Chinchillas Staying Healthy With Pellets and HayThe chinchilla's process of consuming food is quite different than other animals. They shouldhave a lot of roughage and fewer nutrients. One of the things that they must have enough of ispellets.Chinchilla pellets can be purchased from a breeder or a pet store. Not all brands contain thesame ingredients. When your purchase them, be sure that the basic ingredients are in the mix.This would include alfalfa meal, wheat germ, molasses, oats, soybean oil meal, corn, and addedvitamins and minerals. The chinchilla pellets are long because the animals eat with theirhands and they must be able to grasp them.The chinchillas consume the pellets until they feel full. When they get to that point, they willstop and refrain from overeating. You can either feed them once or twice a day. You'll wantto figure out which feeding regimen is best for them. Stick with whatever works best and beconsistent. If you're not, the chinchilla will know and the inconsistency will cause them to bestressed.
A chinchilla's livelihood is based on routines. You can feed the pellets to them either from ahopper feeder or a ceramic bowl. The hopper feeder is good to use because you don't have toconcern yourself about it falling over. Ceramic bowls are good because they are heavy and thechinchilla can't chew it, like they would a plastic bowl.Chinchilla pellets are one of the best things they can eat; but if for some reason you can't locatethem, you can substitute rabbit or guinea pig pellets for them. These are fine to consume aslong as they contain plenty of fiber and are low in fat. If for some reason you do have toswitch their pellets, do it gradually. Once they get used to a system, it's difficult for them tochange suddenly. They will adapt, but they get stressed if it happens all at once.Hay is good for them because it also provides fiber for their system. You can choose from twokinds: alfalfa or timothy. They can be purchased in loose or small compressed blocks with ameasurement of 1\" X 1\" X 2\". The animals will eat both kinds and it must be chemical andmold free. Because of their sensitive digestive system, chinchillas can only consume fresh hay.To remain fresh, it must be stored in a dry place.Fifty-pound bags may be too much for a chinchilla owner, so cubes can be purchased in smalleramounts. It's better if the cubes are broken into smaller pieces. This way, they can handlethem easier as opposed to being one cumbersome piece. One pressed cube or a handful of hayis all an adult chinchilla usually eats.An alternative to hay would be Bermuda grass. If your house has a lawn with Bermuda grass,you can feed that to your chinchilla. However, the grass must be chemical and fertilizer free.Just wash it off and give your chinchilla a few. Bermuda grass helps to remedy any digestiveissues.Title:Herbal Stress Management Rule: Regular Exercise, Healthy Diet!Word Count:370Summary:The very concept of herbal stress management, reveals one fact - inevitability. Well, come backto Nature! Man, you have no other alternative!Many individuals and institutions have taken up to the herbal path for stress management, withremarkable success.Well, there is none without stress today! But the management of stress skills may be different.A major avalanche starts with minor disturbances! Similarly a minor symptom, which you arelikely to ignore, might be...Keywords:herbal stress management, stress management
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