Chinchillas have very sensitive digestive systems, so feeding them with quality diet in the properly way is essential to their health. One of the most important aspects of daily Chin care is providing the best chinchilla hay. This article explores the some factors that you may need to choose the right quality hay and also some problems that chinchilla owner often wonder.

#1 Can Chinchillas eat hay only for their diet?

The only hay diet that means feeding your chinchilla nothing but fresh hay, no pellets, no cubes, no greens, and no other treats. Normally, you will be recommend to feed chinchillas with 75% hay, 20% pellets, 5% veggies/fruits and the small amount of treats within a few days in the daily diet. The fact that pellets for chinchillas are made of hay too, although they can contain added some others ingredients, vitamins and minerals. This is why many chinchilla owner believed that your pets could eat a hay only diet. However, there are some things have to consider about it. Some chinchillas love to eat pellets more than fresh hay. This is the good way to provide them with full of nutrients. Moreover, in the case if you’re unfortunate to get the bad hay with poor nutrient, then your chinchillas will become deficient. Pellets are safer choice. It should be the best treat for chinchillas.  

#2 First cut vs second cut vs third cut

Many chinchillas owner do not understand about the different between the first cutting, the second cutting, and the third cutting. The first cut is the first growth of hay of the year. It is only best to feed chinchillas if it’s harvested when the grass is immature. Otherwise, it may include more weeds. The first cut is also hard, coarse, indigestible fiber that makes the hay unpalatable. The second cut has the higher qulity that the first times. The stems will be finer and softer to eat. It also has the better percentage of leaves to stems. The second cut also contains have more protein and fat contents. The third cut is even softer and finer than the second cut. It also offers the hay with more leaves than steams. However, this time will provide the hay with lack of fiber, what make it not good for chinchillas

You are researching what you need to have to keep chameleons as pets and you’ve reached the part where you need to decide what cage is best to house your pet in. The first thing you will realize when buying a chameleon cage is that the products available on the market is extremely limited. It is not an easy task to choose the best chameleon cage that is totally appropriate for them. I have list here some type of chameleon cage and also some alternative cage that you can use to house chameleons.

#1 Glass chameleon cages

You should remember that not all glass tanks are suitable for keeping chameleons. This is because unsuitable glass cages for a chameleon can create many problems such as poor ventilation, lime scale, reflections, poor drainage. You will have to ensure that you chose the glass terrariums that design for chameleons, not aquariums that are designed for housing fish and water. It is a good ideal to choose the glass tank that have a screen mesh that generally fitted at the top of the ventilation. The pros of glass tank are that it is more visually appealing for your chameleons and much easier to maintain.

#2 Screen Cages

The cage I have used very successfully over many years is screen cage. Personally, I would like to recommend this cage to you. This is because the screen cages will provide adequate sunlight and continuous supply of fresh air circulates for chameleons. Well ventilation is very important to prevents the development of respiratory problems in chameleons. Moreover, screen cages offer good drainage for heavy spraying. You do not need to worry whenever you want to spray the cage for increase humidity levels. If the cage is not drained well and kept dry, it may lead to the growth of harmful microorganisms that can be dangerous for your pet’s health.

#3 Aviaries

If you are living in the climate that good for chameleons, you can use aviary to house your chameleons. You just need to ensure that the aviary you use is large enough for chameleons. Aviaries do the great job to mimic the conditions similar to chameleon natural habitat. Besides, ensure that the cage is not constructed by thin bars as it can be danger that the chameleon will start to climb the thin wires but be unable to maintain its footing and fall.

#4 DIY Chameleon Cage

Once you are experienced chameleon keeper and you know well about their requirements of ventilation, lighting, temperature, security and drainage, you may find a DIY cage is the best one for you. The most important factor when built you own cage is the safety. You need to ensure that there are no sharp edges in the cage. There will be water in the form of sprays or humidity, the wood or other material need to be waterproof.

