Nutritional requirements for chinchillas

[Cuddlebug]

Could somebody, please, post a list of the nutritional requirements for good chinchilla pellets. I am working on a paper about the subject. I need both the minimum and maximum levels for each of the items. I tried doing a search and was only able to find anything more than bits and pieces of the information. I thought I had seen a list in a thread once, but I can't find it. I would appreciate any help that I can get. Thanks.

 

[Cuddlebug]

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[vsaporito]

Oxbow Essentials Chinchilla Food
Premium Ingredients
Alfalfa Hay = Beneficial Fiber and Protein
Soy Products = Fiber, Balanced Protein, Healthy Fat
Wheat = Ideal Carbohydrate and Energy Source
Ingredients
Alfalfa Meal, Soybean Hulls, Wheat Middlings, Soybean Meal, Soybean Oil, Salt, Lignin Sulfonate, Cane Molasses, L-Ascorbyl-2-Monophosphate (Vitamin C), Limestone, Yeast Culture (dehydrated), Vitamin E Supplement, Choline Chloride, Zinc Proteinate, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin, Copper Sulfate, Selenium Yeast, Vitamin A Supplement, Folic Acid, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Copper Proteinate, Riboflavin Supplement, Manganese Proteinate, Biotin, Manganous Oxide, Thiamine Mononitrate, Magnesium Sulfate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Sodium Selenite, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Cobalt Carbonate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Calcium Iodate*

Guarenteed Analysis
Crude Protein (min) 18.00%
Crude Fat (min) 2.50%
Crude Fiber (min) 18.00%, max 23.00%
Moisture (max) 10.00%
Calcium (min) 0.60%, (max) 1.10%
Phosphorus (min) 0.25%
Salt (min) 0.50%, (max) 1.00%
Vitamin A (min)*IU/kg 19,000
Vitamin D (min)*IU/kg 900
Vitamin E (min)*IU/kg 190
Copper*(min)*30 ppm

 

[vsaporito]

Mazuri
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein (not less than) 20.00%
Crude Fat (not less than) 3.00%
Crude Fiber (not more than) 18.00%
Ash (not more than) 9.00%
Ingredients: Dehydrated alfalfa meal, dehulled soybean meal, wheat middlings, ground soybean hulls, ground oats, wheat germ, dried beet pulp, cane molasses, soybean oil, dicalcium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, dried whey, salt, DL-methionine, calcium carbonate, calcium propionate, vitamin A acetate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, choline chloride, folic acid, magnesium oxide, cholecalciferol (vitamin D3), calcium pantothenate, d-alpha tocopheryl acetate (natural source vitamin E), zinc oxide, nicotinic acid, vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin, dried streptoccoccus faecium fermentation product, dried lactobacillus acidophilus ferment product, yeast culture, dried aspergillus niger fermentation extract, dried trichoderma viride fermentation extract, manganous oxide, dried bacillus subtillis fermentation product, ferrous carbonate, copper sulfate, zinc sulfate, dried saccharomyces cereviseae fermentation, calcium iodate, cobalt carbonate, sodium selenite.

 

[Sycamore Chins]

Those aren't nutritional requirements, those are nutritional analyses of feeds on the market.

I don't think there is an NRC recommendation for chinchillas, you can find one for rabbits and base it off of that. And there is an article on nutritional requirement from the 50's. Other than that I couldn't find much.

 

[ticklechin]

Low fat, low protein and high fiber, besides that there has been no research on the subject since the 50s.

 

[Cuddlebug]

Wow, no wonder I couldn't find anything other than the protein and fiber recommendations. Thanks for the help. Do you know where I can find the article from the 50's?

 

[Sycamore Chins]

It's here on the forum under Chin Articles

 

[Brittany]

I think this is the one you're looking for? http://www.chins-n-hedgies.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18731