Chinchillas are cute, docile little animals that require considerable care from people. If you start feeding your chinchilla from birth, they will treat you as their lifelong owner.

They are fragile but great pets and should be cared for with care.

My Neighbor Totoro Encyclopedia 12 steps to teach you how to raise chinchillas correctly:< /p>

1. Provide a comfortable cage:

Chinchillas are kept in cages. They are very active. The larger the activity space, the better for their health.

Chinchillas like to jump, so multi-level springboards should be arranged.

If you purchase a wire cage, make sure your chinchilla will not be scratched by the cage and that the bottom net will not catch its feet.

2. Provide a healthy chinchilla house:

Do not use cedar or pine wood for chinchilla houses. The phenolic compounds they release are very strong and can cause serious illness in chinchillas. respiratory, skin and liver problems.

It is recommended that the hut provided for your chinchilla be at least 50cm long, 25cm wide and 25cm high.

3. Master the correct way to hold a chinchilla:

Put one hand under the chinchilla’s belly and the other hand on the chinchilla’s back. By supporting its hind legs and buttocks with your hands, your chinchilla will feel safe. Don't hold the chinchilla too tightly, but allow them to move gently. Do not squeeze the chinchilla's body because they have what is called a "floating rib cage" and your movements can cause serious internal injuries to the chinchilla.

4. Provide appropriate food:

Your chinchilla should always have access to fresh timothy hay or alternative pasture or alfalfa

Do not buy low-quality chinchilla food.

Feeding them food too frequently may cause digestive problems. Never feed your chinchilla fresh fruits or vegetables, and never feed your chinchilla nut-based foods.

5. Change drinking water every day:

Remember to disinfect the kettle when changing water.

Algae growing in kettles can cause liver problems, severe diarrhea, or kill them.

Use bottled or filtered water, not tap water.

Chinchillas are not immune to naturally occurring water bacteria (such as giardia), which are deadly bacteria for chinchillas.

6. Clean uneaten hay and the chinchilla’s hut every day:

7. Do not clean the cage with water:

It is generally recommended that you do not use soap or Use chemicals to clean the cage. If you must clean it with water, be sure to let the cage dry naturally before putting the chinchilla in.

8. Sand bath twice a week, 10-15 minutes each time:

Too frequent sand baths will cause dry skin of chinchillas.

But too little can cause deadly fungus to grow on their skin.

9. Training your chinchilla:

Chinchillas are very active animals and should be given the opportunity and trained daily.

But never buy a chinchilla running ball for your chinchilla. Chinchilla running the ball will be harmful to the health of the chinchilla, and it can easily lead to death from overheating.

If you let your chinchilla move outside the cage, it should be in a smaller room. Chinchillas can jump several feet in the air and squeeze through small spaces.

They also chew on wires, furniture, and anything else they can get their hands on.

10. Give your chinchilla something to grind its teeth on:

A chinchilla’s teeth can grow 12 inches a year.

Purchase chinchilla chewing wood or teething stones to grind your chinchilla’s teeth.

Make sure the wood of the chinchilla chewing wood you buy is safe and not contaminated by pesticides.

Apple tree branches are a good choice and easy to find.

11. Keep the chinchilla feeding environment clean:

Make sure their cage does not have any direct sunlight reaching them as this can cause them to overheat and die.

Also do not leave them in high humidity environments.

12. Buy volcanic ash for your chinchilla:

Water can damage your chinchilla’s fur.

Volcanic ash helps chinchillas remove excess oil from their fur.

Volcanic ash is better for chinchillas’ fur than artificial bath sand.

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