Chinchillas will shed hair, and there are many reasons why chinchillas shed hair. First of all, chinchillas will shed their hair crazily when it’s the molting season. Chinchillas will also shed hair when they are frightened. Secondly, if chinchillas eat food containing too much salt, hair loss will also occur. Finally, if chinchillas suffer from skin diseases, they will also shed a lot of hair.

Methods to reduce hair loss in chinchillas

1. When chinchillas shed hair due to nutritional problems, breeders need to regularly supplement vitamins to chinchillas, such as : Dried apples, dried oranges, etc. Breeders can also feed chinchillas some special nutritional paste, which can effectively prevent chinchillas from losing hair.

2. If there are hidden dangers in the breeding environment, or if the cleaning interval is relatively long, it will cause the chinchilla to be infected by parasites, which will cause hair loss. The breeder can deworm the chinchilla regularly, so that It can also prevent hair loss.

3. When raising chinchillas, you must bathe them regularly. Try not to buy cheap and inferior bath sand, because inferior bath sand may also cause chinchillas to lose hair. You can use bath sand with guaranteed quality. The interval between bathing should not be too long, twice a week in summer and once a week in winter.