Chinchillas cannot eat coconut shells. Coconut shell is the endocarp of the palm plant coconut. It is hard and cannot be used as food. For chinchillas, coconut shells have no edible value and cannot provide nutrients necessary for their growth. Moreover, the hard shell It is difficult to chew, and chinchillas generally will not take the initiative to bite. Chinchilla owners should choose appropriate chinchilla food to feed their chinchillas, and do not feed coconut shells.

Precautions for feeding chinchillas:

1. Do not buy food containing additives and preservatives from the supermarket. These things will bring unpredictable dangers to chinchillas. .

2. Do not feed your chinchilla fresh vegetables and fruits. Food with too high water content will cause your chinchilla to have diarrhea. Only apples can be eaten in small amounts.

3. Don’t feed cooked melon seeds to chinchillas. The reason why chinchillas eat melon seeds is because melon seeds contain linoleic acid that chinchillas need, which is good for chinchilla hair. However, the linoleic acid in cooked melon seeds It has already been used up, and the cooked melon seeds consumed by many people contain salt and additives. Salt can easily cause chinchillas to lose hair, and additives are not suitable for chinchillas, so we should not give melon seeds to chinchillas.

4. Do not feed soybeans to chinchillas. Soybeans eat into the chinchilla’s belly and absorb a large amount of water in the intestines, which will cause the chinchilla to feel bloated. In severe cases, it may cause intestinal obstruction and threaten life.