Chinchillas have extremely dense and soft fur. In fact, they have the densest fur of all mammals that live on land. In the water, the sea otter has a denser coat.
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Chinchillas have extremely dense and soft fur. In fact, they have the densest fur of all mammals that live on land. In the water, the sea otter has a denser coat.
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They also don’t have to worry about external parasites. They suffocate in their fur.
If you have a chinchilla or planning to get one (please reconsider getting one), please don’t give them water baths. They require fine sand to bathe themselves.
We had to take my grandma(mid 80s) to the ER, she was losing her marbles on top of being an old woman with COPD.
She insisted on wearing her fur coat. In the waiting room she kept going on about her beautiful fur coat, how expensive her fur it is, how she is going to get another fur coat, and just rambling about fur.
I could see other people waiting going from trying politely not to stare to shooting icy death stares at her, if the circumstances were not an ER waiting room I’m sure she would have gotten paint thrown at her.
so much so that they can’t bathe in water or their fur will grow mold… they take dust baths!
Can’t believe there are abhorrent humans out there that think their selfish desire to wear this creatures fur gives them the right to kill them.
When I was a kid my neighbor had a chinchilla. I would visit and run back in forth in front of its cage and it would chase to and fro. Well it didn’t like this because the next thing I know I’m being sprayed by a stream of hot chinchilla piss. I never went back and yes I know I deserved that.
Look at those little feet 🥺
And they are cute AF!
its actually so think that just getting wet makes it mat and fall out. they have to bathe in dust to keep clean (they get really greasy without it) and its the cutest thing youve ever seen
source: live with a chinichilla
Dont try and hide your otter facts behind a cute chinchilla
It’s sad that people used to breed them for fur. They have so much personality <3
Sources:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinchilla
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Chinchilla_lanigera/
Video from Cameron’s Chinchillas
I love chinchillas /SO/ much! They’re so soft and so fuckn cute. Someone lmk are they part of the rodent family?
I love my chinchilla Phoebe, rescued from a breeder about 15 years ago and about 2 then. She loves a raisin as a treat and watching sand baths are definitely awesome.
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My cousin had one. Softest thing I’ve ever felt.
50 hairs per follicle.
This one appears very nervous that we’re talking about it’s fur.
**d e n s e**
They also have huge teeth.
>Chinchillas have extremely dense and soft fur.
That’s why they used to be made into coats 😥
I still can’t believe this thing is real
People have been killing and using chinchillas to make jackets. Those people could be sued. PETA should look into that.
I had a chinchilla his name was “Mr Chin” unfortunately he’d have a inner ear infection and had to be euthanized. I miss him soo much.
It’s dense because four hairs grow from each follicle!
I remember an old bill nye the science guy episode where he said that humans have around 100,000 hairs on their head and a sea otter has 100,000 hairs per square inch.
Used to have one. They’re incredibly soft and smell nice. You can’t get them wet because their fur is so dense that it will trap water and start to grow mold, so they require dust baths. For anyone who has never seen a chinchilla take a dust bath, please do yourself a huge favor and search for a video of in on YouTube— it’s the best thing ever.
Also if they feel threatened they’ll shoot urine at you. I had to give mine medicine once for a respiratory infection and he go so mad he shot me with pee.
If you’re planning on getting one, do a lot of research. They have a lot of special needs and a super strict diet. No wet veggies or sugary treats.
I hope someday people will stop wearing their fur!
What are we gonna do today brain!?
The same thing we do everyday pinky…..
Try and take over the world!
Fur real?
awww look at that cute little ranged exp.
Enchiladas are yummy too.
And they can’t bathe in water so they use very fine dirt to clean themselves
That chinchilla is Imelda from Cameron’s Chinchilla’s on Instagram. She died earlier this year 🙁
I have two. They are so great. Mine are well-bonded, so I can hold them easily. Lots of little dry poops, but no significant smell.
Soffboi
Can confirm. I own 3 chinchillas. So soft a fluffy. Such absorbent. I use one to wash dishes, one as a duster, and the other as a travel neck cushion.