Chinchilla - a small animal with dense silky fur of various color. The small amount, nice on the touch fur and simplicity of maintenance allows to live to such small animal in house conditions. At acquisition of an animal it is extremely important to be able to determine his age not to buy old or too little, helpless chinchilla.
It is required to you
- electronic scales
Instruction
1. Determine the weight of a small animal. Though the cub of a chinchilla eats a forage from 5 days, to the 70th day age it still has to eat also maternal milk. Every week of his life with mother is important for the full-fledged growth and development of the kid. Independent and capable to separate life of a chinchilla become at the age of 3-4 months, at this time their weight is equal about 270-320 grams. If the weight of a small animal is less – to separate of it from mother still early.
2. Pay special attention to selection of small animals for breeding cultivation. Select large, strong and active 6 - 7 monthly small animals. At this age the chinchilla weighs not less than 400 g and has dense indumentum. Keep in mind that little chinchillas very quickly gain weight, but cease to grow after age of 24 months when reach 600 grams. If the small animal weighs more than a half a kilo, and the seller assures you that he is still a cub – do not believe!
3. Observe behavior of chinchillas – old small animals lose the activity, look more sluggish and apathetic. Young people, on the contrary, frolic and cheerfully play. Pay attention to heels of a small animal – with age the skin on them considerably grows coarse. If you see on callosity heels - before you the shinshillovy grandmother. Eyes at old small animals become dim and tarnish. Also with age the quality of fur changes - the fluffy fur coat thins, its color fades and becomes lighter.