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Chinchilla food and Degu food from Witte Molen PUUR Chinchilla & Degu is a pure & varied gourmet muesli for Chinchillas and Degus. The food consists of special ingredients that are tailored to the nutritional needs of the Chinchilla and Degu. Witte Molen
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Pamper your chinchillas with the nutritious and tasty Little One Green Valley Chinchilla food. Formulated to meet the nutritional needs of chinchillas, this special food provides a balanced blend of high-quality ingredients to support their health and wel
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Bunny Nature ChinchillaDroom Basic is a food specially formulated for chinchillas, with carefully selected ingredients to meet their nutritional needs
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Chinchilla food from Beaphar Care Plus Chinchilla is a complete, tasty and balanced food for chinchillas. The chunks are extruded and therefore easy to digest. All kibble has the same composition (All-in-one), which means no selective eating behavior, lef
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Supreme Selective Chinchilla is a balanced diet for chinchillas with tasty parsley, plantain and linseed for a healthy and shiny coat. The high fiber levels are very important for a chinchilla's digestive system and also help to wear down continuously gro
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Chinchilla and Degu food from Versele Laga Complete Chinchilla & Degu is food without worries. The tasty All in 1 pellet prevents selective eating behavior. This way your Chinchilla or Degu gets all the essential nutrients and remains perfectly healthy. T
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Charlie Chinchilla Complete Muesli is a complete food for chinchillas of all ages. This premium food has a high fiber content for optimal digestion and a low fat content. Without peanuts or sunflower seeds, because these...
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Chinchilla food from Versele Laga has a grain-free composition with extra vegetables full of vitamins and minerals. It is a varied, fiber-rich mixture full of different grasses, herbs and vegetables. Without added sugars for these sensitive animals!
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Spoil your fluffy friends with an irresistible treat packed with flavor and health. Our Flower & Herb Mix has been carefully formulated to pamper the taste buds of your chinchillas and degus, while they enjoy the benefits of high-quality ingredients.
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Delicious Chinchilla Herb Mix with different herbs, leaves and flowers. This mixture is suitable for all rodents and rabbits.
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The Mixerama Meadow Dream is a natural supplementary food for rabbits, guinea pigs and chinchillas. The Mixerama Meadow Dream is based on natural meadow grass hay, which is made up of the following components: meadow foxtail, hogweed, meadow fescue, red f
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Lucerne (alfalfa) is very healthy for rodents & rabbits. We could say that it is an indispensable part of their diet. Alfalfa is an optimal supplementary feed to provide animals with high-quality vegetable proteins, amino acids, minerals and trace element
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Walnut Leaf Pellets are a delicious enrichment of the diet of rodents and rabbits. Walnut leaves are not only tasty but also very healthy. The pellets are approximately 4 mm in size and are made entirely from fresh walnut leaves.
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Dandelion is very healthy for rodents & rabbits. Dandelion is an optimal supplementary feed to provide animals with high-quality vegetable proteins, amino acids, minerals and trace elements.
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Rosemary Pellets are a delicious enrichment of the diet of rodents and rabbits. Rosemary is not only tasty but also very healthy and loved by rodents and rabbits. The pellets are approximately 4 mm in size and are made entirely from fresh rosemary.
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Get ready to enter rodent paradise with the irresistible Rodent Grocer Basil Pellets! This nutritional sensation is specially designed to pamper your beloved rodents and rabbits. It's not just a treat - it's a tasty addition to their daily diet.
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Spinach Pellets are a delicious enrichment of the diet of rodents and rabbits. Spinach is not only tasty but also very healthy and rich in iron. The pellets are approximately 4 mm in size and are made entirely from fresh spinach.
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Thyme Pellets are a delicious enrichment of the diet of rodents and rabbits. Thyme is not only tasty but also very healthy. The pellets are approximately 4 mm in size and are made entirely from fresh Thyme.
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A Natural Feast for Your Rodents: Rodent Grocery Pasture Pellets! Hello rodent and rabbit lovers, have you ever dreamed of a treat straight from nature for your fluffy friends? Well, dreams come true with our Rodent Grocery Pasture Pellets. These tasty pe
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These delicious organic chunks are rich in fiber-rich Timothy grass, which is not only tasty but also very healthy for rodents and rabbits. The kibble supports digestion and helps wear down the teeth. The kibble is also ideal to use as a small reward or a
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Nutritious Treat for Your Rodents: Rodent Grocery Flaxseed Pellets! At "Rodent Grocer" we understand the need of your rodents and rabbits for healthy and tasty treats. Our Rodent Grocery Flaxseed Pellets are the epitome of quality, freshness and care, and
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Natural Treat for Your Rodents and Rabbits: Rodent Grocery Hemp Pellets! At the "Rodent Grocer" the well-being of your rodents and rabbits comes first. Our Rodent Grocery Hemp Pellets are a perfect combination of taste, nutritional value and care for your
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Introducing our specially curated foraging menu, designed with love and care to provide your furry friend with a tasty and balanced meal! Introducing our specially curated foraging menu, designed with love and care to provide your furry friend with a tast
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BunnyNature Health UroVital is a nutritional supplement specially designed for guinea pigs, rabbits, chinchillas and degus with a sensitive or problematic urinary and bladder system. This supplement supports the urinary system.
