Chinchillas are a fun and friendly pets. Here are some tips for caring for your Chinchilla:

1. Slowly build up a friendship with your Chinchilla through small steps and allowing the Chinchilla to accept your presence. Treats do help

2. Give your Chinchilla some toys and a wheel. A wooden parrot toy works well along with popular rabbit toys

3. Keep a pumice block in the cage for your Chinchilla to chew on

4. Feed your Chinchilla good hay grass and Chinchilla pellets

5. Give your Chinchilla no more than one teaspoon of treats (fruit, sunflower seeds, oats, vegetables) per day

6. Plenty of fresh water at all times will keep your Chinchilla hydrated.

7. Use a cage with a pull out tray for easy cleaning. Include multiple levels and a soft wooden platform.

8. Keep your Chinchilla in a cool and quite place

9. Chinchillas do not like to be held so do so rarely and only after the Chinchilla is familiar enough with you.

10. Chinchillas can live for up to twenty years so plan accordingly.

11. It is well known that Chinchillas can leap high into the air. Be careful with the cage during cleaning and overall placement of the cage. Your Chinchilla will frequently try to escape and loves moving and exploring.

12. Your Chinchilla will need some sand to roll in to keep his fur soft

13. Install a climbing branch for your Chinchilla to move around on

14. Allow your Chinchilla to run in a confined cool area for one hour per day.

15. Chinchillas are very social so a second Chinchilla would keep them happy and less lonely.