Best toys for dwarf hamster are essential for giving your dwarf a healthy and happy life. There are many homemade solutions and toys available that you can easy find help prevent boredom and satisfy your dwarf hamster’s natural curiosity. However, there is a problem when looking for dwarf hamsters is that they are small breeds of hamster that may benefit from smaller toys. Sometimes, dwarf-sized toys are even necessary for a dwarf hammie’s safety. This post is the ideal size of some breed-specific toys for dwarf hamster.

#1 Why do you need specific toys for dwarf hamster

The fact that most hamster toys that you often find in these stores are typically meant for Syrian-sized hamsters. However, dwarf hamster may grow to less than half the size of his standard-sized counterparts, or roughly 4 inches long at the maximum. This is why most standard-size toys available on the market are not suit them. Toys for dwarf hamsters are made in a slightly more compact size to accommodate a dwarf’s smaller package. Smaller toys are more enjoyable and even safer for dwarf hamsters. This is why when purchasing toys for a hamster, you first need to consider the size and type of hamster that you’re shopping for.

#2 Wheel for dwarf hamster

Normally, if you are raising a Syrian hamster, you will need to provide them a wheel at least 8 inches or more. However, this size seems to be too larger for the dwarf one. I would like to recommend that you should not give your dwarf hamsters a wheel that is more than 6.5-inch diameter. This is because if you get a metal or wire exercise wheel that’s a bit too large for a dwarf hamster, then there is risk that he may get a foot stuck while running and his tail tangled into the wire.

#3 Hidden place for dwarf hamster

dwarf hamsters are more prefer and enjoyable a smaller nesting box or hideaway, as a large one may not make he feel as secure inside. At a little over 4 inches long and wide, the hidden place will be the perfect size for dwarf hamsters as it has just enough space for a dwarf hamster to make comfortable and secure while laying inside.

#4 Small tubes for dwarf hamster

Tubes hidden under the bedding substrate make great toys for hamster to burrow. However, they also prefer to use their tube to sleep. Ideally, the tube that measures about four inches long, and has a diameter of about 2.5 inches is great hiding spot or activity space. Smaller tube may be too small for larger dwarf hamsters to crawl into.

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It is important to know well about your parrot situation before purchase on thier food. Apart from the type of parrot that you own, your parrot taste preferences, you also have to consider about your parrots weight. It can be a big problem for the parrot health if he is overweight. In this case, the best parrot food should be the one that is specially formulated for weight loss. The weight loss food products should include seeds that contain a lot of carbohydrates and avoid rich nutrient seed such as sunflowers. In order to provide a more balanced and helthier diet for your parrot, here are some products you should consider.

#1 ZuPreem Smart Selects Everyday Feeding Bird Food for Parrots & Conures

If you have a overweight parrot, it is a good ideal to go for as it is made by specially formulated. It will provide enough balance of nutrients daily for your pets. This is the mixture of natural, delicious and healthy ingredients: grains, seeds, and dried fruit. Especially, it is produced to get rid off the seeds that are high in fats and carbohydrates. Besides, it includes essential Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids, which is good for the brain and heart health of parrot. This food does not comes with any chemical as well as genetically modified substances. It is very economical as it comes in the big size so you just need to provide a handful of the pellets at a time.

#2 Kaytee Forti-Diet Parrot Food

If you just need to maitain the parrot weight and looking for the great pellets but have limited budget, so you can go with Kaytee Forti-Diet Parrot Food. This product is all natural, it is guaranteed to be free of artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives. In a pack, it provide your parrot with pellets, and some other natural ingredients such as grains and seeds like red millet, ground corn, and canary grass seed. This food contains 16% protein, although it maybe is not the ideal loss weight food but it can help your parrots maintain the body situation, sustain their energy, and develop their muscles. Not only that Kaytee Forti-Diet parrot food although comes in a form that suport foraging. This is because it is a variety of different shapes, colors, and textures to choose from.

