Chinchillas prefer to eat fresh, succulent plants, as well as bark, hay, and seeds. In captivity, hay, grain and green fodder, or compound feed, are usually fed. The feed intake of adult chinchillas is about 5% to 6% of body weight.

The chinchilla eats like a squirrel, sitting on the hind legs and grabbing with the front legs Take the food and put it in your mouth little by little. The life span of chinchillas is generally 15 to 20 years, of which 8 to 10 years are fertile.