How to look after cubs of a chinchilla

How to look after cubs of a chinchilla

Surprising feature of newborn chinchillas is that having only been born, they are already capable to independent life. These marvelous animals already able to see, with teeth which begin to be cut through are born, their little body is already covered with small indumentum.

Instruction

1. From the very first days of birth of a chinchilla are capable to move and without effort move from place to place. But, nevertheless, that little small animals had excellent health and grew strong, they need permanent care. Basic care for newborn chinchillas consists in providing them with food, to be exact nutritious and useful milk. To a little cub since the birth the maternal milk containing only useful substances is vital.

2. If so it happened that the female mother of the available milk has not enough, or it is absent completely, then the kid needs to be provided with the additional power supply. There is various fertilizing intended especially for such cases. For example, widespread fertilizing is Kitti milk – powdered milk which is required to be diluted in boiled lukewarm water or in camomile infusion. Or Agusha baby food which is well acquired also by little chinchillas is very popular. Such food it is necessary to give small a shinshillenka accurately via the disposable syringe because glass pipettes they can simply have a bite and do themselves harm.

3. It is necessary to feed little cubs very carefully and little by little that they did not choke. There is also other option of feeding: to give to feed the kid to that female who has a milk. It is necessary to eat to chinchillas each 3 hours. If to feed up animals special sterns that there were no problems with a stomach, it is necessary to add couple of drops of an espumizan to food.

4. Except providing food of kids, care and for their wonderful fur is necessary. That wool was in a fine state and had a healthy appearance, chinchillas should be bathed in sand bathtubs. Sand has to be only volcanic breed. Sand bathtubs promote improvement of a condition of indumentum: there is its full purification of wool. Such bathtubs are fine prevention against various parasites. Besides, chinchillas adore this procedure.

5. Sand bathtubs it is recommended to spend each three days. It is impossible to bathe them at all in usual water as they completely get wet, and it, respectively, very much harms an external condition of wool.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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