(1) Standard for healthy chinchillas:
1, look at the whole cat's body: the capillaries of the totoro's body are dense and uniform. After blowing the cat's body hair away with its mouth, there is no skin or dandruff-like object like people. The tail hair should be thin and hard, and there is no hair loss and dandruff-like object. (Note: Hairless chinchillas may have fungus or bite problems, remember)
2. No matter what color my totoro is, you should choose to be lively and active, run and jump flexibly, and walk steadily, so that you can be healthy. When you are active, don't exaggerate, and you can stop after normal play. Don't bite your hair suddenly, be manic, jump wildly, bite the cage, etc. My neighbor totoro usually sleeps during the day. Timid chinchillas will jump around in panic, squeak from time to time, and even lose all their hair because of fear, which is normal.
3. There are no scales and red eyes around the chinchilla's eyes. Don't choose a chinchilla with many yellow-green eye stains or red and swollen eyes. The eyes may be inflamed.
4, my neighbor totoro anus should be clean, no poop or dirt. Normal chinchilla feces should be hard, oval, dark green or dark brown about half a centimeter long, otherwise there will be symptoms of poor digestive system. And can urinate and defecate normally without frequent urination. Otherwise, male cats with congenital frequent urination and inability to urinate smoothly may be infertile.
5, my neighbor totoro's two front teeth should be the same length, just like people's, neat and beautiful. But the only difference is that its teeth should be yellow, can be covered by lips, and there is no tooth show. Because the chinchillas with teeth will turn white and drool, can't eat anything, and may have gingivitis. My neighbor totoro should be undamaged, with its tail upturned, symmetrical limbs and no deformity, and can eat normally.
(2), my neighbor totoro standard good temper and good appearance:
1, cats should be cheerful and don't make noise, scream, run around, lose hair, etc. with strangers. Gentle personality; Whether you hold it on your body or hold it in your hand, you don't have to pee on people or bite your fingers hard;
2, the face should not be sharp, but round; Eye spacing should be wide enough, eyes should be big and eye sockets should be deep; The two beards are arched; 3, the cat's body should be round, the body hair should be thick, the velvet should be bright, and the tail hair should be neat and vertical. Also, the ears and body hair should be intact and the tail should be long.
(3) Matters needing attention when purchasing my neighbor totoro:
1, you buy cages, toys and food for my chinchilla. Never buy a chinchilla first, take it far away to buy supplies, and don't mix with inappropriate cages. Ensure that the living environment of my neighbor totoro is not lower than minus 5 degrees and not higher than minus 28 degrees for a long time;
2. Every chinchilla is born timid. Buyers can let my neighbor totoro smell it through the cage, please it with snacks, and then let its original owner take it out of the cage and slowly give it to himself. My neighbor totoro nibbles his fingers, which is a tentative behavior. Buyers must not panic and scare the cat.
3. Take my chinchilla home with a stable appliance (for example, never let my chinchilla roll in a fixed circular appliance. The appliance should be the most suitable size for holding two chinchillas, and there should be enough air holes around it. In order to keep warm and use grass, sawdust must be put into the appliance. Remember, it is best not to stay in temporary equipment (such as cat tub with cover) for more than 3 hours, otherwise it will be very dangerous.
(4) Feeding precautions:
1, put it in a cage, don't stock it, don't rush to hug it when you go home for the first week, let it adapt to the environment first, or it will be scared to touch it. The staple food is dry alfalfa, ladder grass and oat grass. Just put about 30 grams in a small dish. Stop when it is full, don't pay attention to changing it every day, and add it when it is gone. Snacks can eat dried flowers (the kind of dried roses and dried peonies we use to make tea can be used); Melons, nuts and peanuts are snacks. There are also dried apples on the Internet, but at most one or two pieces a day. Otherwise, my neighbor totoro is greedy and won't eat staple food when she is full, which will affect her hair quality, and in severe cases, she will be depilated and constipated. Just sell food on Taobao.
2, my neighbor totoro's poop is dry, similar to Yanjin jujube, odorless, but the urine smells like grass, and it smells heavy in hot season. If you take a bath, go to the supermarket to buy a plastic rice storage bucket with a cover and pour it into the bath sand. You don't have to wash it every day. Throw my chinchilla in it twice a week. I'll wash it myself when I get in. This seems to be natural. Taobao also has a special bath sand for sale. There is a kind of Totoro bath box sold on the Internet, which is put in a cage, but when Totoro takes a bath, it will splash sand, and the bath box has no cover, which is easy to make a mess of the home environment.
3, my neighbor totoro gastrointestinal system is not very good, pay attention to diet, drink water with pure water, change it every other day, don't feed too many snacks. Once you have diarrhea, it's hard to save. Pay attention to its poop and you will know whether its stomach is abnormal. Normal poop is dry. If it is wet, it is bad. Don't give it fresh fruit. In addition, the fatal injury of my neighbor totoro is fear of high temperature. If you can't turn on the air conditioner at home all day in summer, it is recommended not to raise it.
(5) Feeding rules:
1) Feed them once every night when you wake up. But if your chinchilla refuses to return to the cage after being released because it is full, you can put it out to play and then feed it.
2) Only enough hay is needed for grass school in the house during the day.
3) Three-month-old children's weight is halved, and then gradually increased until they are eight months old.
4) If you can't finish eating, it means that you have fed too much, so you should reduce the weight.
5) there is nothing left to eat, which means it may be too small.
6) Unfinished hay should be discarded to prevent mildew.
7) Feed my totoro when it is released for play, but remember not to eat too much.
8) Don't give some exciting food, but deliberately fool them, because even if they are cheated, it may take a long time to accept your food next time.