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Healthy chinchilla food

Welcome to our online store for the species-appropriate nutrition of chinchillas! Here you will find high quality products specially developed for the needs of chinchillas, offering a balanced mix of dry herbs and seeds. Our carefully selected products support your chinchilla's natural diet and promote their health and vitality. Help your fluffy friend feel healthy and happy by buying species-appropriate food!
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Mixerama Garden Dream
Animal species: Kaninchen | Weight: 500 g
  1. with native leaves & herbs
  2. coarse structure
From €10.50*

Content: 0.5 kg (€21.00* / 1 kg )

Chinchilla Bronchial Cold Herbs
Animal species: Chinchillas | Weight: 500 g
  1. expectorant and helps with expectoration
  2. Can also be used for inhalations
From €12.00*

Content: 0.5 kg (€24.00* / 1 kg )

Chinchilla Gastrointestinal Herbs
Animal species: Chinchillas | Weight: 500 g
  1. high-quality leaves & herbal seeds from herbal medicine
  2. with 12 different flowers
From €12.00*

Content: 0.5 kg (€24.00* / 1 kg )

Chinchilla Vegetable Buffet
Animal species: Chinchillas | Weight: 1 kg
  1. made from 100% diced vegetables
  2. vitamin-rich supplementary food & healthy treats
From €14.00*
Chinchilla's flower diversity
Weight: 100 g
  1. 12 beneficial blossoms
  2. oriented towards the feeding needs of chinchillas
From €4.50*

Content: 0.1 kg (€45.00* / 1 kg )

Chinchilla's Herb Variety
Weight: 500 g
  1. 12 beneficial herbs
  2. promotes natural tooth wear
From €9.00*

Content: 0.5 kg (€18.00* / 1 kg )

Chinchilla's Meadow Dream
Animal species: Chinchillas | Weight: 500 g
  1. rich food for feeding or as a change
  2. with vegetables and apple
From €5.50*

Content: 0.5 kg (€11.00* / 1 kg )

Chinchillas Immunio Feed Supplement
Animal species: Chinchillas | Weight: 500 g
  1. 4 7 % flowers and 53 % herbs and weeds
  2. Strengthens the immune system in a natural way
From €12.00*

Content: 0.5 kg (€24.00* / 1 kg )

Chinchillas Leaf Variety
Animal species: Chinchillas | Weight: 500 g
  1. Blätter heimischer Obst- und Laubbäume
  2. mit gesunden Unkräutern
From €10.50*

Content: 0.5 kg (€21.00* / 1 kg )

Chinchillas Mountain Meadow
Animal species: Chinchillas | Weight: 500 g
  1. meadow grass hay from permanent grassland
  2. with herbs, root vegetables and flowers
From €8.50*

Content: 0.5 kg (€17.00* / 1 kg )

Chinchillas Nature Pure
Animal species: Chinchillas | Weight: 500 g
  1. diverse organic meadow grass hay with herbs
  2. flowers, vegetables and apple
From €5.50*

Content: 0.5 kg (€11.00* / 1 kg )

Chinchillas Rodent Feast
Animal species: Chinchillas | Weight: 500 g
  1. Herb and leaf mixture with dandelion root
  2. Free from dried vegetables and pulses
From €8.50*

Content: 0.5 kg (€17.00* / 1 kg )

Chinchillas Schmackofatz
Animal species: Chinchillas | Weight: 500 g
  1. natural meadow grass hay with herbs
  2. with tasty vegetables
From €8.50*

Content: 0.5 kg (€17.00* / 1 kg )

Flower mixture
Weight: 100 g
  1. With 9 different flowers from natural medicine
  2. Flowers can also be used for tea
From €4.50*

Content: 0.1 kg (€45.00* / 1 kg )

Grass Seeds & Flowers
Weight: 500 g
  1. improved recipe of grass and flower supplement
  2. 5 varieties of grass seed and 4 varieties of flowers
From €9.50*

Content: 0.5 kg (€19.00* / 1 kg )

Grass Seeds Deluxe
Weight: 500 g
  1. 6 different grass seed varieties with fine herbs
  2. millet and grain-free
From €9.50*

Content: 0.5 kg (€19.00* / 1 kg )

Herbs
Weight: 500 g
  1. Improved recipe of the Health Extra
  2. High-quality herbal seeds known from herbal medicine
From €10.00*

Content: 0.5 kg (€20.00* / 1 kg )

