Chinchillas cannot eat peanuts. Peanuts contain a lot of fat, and chinchillas have limited ability to break down fat. Eating peanuts can easily cause slow intestinal movements in chinchillas and cause constipation. It is recommended that chinchilla owners do not feed peanuts to chinchillas, nor do they feed melon seeds, soybeans and other similar foods. If chinchillas accidentally eat them, pay close attention to their reactions. If chinchillas feel unwell, they should be taken to the pet hospital for symptomatic treatment as soon as possible. .

Precautions for feeding chinchillas:

1. Do not buy food containing additives and preservatives from the supermarket. These things will bring unpredictable dangers to chinchillas. .

2. Do not feed your chinchilla fresh vegetables and fruits. Food with too high water content will cause your chinchilla to have diarrhea. Only apples can be eaten in small amounts.

3. Don’t feed cooked melon seeds to chinchillas. The reason why chinchillas eat melon seeds is because melon seeds contain linoleic acid that chinchillas need, which is good for chinchilla hair. However, the linoleic acid in cooked melon seeds It has already been used up, and the cooked melon seeds consumed by many people contain salt and additives. Salt can easily cause chinchillas to lose hair, and additives are not suitable for chinchillas, so we should not give melon seeds to chinchillas.

4. Do not feed soybeans to chinchillas. Soybeans eat into the chinchilla’s stomach and absorb a large amount of water in the intestines, which will cause the chinchilla to feel bloated. In severe cases, it may cause intestinal obstruction and be life-threatening.