Can my chinchillas eat guinea pig food?

Question

Can my chinchillas eat guinea pig food?

Answer 1

Do not change your pet's diet suddenly. Always make changes slowly and one at a time to avoid digestive upsets. If your pet develops diarrhoea feed hay and pellets only and take him to see the vet - it may be nothing to do with his feed. If you have an elderly pet that has always done fine on the feed it is getting it may not be worth changing things at all

Answer 2

Yes your chinchilla can eat guinea pig food.

Answer 3

no, a chinchilla must have chinchilla food. It can get sick and die if not given a proper diet.

A high quality pellet is the staple to any chin diet. I use Mazuri.  Chinchilla Diet. Mazuri specializes in exotic animal food. Most local pet stores carry this food.

A constant supply of hay should be kept in the chinchilla's cage at all times. Hay is important for many reasons. It is a wonderful source of fiber, as well as calcium and protein.

With chinchillas though, it is also important for helping them to keep their back teeth from overgrowing and causing health issues. Cube hay will not help back teeth nearly as much as loose hay does.Timothy, alfalfa and oat hay are all good for chins. Alfalfa is much higher in calcium and protein, which an be harsh on chin's digestive systems, especially if the pellet portion of the diet is alfalfa based.

Also make sure you always provide plenty of different sizes of chew sticks for their teeth as well. A basic rule of thumb is that if your pellets are alfalfa based, as Mazuri is, you need to feed timothy hay. If the pellets are timothy based then feed a alfalfa hay.