How do chinchillas keep clean?

Chinchilla dust bath is needed to help your Chinchilla stay clean. It is one of the most important things a new (or even old) Chinchilla owner must know. If you are reading this article then it means you have a Chinchilla and you want to help your Chinchilla stay clean. read more

Chinchillas, both wild and domestic, keep clean with a combination of minor grooming by hand (paw) and mouth and dust baths. Their natural habitat is high in the Andes mountains where it is very dry, sparse, and cool (hence their incredibly dense fur). The volcanic ash in the mountains is how wild chinchillas dust bathe. read more

I do this every other day because my chinchillas have a schedule of dust every other day, and the day they don't have a bath, I sweep the dust so it doesn't hurt their respiritory system. (They will be in the bathroom with my older brother for playtime while I sweep. read more

If you do daily maintenance of your chinchilla cage, weekly cleaning shouldn’t require much additional time. Have a broom, dustpan, and some moistened paper towels handy to clean up any messes. Weekly cleaning of your chinchilla’s cage takes approximately fifteen to twenty minutes. read more