I work at a petsmart and we have the sweetest chinchilla who was returned to us, she loves her dust baths and come to the opening of her enclosure EVERYTIME I refill her water or food to say hi while I switch out a marble cooling slab for her and to give her a dust bath. She’s so sweet
@@Mettaton_undertale She was returned because her owners found a sort of nick on her ear and it was slightly infected. When we told them that it was completely fine and that it wasn’t life threatening they still returned her to us. So really just no reason for the return other than the family didn’t want her. And two I did not adopt her as I don’t have the resources or time to be a caretaker for a chinchilla 24/7 as sweet as she was. She did however get adopted recently and went to a loving home who was ready and better prepared to give her the home she deserved
The density and texture of chinchilla fur makes it life threating to give them a bath with water. Their fur is such a great insulator it doesn't allow them to dry properly so they die of infection or temperature flux out of their normal range. Dust is actual a good way to get rid of dirt, smell and microorganism's even humans benefit once in a while from a good dust bath.
Its because chinchilla fur is the most dense fur any mammal has. Its so dense that they wont ever dry off if they grt wet. So they take dust baths instead
@@chocobofangirl actually they do, “the external sphincter is poorly developed and the internal sphincter is difficult to distinguish from the rectal muscular layer”
Being a owner of a Chinchilla, I can relate. Their dust gets everywhere. It's also adorable to watch them as well. They do a full 360 and it's just so cute.
Ironic how they take dust baths to be clean but ending up dirtying their surrounding when they leave the beach Even worse if they live with a human in a regular house
Chickens actually do this too. In a warm summer day, my backyard chickens absolutely love to find a shallow hole in the ground and just have the time of their lives rolling around in it.
@@mike-._it'll just take a much longer time but it is very possible to do it. And I believe it depends on what is planned cause even some videos are too long for shorts and have to be split into two videos. I've already seen it happen with one or two of the videos in this series.
If you were wondering, they do this becuase: if they bathe in water, they fur is so fluffy and hard to dry, it may stay wet and grow mold. Please don't was your chinchillas with water! : love this channel btw ❤ Edit 1: thank you all for the likes! I'm happy now lol!
Chinchillas are native to the Andes region of South America, one of the driest places on the planet! They would very rarely to never ever come into contact with pools of water, even rain only happens roughly two months out of a year.
@cherrydragon3120 no, just don't in the first place lol. Don't soak them. If they get stuff on them that they can't clean out with dust, use an unscented baby wipe to clean it. I imagine a hair dryer would stress the poor creature out beyond belief
@@DrakeOolaI mean, vaginas sweat too. And if I had to pick between one or the other to use SAND/DIRT as my Goldbond substitute, well, I think as guys we're pulling the big half of that wishbone, every time.
I had a chinchilla growing up, her name was Mina, and she hated all of my ex-girlfriends, but then she met the woman who would become my wife 😂 I would say it's devine intervention, but I know it was all her doing lol.
Fun fact: Chinchillas will die if they get wet because their fur is very thick, so any water will get trapped, start growing mold, and infect the chinchilla.
Chinchillas have the softest fur in the world.I was on a field trip to the zoo a few months ago and there was a standard gray chinchilla named Tom.He had the softest fur in the world,what a fluffy giant
I just want you to know that these videos are top tier. Not only is the educational side awesome, but the art style, humor that’s both for kids and adults. It’s great, I really appreciate these video and can’t wait to show my kids one day. Blessings
I watch it before I read the captions, then again after reading. Then I try to guess what it's teaching me. It adds a new layer of experience to the video. I knew about the chinchillas though, I love those little guys.
While we don't have chinchillas, sparrows tend to take dust baths too. We kept a spot in our garden specifically with fine, dry sand and away from any bushes that cats could hide in. It was always a joy to watch them take their dust baths.
I guess it ultimately depends on the region, but sparrows love getting into shallow ponds. I sometimes see them gathering around a shallow pool of water in the morning after a heavy rain the night before.
@@mmyr8ado.360 They do love shallow water and ponds as well, especially if it's sun-warmed and in a safe spot. The sand bath is, as far as I could gather, mostly to rid themselves of insects and excess oil. They basically take the dust bath and then spend the next hour preening themselves until they're all sand free again.
Chinchilla fur is so soft that if their first gets moisture in it, the moisture often times can’t escape, and mold can grow in their fur, which can turn life threatening. Dwarf hamsters are the same
the way they flop down- the noises of the sand- the background chatter of the beach- THIS IS PERFECT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS INTO EXISTENCE. edit: hate to be that person but i've never gotten this many likes lol-
Unfortunately, Sand is NOT what Chinchillas Dust Bathe in. It's Volcanic Ash that they roll around into. This Short is sadly kinda Inaccurate. As someone who once owned Chinchillas, I know this.
@yazamenakamura6750 , thanks for informing me! how would you get the volcanic ash if you were to but a chinchilla? that's just something they have at pet stores?
I love how detailed the stories always are and that there is most times one thing on top of the concept which is soo funny. For me it’s the sprinkle in the underpants
I have a chinchilla and the way those two just plopped down and slowly rolled around had me wheezing, my chinchilla jumps into his little dust bath and throws himself around so aggressively I have to hold the bin so it doesn’t go flying XD
These are the perfect little episodes of anything; great animation, adorable character design, ALWAYS super funny, and we always learn something. This is my new favorite show.
I used to have chinchillas, and their dust baths are extremely messy since when they roll around, the dust just flys everywhere so the thing that you put them in has to have a cover on top of it or else the room is gonna look like a vacuum cleaner was just emptied in it. Also, they are mostly nocturnal, so they make a ruckus at night.
yeah i had a chinchilla too daisy. she knew what she was doing. she was much smarter than the regular chinchilla. an evil mastermind. probably drove my mom's care to go buy the deluxe chinchilla treats when we werent looking.
@@Burn_Angelou don't have to burst someone's bubble like that. Also dude its a figure of speech *"you been trolled" starts playing in the background as i type this*
