Pet chinchillas vary in price with much of the cost determined by the chinchilla's color. The rarer or more difficult it is for a particular color, the more expensive the chinchilla will be. And while costs will also vary from breeder to breeder and from pet store to pet store, we've compiled a list that we think will give you a good idea of the potential price tag.
These prices are based on what breeders actually sell their chinchillas for.
Standards
Standard - $75
Black velvet - $125
Beiges
Hetero beige - $125
Homo beige - $150
Beige violet (hetero) - $195
Beige violet (homo) - $195
Brown Velvet - $175
Whites
Pink white (hetero beige) - $150
White (white mosaic, silver mosaic) - $125
Ebony whites - (see "EBONIES")
Tan whites - (see "TANS")
Ebonies
Light ebony or e.c. (hetero ebony) - $125
Medium ebony (hetero ebony) - $155
Dark ebony (hetero ebony) - $195
Extra dark ebony (homo ebony) - $245
Light ebony white - $150
Medium ebony white - $175
Dark ebony white - $195
Extra dark (homo.) ebony white - $215
Violets
Violet (homo violet) - $175
Solid Violet (wraparound, ebony violet) - $195
Tans
Light tan - $150
Medium tan - $175
Dark tan - $195
Light tan white - $150
Medium tan white - $150
Dark tan white - $175
Chocolates
Chocolate - $195
Chocolate white - $175
You might also want to take a look at our post on chinchilla colors.
Sources:
The Dust Bath (site no longer up)
AZ Chins
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im thinking about getting a chinchilla and breed them and make money and im only 10 so i might be rich by the time i get older but r chinchillas good pets ?
A good cheap site for cages and accesseriess is petmountain. Com. Btw cages the mnormally run 180 in a pet store run about 85 on the site
My fiance spent. $270 for the chin and the cage and1 pound of food I spent 10 on a water bottle and a bowl for food. So we spent about 280
I am trying to find someone in Washington State that sells pet chinchillas! I have two children and would like to raise them as pets. I would love the help if anyone out there that may have name and numbers to anybody in Washington State that may sell these pets! Thank you!
i got my chinchilla for $150, shes gray, i guess shes the standard, but i dont know the different colors of chinchillas
we got everything for 180.00