Chinchillas have the densest fur among all animals, and you probably can’t believe how soft their fur is! I get amazed at just how fluffy their hair is every time I pet my chinchillas. Because their hair is so dense, they can never take baths in water. Instead, they take dust baths – rolling around in a heap of dust.
I still remember the first time I saw a chinchilla taking a bath. I wrestle with my dog every time I try to give her a bath, so I appreciate the fact that my chinchilla loves taking baths. My chinchilla voluntarily goes into the dust house after an exercise, and it’s so much better than chasing him around the room to send him back to his cage. I used to use Oxbow’s Poof! Bathing Sand; however, I’ve been noticing the change in product. My chinchilla coughs almost every time he takes a bath, prompting me to look for a new dust brand.
I found bathing dust from Quality Cage Crafters that’s made of pumice, and it’s been working out great for my chin.
Wild chinchillas in a natural environment typically bathe in volcanic ash and clay. Ideally, I’d love to purchase volcanic ash, but it’s been difficult to find it. Pumice is one of the components found in volcanic ash, therefore making it an ideal choice for bathing dust. Pumice can also be purchased in a pure form, and Quality Cage Crafters uses pure pumice to make the chinchilla-safe dust.
I hated most bathing dust in the market because they’re more of “sand” than dust. The bathing dust for chinchillas is supposed to be ultra-fine, so it penetrates deep into the dense fur and the skin. However, I was seeing coarse, sand-like “dust”. I’ve been ordering Blue Beauty Dust, but they were getting harder to find. And I found out that Quality Cage Crafters also offers bathing dust!
Quality Cage Crafters offer multiple buying options for the sand based on the weight. The weight options they currently offer are 3lbs, 6lbs, 9lbs, 12lbs, 15lbs, 25lbs, and 50lbs. If you have many chinchillas like me, it’s much more economical to buy a larger size than individual sand packets. I order somewhere between 9lbs to 12lbs every few months, and each bag contains 3lbs of dust. So, for a 9lbs order, you get 3 bags, and for a 12lbs order, 4 bags.
I love how the powder is very fine – it effectively reaches my chins’ skin and gets them clean and fluffy!
It makes my chins happy and helps their coat maintain top condition. They’re super fluffy and have lustrous fur. Love it.
Ever since I started using the Quality Chinchilla Dust, my chinchilla’s coughing and allergy have greatly reduced. He happily enjoys his baths sans coughing!
I now have a subscription for auto-delivery through Quality Cage Crafters because I don’t want the sand to run out. Quality Cage Crafters offers free delivery as well, so I can just forget about having to reorder.
Chinchillas have the densest fur among all animals, and you probably can’t believe how soft their fur is! I get amazed at just how fluffy their hair is every time I pet my chinchillas. Because their hair is so dense, they can never take baths in water. Instead, they take dust baths – rolling around in a heap of dust.
I still remember the first time I saw a chinchilla taking a bath. I wrestle with my dog every time I try to give her a bath, so I appreciate the fact that my chinchilla loves taking baths. My chinchilla voluntarily goes into the dust house after an exercise, and it’s so much better than chasing him around the room to send him back to his cage. I used to use Oxbow’s Poof! Bathing Sand; however, I’ve been noticing the change in product. My chinchilla coughs almost every time he takes a bath, prompting me to look for a new dust brand.
I found bathing dust from Quality Cage Crafters that’s made of pumice, and it’s been working out great for my chin.
Wild chinchillas in a natural environment typically bathe in volcanic ash and clay. Ideally, I’d love to purchase volcanic ash, but it’s been difficult to find it. Pumice is one of the components found in volcanic ash, therefore making it an ideal choice for bathing dust. Pumice can also be purchased in a pure form, and Quality Cage Crafters uses pure pumice to make the chinchilla-safe dust.
I hated most bathing dust in the market because they’re more of “sand” than dust. The bathing dust for chinchillas is supposed to be ultra-fine, so it penetrates deep into the dense fur and the skin. However, I was seeing coarse, sand-like “dust”. I’ve been ordering Blue Beauty Dust, but they were getting harder to find. And I found out that Quality Cage Crafters also offers bathing dust!
Quality Cage Crafters offer multiple buying options for the sand based on the weight. The weight options they currently offer are 3lbs, 6lbs, 9lbs, 12lbs, 15lbs, 25lbs, and 50lbs. If you have many chinchillas like me, it’s much more economical to buy a larger size than individual sand packets. I order somewhere between 9lbs to 12lbs every few months, and each bag contains 3lbs of dust. So, for a 9lbs order, you get 3 bags, and for a 12lbs order, 4 bags.
I love how the powder is very fine – it effectively reaches my chins’ skin and gets them clean and fluffy!
It makes my chins happy and helps their coat maintain top condition. They’re super fluffy and have lustrous fur. Love it.
Ever since I started using the Quality Chinchilla Dust, my chinchilla’s coughing and allergy have greatly reduced. He happily enjoys his baths sans coughing!
I now have a subscription for auto-delivery through Quality Cage Crafters because I don’t want the sand to run out. Quality Cage Crafters offers free delivery as well, so I can just forget about having to reorder.