Read moreYou can order chinchilla food easily and quickly at DRD Knaagdierwinkel® The Chinchilla Webshop for your Chinchilla!
You can order chinchilla food for your Chinchilla easily and quickly from DRD Rodent Shop. Would you like to spoil your Chinchilla with healthy, balanced chinchilla food? Here you will find different types of food for an attractive price. Versele-Laga, Witte Molen, Hope Farms, Supreme, etc. Ordering is quick and easy at DRD Knaagdierwinkel!
Chinchillas are small, folivorous/herbivorous (herbivorous) mammals and belong to the rodent order. Chinchillas feed on plant foods and are able to process them optimally.
Teeth
There are two incisors in the upper and lower jaws, which, just like the molars, continue to grow for life. A rough fiber structure in the diet is necessary for tooth wear.
Stomach
The stomach is only moderately muscular and therefore cannot independently transport the food 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 fermentation chamber. The cecal droppings formed are reabsorbed by chinchillas.
Ratio of crude fiber and starch
Crude Fiber: Crude fiber is very important for health. They support digestion, the appendix and, with their rough fiber structure, tooth wear.
Starch: Starch is mainly an energy supplier and should be present in limited quantities in the feed.
A shift in the crude fiber-starch ratio can lead to long-term health damage:
Too little crude fiber leads to intestinal sluggishness, changes in intestinal flora and disturbed functioning of the appendix.
Too much starch leads to eating breaks, changes in intestinal flora, swelling, diarrhea, fermentation, adiposity.
That's why veterinarians 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: whole grain 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 eat their appendix feces just like rabbits. They mainly get vitamin B12 from this. In nature, the chinchilla eats dried plant parts. The diet must be low in energy and rich in fiber. 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 an unlimited manner.
Fiber: Fiber is extremely important for chinchillas. The chinchilla's teeth grow throughout its 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, fibers are also important for digestion.
Protein: The food should not contain too much protein. The appendix stool must be eaten again by the chinchilla. This is rich in vitamins and protein. If the chinchilla consumes too much protein through its diet, this may prevent it from eating the appendix stool.
Fats: Chinchillas should not consume 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 fatty can also cause the chinchilla to become too fat.
Calcium: The chinchilla excretes the excess calcium through the feces, 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 growing animals 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 can eat these plants
Wild Plants |
Branches and Leaves |
Vegetable |
|---|---|---|
| Strawberry leaf Bindweed Amaranth Mountain savory Mugwort Buckwheat Chives Nettle (dried) Goldenrod Canadian fleabane Wild garlic Deadnettle Yarrow Speedwell Angelica Cow parsley Great wall Plantain Cat's tail Big poppy Common agrimony Marigold Just pig grass Ordinary rocket Common hogweed Hedge bindweed Horsetail Herik Box peat Ground trot Shepherd's purse Hop Hawkweed Hornflower Deer hay Hedge vetch Incarnate clover Japanese knotweed Mallow/Malva Chamomile Cleavers Nodding nailwort Knapweed Knapweed Cucumber herb Compass lettuce Queen's herb Rapeseed Cornflower blue Cornflower Red Coltsfoot Clover Wood sorrel Burdock Look-without-look Lathyrus violet Daisy Margriet Report Milk Thistle/Milk Thistle Avensis Cranesbill Dandelion Bee bread Arrowwort cherry Penningwort Burnet Roller clover Comfrey coleus Stripe seed Narrow plantain Evening primrose Torch Valerian Lamb's lettuce Field cherry Five-fingerwort Fodder vetch Chickweed Flax Snapdragon Lady's mantle Bedstraw Chicory Wild carrot Winter purslane White Krodde Watercress Zenegreen Ground elder Silver beauty Sunflower Coneflower/Echinacea Sorrel |
Currant bush |
Endive Celery Broccoli Zucchini Iceberg lettuce Cucumber Head lettuce Bell pepper Parsnip Parsley root Pumpkin Purslane |
