It's that time again.
I call them my "sweet little fuzzy-butts".
And for your viewing pleasure -
here is Sofia taking a dust bath.
If Sofia were in the wild, she would be bathing in volcanic ash. It is very important for chinchillas to take a dust bath to clean their very dense coat. Their fur collects oils and moisture which the dust will absorb. Chinchillas should never have a water bath. The dust that we got from the pet store is calcium carbonate.
Linking up with Madge for Weekly Top Shot.
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18 comments:
Cute post, Michaele! I love it!
you and your love of critters. so sweet.
I love your chickies, and Sofia, they do have thick dense coats. When I was young, about 10 or so, the corner store in our small town of Papakura, South Auckland, had the front window full of yellow chicks, at an Easter Thursday night, Lights to keep them warm, and I guess they all went home somewhere else at night.Your photo brought back gthat memory so vividly. Ta so much, Cheers from Jean
My donkey does the same thing and for many of the same reasons...I learn something new every day:)
Love the chicks and the chinchilla dust bath -- interesting - and makes sense.
Gotta love the little fuzzy butts:@)
Aww..fuzzy butts! I have never seen a chinchilla before..that is cool!
Sofia is such a cutie and little fuzzy butt chickies are too hard to resist! :)
This was (almost) too much cuteness for one post. Loved it!
Chinchillas are pretty darn neat! Don't know much about them at all...cool. On baby chicks, I ordered a batch from McMurrays for May. I better get that addition for the coop built!! It'll be here before I know it...YIKES!
Do you raise Chinchillas for harvest?
I knew a family who did.
I'm guessing, it is a pet, hoping, it is a pet.
Peeps! They're so cute. As is your chincilla :-) I never knew that about the ashes.
Your little peepers are too cute, oh I remember how soft they are.. speaking of soft chincillas are SO soft... I'm so glad you decided to join us and share at 'Weekly Top Shot.' :-) I hope you'll come share again next week...
Adorable!
Regards and best wishes
Love the sweet fluffy chick and the chinchillas are adorable!
Ahhh. Cute chickies. Isn't it amazing Sofia knows to take a dust bath?
Cute lil fuzzy butts ;)
Learn something new every day, I tell ya. :)
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