Features bathing chinchillas

Chinchilla is a small, very funny and fluffy animal. Everyone likes it, and most want to buy it for themselves. Only it is necessary to provide the necessary living conditions so that it feels beautifully and comfortably. And one of the main components of care is bathing.

Bathing is required to:

• clean wool;
• remove excess hair and moisture;
• enjoy the process;
• relieve stress.

And also any owner of a small animal is interesting to follow this process. Chinchillas bathe very funny and exciting. When an animal bathes in its bath, its fur becomes fluffy and becomes shiny.

Most people have a question, you can wash your pet in water. The answer to this question is no, basically it is impossible.

If somehow the hair is still wet, you should immediately wrap the chinchilla with a towel and dry it to the end. Despite this, there are situations when you still have to bathe the animal in the water.

If your animal has soiled its paws and tail, then with a calm soul you can take a small container, pour warm water into it, and carefully remove dirt with a cloth. Next, wipe the pet with a towel and dry. While drying you can use a hair dryer. The main thing is that the speed was turned on at least so as not to frighten the pet. The final effect of this procedure is combing wool. This process requires special care, and can take a long time.

In addition, it is allowed to wash an animal in water if it is very dirty and cannot cope without your help.

Then we dry the pet in the same way as in the first version. Or you can simply move the cage to a warm place.

In any other case, your help chinchilla is not needed. The animal takes care of itself independently, you only need to provide it with a special bathing with sand.

In nature, chinchilla does its bathing affairs in volcanic dust. The name "sand" is rather arbitrary. Remember do not use ordinary sand. Its grains are very large and sharp. And they can harm thick fur. In the event that you sift the sand, its grains will still be sharp. In addition, there is a huge amount of quartz granules.

A good quality product must be matte. It is quartz particles that provide brilliance.

A good filler should absorb water well. If you add some water to it, it should instantly absorb it. The resulting moist lump after drying, as a rule, retains its shape. You can also add talc for better cleansing of wool in the sand. In addition, it is useful to bring in feed sulfur to prevent parasites from appearing. This must be resorted to, if, in addition to the chinchilla, other animals live in the house. Of course, fleas do not live on these animals, because of the thick fur, but there are cases when they appear on their tail.

In addition, it will remove unpleasant odors. Change the filler is after 10, a maximum of 15 bathing. Its layer should be up to 5 cm.

These animals take baths very intensively, and the usual tray will not work, since dust will fly everywhere. Therefore, you will need to purchase a special bathing unit that will not allow the sand to scatter in all directions. And it can be done with your own hands at home.

So that your pet could swim, you will need a special kupalka. It must be taken with high edges, as chinchillas are energetic. In specialized stores there is a large selection of all sorts of options. If you have problems with their acquisition, you can make the so-called bath of scrap materials.

The main task of the cup is to not let the sand crumble in different directions. And for these purposes you can use such things as:

• Plastic container;
• plastic bucket of the right size;
• containers from detergents;
• five-liter banks.

The simplest options are the bank and the container, since everyone has these things in the house, and if not, then it will not be difficult to reach the store and get them there. If you choose the option with a container, then close it to the end, and you can not leave the animal there. But you can prevent the room from becoming contaminated with dust.

An ordinary plastic bucket is good because it can be used periodically or left in a cage on a permanent basis. To give preference is small, but roomy buckets.

You can do it as follows:

1. we take a bucket and on the side we make a hole of the required diameter;
2. edges are treated with sandpaper;
3. the bottom of the hole should be located at a distance of 15-20 cm from the floor;
4. Pour the filler in the following way: turn the bucket upside down and put the sand in there.

This type of kupalka is good because you can get a pet out of it without any problems, and thus you won’t scare the animal and you can’t harm it. To get the chinchilla, we take a bucket, very carefully turn it upside down, open it and pull it out.

The negative point of the bucket is the fact that with a large amount of sand in the room there will be a lot of dust.

Such capacities are almost identical in characteristics. And kupalki of them are made in the same way.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. take the container and cut the hole of the desired size so that the chinchilla can easily climb there;
2. we make a hole from the wide side;
3. on the hole we pass sandpaper;
4. put the bathing so that the hole is at the top, and then add sand;
5. The last action is to launch the animal.

This option has its drawbacks, it is:

• low weight - an animal can easily tilt the container when it will climb or climb out of it;
• smooth surface - Chinchilla will be difficult to cling claws to get inside and get out of the bottle;
• weak resilience - the animal will gnaw plastic, and if its pieces enter the body, there will be bad consequences.

Make the process of swimming is best in the evening. It should take about half an hour. It happens this way: we take a bathing, add a filler there, and put it in a cage, in a convenient place.And after this is done, the chinchilla itself climbs there and begins to swim. At the same time, it can make various sounds. Thus, she shows her pleasure.

Animal is recommended to wash a couple of times a week. But in the event that your animal quickly and often gets dirty, then it will have to wash more often. And if there are various fungal diseases, the process becomes everyday.

Chinchilla is an interesting and funny animal, which, with proper care and care, will give you many wonderful moments, lift your spirits and become a true family friend. But remember that all this will be possible only if you provide the animal with proper and proper comprehensive care.

For more information on errors in bathing chinchillas, see below.