Consumption of foods with high amounts of fat may make your chinchilla vulnerable to illnesses like fatty liver disease. Always be wary of when buying your chinchilla food, and you will enjoy a longer and healthier pet.
You can check this by monitoring their droppings. Make sure your chinchilla is consuming the right quantity of the right foods and is drinking enough water.
If you notice any changes in the feeding style, eating, or drinking routine, it is a visit to consult with your vet. The amount of food a chinchilla consumes will depend on factors such as age, health, and lifestyle.
Chinchillas love to chew on many household objects. Such as wooden beams, chair legs, and other pieces of furniture. When your chinchilla is out of its cage you should keep a close eye on what they are chewing on and are consuming as some household objects are toxic and not suitable for chinchillas.
The best woods for your chinchilla include dogwood, grapevine and grape, willow-goat, weeping or pussy willow, apple, pear, red elm and elm, hawthorn, hazelnut, Quince, and Poplar. Chinchillas require constant access to clean drinking water. Use a drinking bottle to maintain water cleanliness and to prevent getting your chinchilla wet.
You should also replace the water daily. High-quality hay is an essential part of a chinchillas diet and should make up to 75 percent of the meal. You can use a hay rack for your chinchilla and make sure the hay is readily available. Always remember that grass and hay help to make the digestive system efficient. As mentioned earlier, grass and hay also aid a chinchilla in the wearing down of teeth, keeping them at the right size and shape.
Lack of these essential ingredients can lead to dental diseases. Chinchillas are known to feed for a long time, especially at night. They often sit on their large hind legs and use the front feet to hold food. Your chinchilla might refuse to feed due to dental issues brought about by overgrown teeth, a situation that is common to chinchillas. This situation may lead to dehydration and anorexia. Other conditions that might make a chinchilla refuse to eat include renal disease, cancer, degenerative and liver diseases.
Yes, you can give your chinchilla carrots. Some types of fruits you may want to consider feeding to your Chin are as follows:. These can make such wonderful treats for Chinchillas and they absolutely love eating bits of fruit particularly the fleshy parts.
You may find some go for the skin too although this tends not to be quite as nutritious for them. Overall the key takeaway here is to feed your chinchilla a diet consisting of plenty of hay but not just hay. It is true to say that Chinchillas compared to some other animals seem to have rather boring diets, but nevertheless it seems to work for them. Always feed good quality hay that is safe for Chinchillas to consume and make sure you allow them access to hay at all times.
Pellets should be fed in controlled amounts daily. A couple of tablespoons per day is usually enough. Fruits and vegetables can be fed in small amounts daily or times a week depending on the fruit and the serving size. Always keep a close eye on your Chinchillas overall intake of feed. If you are at all concerned about the dietary needs of your Chinchilla you must speak to a qualified veterinary professional who will be able to advise you.
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Thank you for supporting us on our journey as we continue to publish content with the aim of helping owners care for their pets in the best way possible! One of the questions we were asked recently was whether Chinchillas were territorial and we felt compelled to delve into this subject a bit deeper and provide you with some more useful information Chinchillas are quite possibly at their happiest when using a dust bath and it is important we provide them with this little delight regularly to keep them content and in good health.
One of the Skip to content. Are Pellets Important For Chinchillas? Are Greens and Vegetables Important for Chinchillas? Are Fruits Important for Chinchillas? You can find out exactly what hay we recommend by heading over to our new guide that also shares the best place to purchase hay from too… Approx. Timothy Hay. Orchard Grass Hay.
Alfafla Hay. Meadow Hay. We have created a guide that shares the pellets that we recommend you feed to your chin and you can check it out here… Plenty of daily hay provides the right amount of roughage your Chinchilla needs in their diet however protein and fat intake are likely to mostly come from pellets.
Chinchilla Recommended Nutrient Percentages. Both loose hay and hay cubes are appropriate. Some suitable options for hay are Timothy hay, meadow hay, orchard hay and alfalfa hay. Always make sure that Timothy hay is plentiful, however. Offer your chinchilla brand new fresh hay every day. If you leave it out for any longer than that, you may risk it becoming moldy or otherwise dirty -- not good. Chinchilla pellets are also a valuable aspect of a nutritious chinchilla diet.
That site also has a lot of useful info on proper diet if you care to read any of it over. If the chin really isn't eating enough hay, then yes you can pull the pellets. Chins can survive off hay alone, but fur quality drops so it's best to just cut down on the pellets rather then remove them completely. Most chins should only be getting about 2tb of pellet food a day, the rest of the diet should be hay.
Pellets are too soft to do any good at wearing down teeth, so if the chin isn't eating enough hay the teeth wont wear down properly. Thank you for your reply. Many people here feed the chins oxbow and mazuri pellets,also some other brands which are mostly made from alfalfa hay.
I think I could mix some orchard grass which my chins like very much. Thank you so much. I will try to mix some orchard grass or some other herbs they like. You must log in or register to reply here.
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