How Do You Keep A Pet Chinchilla?
Chinchillas make wonderful pets if you take care of them. Chinchillas require some special care but once you understand how to care for them, it becomes natural to you. Keep your chinchilla happy and healthy and they will be with you for many years. Purchase the right cage. Your cage needs to be large enough to accommodate your chinchilla and in a relatively quiet room. For chinchillas, the bigger the cage, the better. They like to run around and bounce off cage walls as well as hop small platforms. Make sure your cage is chin-proof. No hard plastics or soft plastics and only chinchilla-safe wood in the cage. Chinchillas need to chew and will chew on anything and everything they can. They can nibble through wood without a problem. Keep a stable but cool temperature. Anything above 75ºF can be fatal. Chinchillas can suffer from heat strokes so always make sure the temperature is comfortable for them. Give your chinchilla a bath but don’t get him wet! Chinchillas enjoy bath time in chinc
