"Chinchilla sand" refers to the special sand that is used to keep chinchillas clean and healthy. Chinchillas like to roll around in this sand, which helps to remove dirt and excess oil from their fur. It is like a bath for them.
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Alternatively, you can
use Chinchilla sand in a plastic container or ceramic dish, just make sure your container it's deep enough so the sand doesn't get kicked out so much.
Add a dish
of chinchilla sand before you put in your hamster, so your hamster can have a bath.
A sand bath is just a bowl or container with sand (play sand or store -
bought chinchilla sand) in it that the hamster will roll in.
Sand baths may be labeled as
chinchilla sand bath, hamster sand bath or just general purpose sand bath.
Since syrians from desert may i use sand in habitat with bedding
duchcas chinchilla sand and the habitat tunnels look very tight on hercnow when should they be taken out?
The hamster should be bathed in
chinchilla sand rather than water, as hamsters are hydrophobic and get cold easily.
Another accessory that a Robo dwarf hamster will enjoy is a small dish filled partway
with chinchilla sand, for bathing.
For this you can use about one inch
of chinchilla sand, which is specially designed to remove grease from fur, placed in a heavy ceramic or metal dish that does not easily tip over.
If you add this accessory, you should be sure to
buy chinchilla sand that doesn't contain dust that can lead to respiratory problem in your hamster.
Chinchilla sand or sanitized, soft children's play sand is safe in a container in the cage full - time, and makes a great toy, bath and potty all in one.
Chinchilla sand can be used for burrowing and bathing.
What experts recommend is
chinchilla sand.
Put
some chinchilla sand (not dust) in a little bowl in its cage, and the hamster most likely will start to roll around in it - which should get rid of the smell and help clean him.