The role and importance of Chinchilla’s hair
1. The hair of chinchillas is very dense. There are usually 60 to 80 hairs in a pore, and there are at least 33,000 hairs per square centimeter of fur, due to the thickness of chinchilla hair. And such thick hair is both beneficial and detrimental to chinchillas. The advantage is that thick hair can play a powerful role in keeping out the cold, and the disadvantage is corresponding, that is, it is easy to cause heat stroke in chinchillas.
2. In addition, body hair also plays an important role in defending against the enemy for Chinchillas. When the chinchilla is attacked by a natural enemy, it will spray some of its hair on the natural enemy to scare or confuse the natural enemy, and then take the opportunity to escape.
Therefore, the chinchilla’s hair plays a very important role in its chinchilla, and pet owners should focus on taking care of its hair in the process of raising chinchillas. If the chinchilla’s hair is not well cared for, it can easily become disheveled and lead to hair loss and even skin diseases. Pet owners can keep their hair clean, tidy and healthy by adopting the following methods:
1. Avoid using granular bath sand for chinchillas, and use finer bath powder or volcanic ash for chinchillas as much as possible. clean. Because the particles of the bath sand are large, it cannot penetrate into the hair roots of chinchillas well, and it is difficult to absorb the oil secreted on its skin. In the long run, it is easy to cause the chinchilla’s hair to form balls
, which can only be manually trimmed. to treat its hair. In addition, some bath sands will also wear down the chinchilla’s hair, causing its hair to be damaged and tarnished, and eventually lead to increased chinchilla hair loss.
2, to ensure the nutritional balance of chinchillas. When feeding chinchillas daily, pay attention to providing it with sufficient food containing protein, amino acids and minerals. Because chinchillas have a large number of hairs and hair updates are relatively frequent, it has a relatively large demand for nutrients such as protein. Chinchillas’ protein requirements are unmatched by many other animals, so alfalfa is very important for chinchillas.
3. The pet owner usually needs to keep the chinchillas’ breeding environment clean and bathe them frequently, and at the same time, they need to help them groom their hair frequently. If the chinchilla’s hair is not combed for a long time, it will easily become knotted.
4. Finally, pet owners can also regularly feed chinchillas some professional hair products to better maintain the chinchilla’s hair.
The above is our introduction to the method of caring for Chinchilla’s hair, hoping to help you better care for your pet’s hair.
