. However, they like to find places to get into in my apartment, and one ferret found a hole under the cupboards that led to an opening in the wall. He went down and never came back. They keep finding these holes I never knew about!
(0)I had the same problem with my chinchilla except with my xbox 360, wii, and other electric wires.
#64 - On 03/05/2009 at 12:49pm by Ducky22287
(0)that's what you get for keeping poor chinchilla in a cage.
#65 - On 03/05/2009 at 5:26pm by pikadepaprika666
(0)maximum security cage rofl, i can just imagine that. and i agree with #28
#69 - On 03/07/2009 at 6:37am by alotta_fachina
(0)chinchilla? really?...
and a maximum security cage, thats one HELL of a chinchilla. i guess that explains why your drowning hahahahahaahaha
(0)Luckly when my ratties get loose, they just come into the bedroom with us and cuddle up on the blankets.
(0)Okay. I'm sorry, but this is hilarious! :) I have two chinchillas and they're always breaking out and being little monsters (I love them anyway) so I totally commiserate. Hope your apartment (and chinchilla... water's not good for they're fur...) is okay though. ^^;;;;
#75 - On 03/11/2009 at 3:59pm by GurbleBurbleWoo
(0)Hello all,
Thank you for your concern about my chinchilla :) He is doing fine (and so is the apartment). Just thought I would stop by and give a quick update!
Sara
(0)Wow, so half of your apartment is completely watertight? i didn't think it was possible to actually flood a building from the inside
(0)where the hell do you get a chinchilla? and who has those as pets? that is a random pet. it would be interesting at a tea party. "oh i have two dogs, a goldfish, and a chinchilla." WTF?
#81 - On 08/15/2009 at 10:55pm by vI_Arsenic_Iv
(0)OMG!!!, i never knew a Chinchilla ever existed till now, i so want one, they look awesome
#83 - On 09/22/2009 at 6:03am by SirAlto
