ChinnieShop
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Hello Everyone,
One of the first things we learned when we first brought our chinchilla home was that they cannot get wet. They must take dust baths, and if they do get wet by accident to dry them immediately. What I have read is that there fur is to thick to dry and can make them sick. Does anyone have any articles or additional information on why they should not get wet.
The reason I am asking is we have an Instagram where we post pictures all the time for our chinchilla shop, and we have many followers, as I was going through the pictures this morning I saw a picture from one of our followers and could not believe it. It seems that this little girl is giving her chinchillas a bath with water, and they look very unhappy. I informed her not to ever do that, but I would like to provide more information as to why this is bad for them.
One of the first things we learned when we first brought our chinchilla home was that they cannot get wet. They must take dust baths, and if they do get wet by accident to dry them immediately. What I have read is that there fur is to thick to dry and can make them sick. Does anyone have any articles or additional information on why they should not get wet.
The reason I am asking is we have an Instagram where we post pictures all the time for our chinchilla shop, and we have many followers, as I was going through the pictures this morning I saw a picture from one of our followers and could not believe it. It seems that this little girl is giving her chinchillas a bath with water, and they look very unhappy. I informed her not to ever do that, but I would like to provide more information as to why this is bad for them.