1. Reasons why chinchillas cannot be washed with water
1. Chinchillas are small in size, their immunity is much weaker than that of cats and dogs and other pets, and chinchillas have very thick hair, with about 60 to 90 hairs in one pore. If you bathe them with water, the water is very thick. It’s hard to dilute the oil at their roots unless you give it a lot of shampoo
and a long rinse, which isn’t realistic. Because most chinchillas don’t like water or are even afraid of water, bathing is a very scary thing for chinchillas, which often easily causes them to be frightened, over-stressed, and trigger a stress response. At the same time, because chinchillas have thick hair, it is not easy to dry the hair after bathing, so it is easy to catch a cold during or after bathing, and even cause chinchillas to die. These situations are very common.
2. The original habitat of chinchillas determines that chinchillas do not need to bathe with water. Chinchillas originally mainly lived in arid areas. They have no sweat glands and seldom secrete sebum. They usually clean their bodies by rolling in volcanic ash or sand, so as to absorb oil and other dirt on their bodies, and then shake off the volcanic ash. Come. This cleaning method is the easiest and healthiest way for chinchillas, even pet chinchillas.
3. At present, there is a special bath sand for chinchillas, which can easily and quickly clean the chinchilla’s hair. The delicate bath sand can penetrate deep into the chinchilla’s hair roots, and can effectively absorb the oil on the chinchilla’s body. The chinchilla will keep rolling in the container, making the bath sand vibrate and rub constantly, so as to thoroughly clean the oil and dirt on the skin and hair. This cleaning method can keep the skin of chinchillas dry and clean, and it is not easy to breed fungi and mites.
So in the breeding process, just provide chinchillas with bath sand for cleaning, they can use bath sand skillfully. The way chinchillas use the bath sand to clean is relatively simple and rude, that is, they keep rolling in the bath sand, so they will inevitably generate some dust in the process of using the bath sand to clean. Too tight so that the dust does not affect the respiratory tract.
Second, how to teach Chinchilla to use bath sand
Chinchilla for the first time It may not be useful to use bath sand. The owner can teach it to use bath sand. The specific steps are as follows:
1. Prepare a glass bottle or glass for Chinchilla bathing, and then put an appropriate amount of bath sand in it. , about 3~5cm thick bath sand can be spread in the glass, it is not suitable for bath sand to be too thick.
2. Gently put chinchillas into the bathroom where the bath sand is laid, chinchillas will generally take the initiative to plan the bath sand. If the chinchilla does not know how to wash, the owner can put the bath sand on its back, and the chinchilla will automatically shake off the sand.
3. After the chinchilla learns to shake the bath sand on its body, it is then taught to roll in the bath sand. The owner can gently put the chinchilla down in the bath sand, then move its body left and right, and then gently remove the hand, and then the chinchilla will turn over on its own and keep shaking off the bath sand. Chinchillas will gradually experience the fun of tumbling and consciously use bath sand to clean.
However, the owner should not use the bath sand frequently for the chinchilla, because the chinchilla too frequently is detrimental to its hair and skin health. Generally speaking, it is enough to use bath sand for Chinchillas about every 2-3 days. Control your chinchilla bathing time to about 10-15 minutes.
