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Chinchillas are small, folivorous/herbivorous (plant-eating) mammals and belong to the order of rodents. Chinchillas feed on plant foods and are able to process them optimally.
Teeth
There are two incisors in the upper and lower jaws, which, like the molars, continue to grow for life. A rough fiber structure in the food is necessary for tooth wear.
Stomach
The stomach is only moderately muscled and therefore cannot independently transport the nutritional mixture to the next part of the intestine. The following nutritional portions take over that task.
Cecum
Fine dietary fibers end up in the voluminous appendix, which are converted into proteins, vitamin B complex and vitamin K by special bacteria. That is why the appendix is also called the yeast chamber. The formed caecal droppings are reabsorbed by chinchillas.
Ratio Crude fiber and starch
Crude fiber: Crude fiber is very important for health. They support digestion, the cecum and, with their rough fiber structure, tooth wear.
Starch: Starch is mainly an energy supplier and must be present in a limited amount in the feed.
A shift in the raw fiber to starch ratio can lead to long-term health damage:
Too little crude fiber leads to intestinal sluggishness, changes in intestinal flora and impaired functioning of the cecum.
Too much starch leads to eating breaks, changes in the intestinal flora, swelling, diarrhoea, fermentation, adiposity.
That is why vets recommend a minimum crude fiber to starch ratio of 3:1.
How do I actually know how much starch my food contains?
The composition is very useful here: whole grains (with starchy flour body), field beans, potatoes or peas are an indication that a higher starch content should be taken into account.
Chinchillas have a very sensitive digestive system. The food should not contain too much moisture. In addition to special chinchilla chunks, chinchillas need unlimited hay. Chinchillas, like rabbits, eat their cecal excrement. They mainly extract vitamin B12 from this. In nature, the chinchilla eats dried plant parts. The diet must be low in energy and high in fibre. The chinchilla's gastrointestinal tract is weakly muscled. The chinchilla should therefore not have too long eating breaks. Hay, in particular, must be available in unlimited quantities.
Fiber: Fiber is very important for chinchillas. The chinchilla's teeth continue to grow throughout life. It is therefore important that the teeth and molars wear sufficiently. This is done by eating raw fibers, mainly from hay. By chewing the long fibers from the hay for a long time, the chinchilla produces saliva. This saliva contains enzymes that start digestion. In addition to wearing down the teeth and molars, fibers are also important for digestion.
Protein: The diet should not contain too much protein. The appendix must be eaten by the chinchilla again. It is rich in vitamins and protein. If the chinchilla gets too much protein through its diet, this can prevent it from eating the appendix.
Fats: Chinchilla should not get too much fat. If the food contains too much fat, this can cause the chinchilla to take eating breaks. This can lead to digestive problems. A diet that is too greasy can also cause the chinchilla to become too fat.
Calcium: The chinchilla excretes the excess calcium through the faeces, and not through the urine as is the case with many other rodents. This significantly reduces the risk of bladder and kidney stones. An excess of calcium is therefore not immediately dangerous. A calcium deficiency is harmful to the teeth and skeleton. Young animals in growth and pregnant animals need a calcium content of 0.9%. For adult animals, a content of 0.6% is sufficient. The Calcium:Phosphorus ratio should be between 1.5:1 and 2:1.
Chinchillas are allowed to eat these plants
Wild Plants |
Branches and Leaves |
Vegetable |
|---|---|---|
| Strawberry leaf Bindweed Amaranth Mountain savory Mugwort Buckwheat Chives Nettle (dried) Goldenrod Canadian fleabane Bear's garlic Dead nettle Yarrow speedwell Angelica root cow parsley Great wall Plantain Cat's tail Large poppy Common agrimony Marigold Just pig grass Ordinary rocket Common hogweed Bindweed Horsetail Herik booth pod Dog trot Shepherd's purse Hop hawkweed Hornflower Stag hay Hedge vetch Incarnate Clover Japanese Knotweed Mallow/Malva Chamomile Adhesive herb Nodding avens Knapweed Knobweed Cucumber herb Compass lettuce queen herb Rapeseed Cornflower blue Cornflower Red Coltsfoot Clover Wood sorrel Burdock Look-without-look Lathyrus violet Daisy Margaret Reported Milk thistle/Milk thistle avens Cranesbill Dandelion Bee bread Arrowhead cherry Pennywort Pimpernel clover Comfrey Coleus Streak seed Narrow plantain Evening primrose Torch Valerian Lamb's lettuce Field cress Five-Fingerwort Feed vetch chickweed Flax snapdragon Lady's mantle bedstraw Chicory Wild carrot Winter purslane White Crooked White watercress Zengreen Seven leaf Silverweed Sunflower Coneflower/Echinacea Sorrel |
currant bush |
Endive Celery Broccoli Zucchini Iceberg lettuce Cucumber Lettuce Bell pepper Parsnip Parsley root Pumpkin Purslane |
