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The natural spreading area of wild-living chinchillas lies in the Andes of South America in up to 5000-m height. In this scanty area they live in rock fissures and caves under extreme climatic conditions (strong temperature variations, long dry spells and low air humidity).
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General Originally chinchillas are resident in South America, they live in the Andes states Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Argentina by heights up to 5000 m. There they live in available caves, rock fissures and similar taking cover. They are put out there to strong temperature variations, hot summer days become cold nights. The differences in temperature between day and night can amount to 25 degrees. Their fur protects them well against this weather influence, the animals do not stand only strong heat, temperatures more than 25 degrees can lead to the heat blow, because the animals cannot cool off by sweating, they have no sweat glands. The vegetation in her original living space is rather scanty. Chinchillas live on dry grass, herbs, branches, sheets and cacti. Chinchillas live in big groups, ordinarily a male animal together with several females. The chinchillas sleep away the day, only about evening they become high-spirited and use the coolness and security of the night around many hours with the feed search to spend and to maintain her social contacts. The Chinchilla
Chinchilla as pet:
Buy no chinchilla to the play for your children, they are no toys and only seldom to play and cuddle in the mood. Chinchillas own itself well as domestic animals for adults, them are a dusk and postactively. Chinchillas are herd animals. They should never hold the animals alone, always min in twos and then two same-sexual animals. Check to yourselves with the help of the following questions whether chinchillas really the suitable domestic animals for you Knowing you are the chinchillas: ... when home animals with appropriate to the species posture and care up to 18 or can become even 22 years old? ... nocturnal animals are and, therefore, during the day a quiet little place to sleep need? ... at all are not held with pleasure alone, but always play at least one partner to, do cuddle and do clean need? ... can jump up up to two metres and that this put up to her favorite plant honour as a nervous tickle is looked? ... own strong will own and mostly not so tame as guinea pig become? ... are not suitable for children? Only from a certain maturity of the child and a joint responsibility of the parents an appropriate to the species posture is possible. ... delight not only by her physical fur colour (standard / grey), but also are bred in many different colour variations? ... are pregnant up to 111 days and then from 1 to 4 boys (in the rarest cases 6) agree? . . complete gnaw experts are and gnaw at them everything what has not disappeared with 3? ... Long-term elimination and one must not surprise if the sofa is suddenly covered with small excrements ? ... a big cage need in which they are able to according to heart desire jump around and with rest undisturbed in dark corners can creep away? ... live on blossoms, herbs and Pellets? Almost all other causes stomach problems and intestinal problems. ... a bath need? However, no normal, but one with the special chinchilla bath sand which serves for the fur care. Food: Chinchillas live in the Andes in a very dry area poor in vegetation. They live there on dry grass, herbs, branches, sheets and cacti. The chinchilla is an easy boarder, however, loves the change. Please not, overfeed the chinchilla. The hip bones of every animal must be always well perceptible while feeling and the Futternapf must be almost empty every evening. The chinchilla must have before the feeding obviously and audible hunger. If one appears to his new house comrade a little, and one follows the mentioned peculiarities of the chinchillas, in particular theirs, the scanty plateaus of the Andes conformist Menuplan, one will always have a cleaning-cheerful and healthy chinchilla. In addition to the basic feed Peeling and perhaps herbal mixtures and punch mixtures one can use in masses likewise green fodder. To especially own to itself for this, for example: Dandelion, thistles, alfalfa, sage, Topinamburblätter, dead nettles, stinging nettles, strawberry leafs, raspberry leafs, bean sheets, celery, chicory, spinach, endives, young oat, wheat with piston and apple sheets, carrots with sheets, in addition, fruit like strawberries, apples, plums, oranges and bananas of all please only in tiny amounts! One should not feed : Valerian, fern, crowfoot, poppy, potatoes and tomatoes, also no cabbage and no legumes. As a tidbit raisins, figs, dry plums, dry apples, rose hips, rusk and solar flowers cores may be fed from time to time. Following belongs to a good chinchilla food:
Branches for Chinchillas
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