Rodent Sprouts | Sprouted Food
  1. ready-to-use sprouted food for hamsters, mice and rats
  2. Important nutrients, minerals and vitamins
€5.50*

Content: 210 Milliliter (€2.62* / 100 Milliliter )

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Peanuts, shelled
Weight: 100 g
  1. High in protein
  2. Iron
  3. Phosphorus
  4. Potassium
  5. Calcium
  6. Magnesium
  7. Trace elements
€1.60*

Content: 0.1 kg (€16.00* / 1 kg )

Orlux | Clay Bloc mini | 3 x 180 g
  1. Clay block for large parakeets and parrots
€4.95*

Content: 0.54 kg (€9.17* / 1 kg )

Where do chinchillas come from?

Chinchillas originate from South America and belong to the rodents.
They live in the countries of Bolivia, Peru, and Argentina and Chile. Even in heights of up to 5000 m you can find them. There they live in caves or rock crevices. In their habitat they are exposed to strong temperature fluctuations. Their fur protects them well from these weather influences. However, since they do not have sweat glands, chinchillas have problems with hot temperatures. On such days they are then rather nocturnal. Chinchillas live in large groups. Usually a male animal protects several females. But how did it become a pet now? Due to their beautiful fur, they first became known as a fur supplier. In the middle of the 20th century, breedings were formed. Nevertheless, chinchillas are considered to be in danger of extinction, as they give birth to very few offspring. As a pet, however, the chinchilla became popular only in recent decades. Now it is increasingly finding its way into our living rooms.

Chinchilla housing

Chinchillas have a strong sense of movement, they run a lot and jump and hop around. Commercial cages or enclosures do not offer chinchillas any variety or even the opportunity to satisfy their urge to run. Most of the time, even the species-appropriate home-made enclosures are much too small to meet their desire for movement. Actually, this can hardly be called animal-friendly, because the animals can hardly live out all their usual behavior patterns in it. A pair of chinchillas would need at least 5m² of floor space. Thus, any enclosure or aviary to buy falls out of the grid. Before the acquisition of these special rodents, one should deal intensively with the attitude and accommodation.

Nutritional needs for chinchillas

Since chinchillas live up to 5000m altitude, it is almost obvious that the food supply is very scarce. Thus, the vegetation in their original habitat is rather sparse. Chinchillas feed mainly on dry grasses, herbs, flowers, twigs, leaves and cacti. Thus, daily dried flowers, herbs, leaves and also


Roots come on the chinchilla menu. It is best to offer ready-made mixtures with a variety of components. We offer a wide selection to meet the needs of the food specialist. Chinchillas break down vitamins and minerals in their appendix, they then reabsorb them with the feces. Eating poop is therefore healthy for a chinchilla and must not be prevented in any case.

Chinchillas and their health problems

As a rodent, the chinchilla depends on its teeth. The front side of healthy chinchilla teeth is yellow, yellow-orange or brownish due to a mineralized layer. This has nothing to do with poor dental hygiene, quite the opposite. In fact, if the teeth are white, they can break very easily. This is often a sign of mineral deficiency. There is a gland at the anus, which sometimes secretes a viscous secretion. This is the so-called anal gland. Please do not confuse it with a boil or an inflammation! Chinchillas also tend to regurgitate if not fed a species-appropriate food as described above. The intestines are then overloaded and can cause regurgitation. If you see misshapen feces or greasy spots on the springboards, the chinchilla usually has diarrhea. Even if you don't notice it in the behavior of the animal, if it has fecal smears on the fur or even liquid diarrhea, see a veterinarian immediately!

Chinchilla sand bath

Indispensable for fur care and well-being is of course sand bathing. Who has not heard of chinchilla bathing sand? But this is not always suitable. Please use only special chinchilla bathing sand. Bird sand is a quartz sand and too coarse-grained and damages the sensitive fur. Also the anise grains, which are harmful for chinchillas, are found there. Specially rounded quartz sand is suitable, as well as various pumice sands. Danger exists with so-called Attapulgit and Sepiolith sands. The angular sand dusts can get stuck in the lungs and cause lung problems or even cancer. If you have found the right sand, it should be offered in a sand bath which is at least 20 x 20cm. The sand should be cleaned daily with a sieve. This will leave the urine lumps and feces, as well as hay and bedding in the sieve. Also when keeping chinchillas is thus to pay attention to clean sand bath.