The Chinchilla Handbook

The Chinchilla Handbook

Table of Contents:

5. Feeding Your Chinchilla
Strictly Vegetarian
What to Feed
How Much to Feed
Hay
Supplements
Feeders and Hayracks
Harmful Foods
Water
6. Your Chinchilla Comes Home
Selecting a Veterinarian
Preparing for the Trip Home
The Great Escape: Preventing Chinchilla Casualties
Capturing Your Chinchilla
How to Hold and Restrain a Chinchilla
The Congenial Chinchilla
7. Understanding Your Chinchilla
The Social Chinchilla
Chinchilla Behavior
Chinchilla Communication
Elimination Behaviors
Housebreaking
8. Chinchilla Health Care
Prevention
If Your Chinchilla Is Sick
How You Can Help
Health Problems
First Aid Supplies
Zoonotic Diseases
When Is Surgery Necessary?
Should Your Chinchilla Be Neutered?
Grooming
The Senior Chinchilla
Euthanasia: The Hardest Decision of All
9. Raising Chinchillas
Reasons for Raising Chinchillas
Chinchilla Reproduction
Breeding Methods and Housing
Reproductive Cycle
Parental Care
Growth and Survival
Imprinting and Taming
Sexing the Kits
Raising the Babies
Reproductive Problems
10. The Chinchilla Connoisseur
Know Your Colors
Traveling with Your Chinchilla
You Be the Judge!
The Magic Continues
Useful Addresses and Literature
Index