Owners who feed Chinchilla know that chinchillas are very afraid of heat, but the unfortunate death of chinchillas from heat stroke happens every summer. Chinchilla Encyclopedia has sorted out the precautions for chinchillas in summer , so that chinchillas can spend the hot summer smoothly.

Chinchillas have thick fur and no sweat glands, so they cannot cool down by perspiring, so they are very afraid of heat.

The body temperature of chinchillas is between 36 and 38 degrees Celsius, and the most comfortable temperature is between 5 and 25 degrees Celsius. When the indoor temperature reaches above 26 degrees Celsius, the ears of chinchillas will appear red. If your chinchilla's ears are bright red, it's too hot to cool down.

The temperature in the breeding environment of chinchillas above 26 degrees Celsius will greatly increase the chance of chinchillas heatstroke, but it is not 100% heatstroke. , then relaxed vigilance, and finally led to the death of Chinchillas from heat stroke. Don't take chances with the temperature being too high.

Cooling methods for Chinchillas in summer:

1. Air conditioning is the first choice, which is the most effective and most comfortable cooling method for Chinchillas;

2 , The air conditioner fan is a combination of air conditioner and fan. It can be put into ice box and added water to cool down physically, but the effect is still far from the air conditioner. When using it, you should also pay attention to controlling humidity and avoiding direct blowing;

3 , Ice nest and ice box, this is the preferred way to cool chinchillas in addition to air conditioning, adding 3 or 4 ice boxes generally lasts for 8 hours.

You don't have to worry too much about the problem of condensed water produced by the cooling of the ice nest. Put a super absorbent towel on the ice grid, and basically there will be no leakage of condensed water.

Precautions for feeding chinchillas in summer:

1. Keep chinchilla breeding environment cool, control temperature and humidity, and the temperature must exceed 26 degrees Celsius Take cooling measures;

2. Don't blow a fan to chinchillas, it will cause chinchillas to catch a cold;

3. Reduce or stop blowing air to chinchillas;

4. It can reduce the pedals and toys in the cage and reduce the amount of chinchilla exercise;

5. Don't believe the statement that salt is added to drinking water, it is wrong;

6. Always keep There is sufficient drinking water.