ROADY IS A GIRL....Stupid Petsnart

ROADY IS A GIRL




One morning I went into the office to get my set ready for work and Roady (short for Road Kill) was at his door wanting me to let him out, and acting sick, so I talk to my pet's (TOTAL whack job) anyways I told Roady that I couldn't let him out right now because I had to much going on this morning.  So he went and laid on his piece of Granite that he has to stay cool, I gave him a pet and told him that I would come home and let him out.  SO I get home and when I walk into the room I always say "Roady" and he comes out from wherever he is to see me, well I said his name and nothing, so I said it again and went over to his cage.  Well he has this little igloo house in there and he sticks his head out and it's soaking wet (ok another thing about chinchillas is that they CAN'T get wet, they take baths in volcano ash and it's called a dust bath) so I completely FREAKED out thinking OH SHIT 1 of the dogs got Roady, because he was hiding in the igloo and wet and wouldn't come out, not to mention the noises....little scared noises, so as I'm getting the dust bath ready I'm thinking..... the dogs can't get him in this cage....what's wrong with him.  So I put his bath thingy in and usually when I do that he runs to take a bath (chinchillas love bath time) nothing not even his head popping out of the igloo......so I lift the igloo up and there are 3 babies chinchillas with Roady.... I was sitting there saying to myself in the state of shock "Do male chinchillas have babies?"  I put the igloo down and get on the internet, (Roady is NOW a SHE) she is running around her cage and wet so she gets in her bath and takes a bath, and 1 of the babies comes out of the igloo (Ugly, Scary babies) and I'm freaking out with her, so I'm reading as fast as I can and it says, make sure that you don't give your Female Chinchilla a bath 7-10 days before birth and then 7-10 days after.....OH GREAT!!!!!  so I get the bath out and it says if they have any volcano ash on them wipe it off because it will irritate the babies eyes....ARE YOU KIDDIN ME???......so I grab Roady and try to wipe off ALL the volcano dust.  and OF COURSE Devon is reading everything right behind me and he is commenting on everything that I'm doing WRONG.  "Mom get the shavings out they need to be on newspaper, Mom get the newspaper"
"Devon I don't have a newspaper."
"Mom she can't have all of her levels in her cage, you need to take them out"
So I run to Safeway and get the paper come in and get gloves on and get all the shavings out and put newspaper down and take all her levels out so she doesn't take them to the top of her cage and drop them off, and I moved the babies back into the igloo.  By this time I was a train wreck, I was dripping with sweat and hoping that these babies live because I didn't do anything right.
I then called an Emergency vet and the lady told me that I have done everything I could and that I need to put a blanket over the cage and let mother nature take it's course, even if Roady eats them......Can I have a BEER??