How to bathe chinchillas:

1. Most chinchillas can bathe themselves. This is a skill that chinchillas learned from their mothers when they were young. Chinchillas are different from most pets in that they cannot be washed with water and can only be washed with bath sand. First of all, breeders need to buy bath sand that is suitable for chinchillas. Do not buy low-quality bath sand for cheap, which may cause skin diseases to chinchillas.

2. After selecting the bath sand, the breeder needs to prepare a bath room for the chinchilla. It can be any box or box with a lid, but the size is more than twice as big as the chinchilla, otherwise the chinchilla will It is easy to use and cannot be used.

3. Breeders need to cultivate the chinchilla's ability to bathe on its own, open the cage regularly, put the bathing box outside the chinchilla's cage, and let it go in and take a bath on its own.

4. The breeder should cover the lid when the chinchilla is taking a bath. The newly purchased chinchilla will not take a bath if someone stares at it due to a lack of security. Another point is that when the chinchilla takes a bath, it will The bath sand rolled everywhere, so you need to close the lid to prevent the bath sand from flying out.

5. It will take about ten minutes to let the chinchilla out. The breeder can reward it with snacks to let it know that there will be delicious food in the bath, so that the chinchilla will take the initiative to take a bath in the future. .