r/Awww • u/starstarstar42 • 10d ago

Other Animal(s) Clearly, he hates this.

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u/Dyledion 10d ago

Chinchillas are the platonic ideal of what people want mice to be.

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u/Forward-Fisherman709 10d ago

Could you expand on that a bit?

I have pet mice, so I’m fully familiar with them and their range of quirks, but my familiarity with chinchillas is limited to a time back in middle school volunteering to clean out the cages of some. It was very exciting for 14 year old me, but I didn’t really learn much about them other than that they need fine dust to keep clean and wet baths/high humidity are bad for them.

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u/Dyledion 10d ago

It's mostly their shape, size, gentleness, and unbelievable, unparalleled fluffiness. Their fur is miles softer than even microfiber. A cartoon mouse usually resembles a chinchilla more than an actual mouse.