#3 LAFEBER'S Classic Avi-Cakes Pet Bird Food, Made with Non-GMO and Human-Grade Ingredients, for Parrots

This is one of the food that provide completely nutrition taht parrot need in their daily diet. It is formulated by experienced veterinarians and nutritionists. This Lafeber’s Classic Nutri-Berries Bird Food and Treat for Conures give balanced nutrition fro parrot but also comes in a quare Avi-Cake shape that more foraging than pellet and encourage parrot beak play and exercise. It contains 12.5% min protein, and 4.5% min fat contents, which is ideal for overweight parrot. There is no GMO, human-grade, artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives are added in this food. It is also support healthy skin, feathers, and immune system of the parrot due to Omaga 3 and Omage 6. However, the drawback is that it is designed with the special formulated for conures, so it may not good ideal for other parrots.

#4 ZuPreem Natural Bird Food Smart Pellets for Parrots and Conures

This is an ideal food for overweight parrot as it only contain minimum 4.0% of fat levels. The food provide complete and nutritionally balanced in every bite, that means it can be use as the main daily food for parrot. This is the healthy and balanced diet. However, it only suitable for medium and large parrots like conures, Amazons, and African greys, not for small parrots. It is made from all-natural ingredients of vegetables . It is precisely formulated with vitamins, minerals, and amino acids. However, some parrots may just do not like to eat this food.

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Travel hygiene isn’t really something we like to think about, because it’s sometimes better not to remember how gross you get while backpacking. But you can’t make friends if you smell like a horse, as we learned through many sad, sad experiences. Fortunately, unlike backpackers of the olden times, you don’t have to spend two months smelling like patchouli and homeless, and you will never again have to avoid hugging your new travel friend for fear that they faint.

If I could have it my way, I’d always smell like a human and not like a farm animal. Unfortunately, when I am not attentive to my hygiene I become a disgusting wildebeest, and I’ve been mistaken for a homeless person on numerous occasions (I’m not saying this for comedic effect. This has actually happened, and it wasn’t funny). This problem is compounded because I love doing dirty things, like camping for extended periods, working outside, and living in mudhuts. I just find these activities enjoyable, so I’ve had to come up with a few ways to fake being a clean person while I’m on the road.

1. Hang your clothes to dry in a windy sunny place to blow out the smell and kill the bacteria with UV rays.

2. Don’t ever try on shoes you find on the side of the road (or floating in a river) without spraying them with some serious antifungal or bleach!

3. Pack some trash bags so you can keep your dirty clothes separated and sealed, because it sucks when you dig through your bag to find something clean and realize that it all smells the same, even when you are sure that SOMETHING was recently clean. Also, don’t be ashamed about determining clothing’s suitability for wear by conducting a sniff test – we all do it. Also, know that your sniff test standards will rapidly deteriorate with each additional month on the road, so be conscious of this fact.

4. If you have a towel that is wet and a towel that is dry, you can roll them together and squish them to average the water content (two half-wet towels will dry a lot faster than one sopping wet towel, and towels take forever to dry, unless you get one of those fancy microfiber towels).

5. Brushing your teeth dry (sans toothpaste) is way better than not brushing them at all. Seriously, how do some people not realize this? Just try to rinse your toothbrush.

6. Speaking of tooth hygiene, do you know how magic baking soda is? Baking soda is my one beauty/hygiene product that I’d have trouble doing without. Use it to brush your teeth, deodorize your armpits (it works! Not like those other organic deodorants that your smelly hippie friends swear by – it ACTUALLY works! Take it from a fellow smelly person). Check out these other nifty uses for baking soda here. Your only problem will be trying to convince airport security that this strange white powder in your bag is actually totally harmless and legal.

7. Lavender makes a good deodorant because it’s marginally antimicrobial. Other things I’ve been known to rub under my pits: Coconut oil (antimicrobial and antifungal – and much nicer feeling than baking soda!), corn starch, sea salt, tea tree oil.

8. Diluted apple cider vinegar makes a nifty facial toner if you need something in a pinch. Olive and coconut oils are awesome for removing mascara and eye makeup.

9. Pack a baggie of corn starch to use as dry shampoo, and you can add some cocoa powder if your hair is dark. It really works! Just avoid overdoing it with the corn starch, or you’ll look like you have a gnarly case of dandruff.