Chinchilla Toys
Posted by Jennifer Snyder on Wed, May 21, 2008 @ 12:49 PM
Our chins favorite toys!
Chinchillas are very curious, active and social.
They are also quite intelligent and can become bored (Like our Chinchilla Haze
in the Bad Chinchilla Habits Article) fairly easily. One way to prevent your
chinchilla from becoming bored is to provide new chinchilla toys to enrich her environment.
A chinchillas FAVORITE toys are usually
something they tear up, chew up or shred. This means that you will have a fun time picking
and buying new toys for your chinchilla! Below are a list of our chinchillas
top picks.
Piñata
Chew Toy
Our Chinchillas really like this piñata chew toy. It
takes them a while to completely destroy and gives them a fun challenge. They
also have treats in the middle for an extra bonus!
Pinata
Hay
Balls
Hay balls cannot be destroyed, usually have fun
bells on the bottom and provide a neat way for your chinchilla to get the hay
it needs to maintain a healthy diet. We purchased a hay ball for each of our
chinchilla cages and have noticed that they ring the bell when they want more
hay! It’s very cute
Hay Ball
Chinchilla
Snack Shack
What could be more fun than a hiding tube you can
eat! Our chinchillas have been gnawing away on this snack shack for months! It
is made with alfalfa and honey…yum. It has been brought to recent attention that the honey in this snack shack makes it an unsuitable chinchilla toy.
Snack Shack
Chinchilla
Gift Package Chew Toys
These toys come in a variety of shapes and are
basically wooden chew blocks wrapped in fun to shred paper. My chinchillas had
a lot of fun shredding the paper off. They are also very ligth weight so it is easy for chins to carry them around. Overall it kept them
pretty entertained check out the pic of our chinchillas playing.
Bag-O-Chews
These colorful chew toys come in a variety of shapes. My Chinchillas are pretty big fans of the star shapes. If I put in two chew blocks for two of my chinchillas that live together, they both go for the star! I think it's because it is easy to drag around and has fun points to chew off.
