Is Chinchilla the best cat? | The Grinding Little Fairy: The Best Pet Chinchilla

 8:36am, 15 September 2025

Is Chinchilla your best pet? Some people say that chinchillas love to be clean, have no odor and are cute in shape, and are the best choice for family pets. The editor brought back the "cat" two years ago with such expectations. From then on, I became a "Tongcat slave" who was painful and happy.

In order to find a companion for Maozai, two more came to the family (the editor didn't name them because he didn't think they could understand that they had names). Unexpectedly, they quickly collided with sparks, and several little cats were born one after another. From being helpless at the beginning to being helpless now, their full love and uncontrollable softness have led to their willfulness.

When it becomes naughty, it will travel between the living room and the bedroom like lightning; when it becomes timid, it will carefully poke its head out and secretly see what you are doing; when it becomes lively, it will jump on your thighs and shoulders; when it becomes bold, it will jump into various high places; when it becomes quiet, it will tilt its head and erect its ears to act cute; when it becomes angry, it will face its round butt at you, and its little paws will pull you; when it needs attention, it will put its little paws and stare at you quietly.

The more you get along, the more you feel that such a small life is willing to trust you and test whether your palms are reliable again and again.

For such trust, we must create a better environment, provide better food, and give more companionship and pampering. Regarding "Is Chinchilla the best pet?", the editor thinks that having a Chinchilla is actually more about giving, and the interaction they can repay to their owners is very rare. Although cute, before raising them, they should carefully understand their habits and living environment, avoid high temperatures and high humidity, and stay with them for at least 10 years (the average life span of chinchillas is more than ten years).

If you want to own a chinchilla as a pet, these psychological preparations and hardware conditions are what you need to consider:

Patience. Building a trusting relationship with chinchillas requires great patience. The younger the chinchillas, the easier it is to get close to people, so babies of chinchillas who are about four months old are most suitable for taking them home. Chicken cats have personality. Some are introverts, like to lie in the corners and walk slowly; some are lively and active, like to jump around, and disappear after running. Most chinchillas are unwilling to stay in their owner's arms and enjoy massage. Freedom is their yearning. When they desperately want to escape, their owner's heart is collapsed. It's really unhappy to catch up with them. The owner will hit them and get a bite.

At least one hour of company per day. Ordinary chinchillas are very timid and panic when facing strangers. Chinchillas need about 3 days to adapt to strange environments and people, but they will be very nervous before they get familiar with them, so please don’t want to take chinchillas out, and don’t want to go and have fun with chinchillas.

The cage should be large. Chicken cats like to jump and climb, so they should try their best to get the cage as large as possible and provide pedals for them to jump.

Nocturnal animals. Chicken cats like nocturnal activities. They start to move when you fall asleep. If you sleep very lightly, you will easily be woken up by Chicken cats.

There is a lot of feces. Chicken cats don’t pee casually, but they have a lot of feces. Their poop may appear in your home anytime, anywhere.

The environment requirements are strict. The weather in Ireland is more suitable for chinchilla life, but be careful to avoid moisture, do not be exposed to direct sunlight, and do not blow through the wind.

Don't let the chinchilla run around in the house. Basically, all the wires and rubber products will be gnawed by them, and the house is like a bad disaster. They should be provided with a relatively closed space, such as a corridor, for them to play.

Run away when you see someone. Once the chinchilla is released, it will basically come and go without a trace. It likes to hide under the bed, in all dark places, and it takes a lot of effort to bombard them every time.

Tongcats have a delicate stomach and like to eat raisins the most, but don’t feed them, just feed them staple food and hay. It is still easy to buy chinchilla food in Ireland.

About all the people in this world who say they are in pain and are happy must actually be far greater than pain when they are happy, so they are willing to maintain this state.