What Do Chinchillas Eat?

Chinchillas are omnivores, which essential means that they can eat meat, plants, insects, animals, fruits, and so on. At the same time, chinchillas will eat things that aren’t even food or that you wouldn’t expect them to eat. This is because chinchillas love to chew on things. You will learn more about this as you continue reading this article.

Fruits

Chinchillas can eat apples, kiwi, pumpkins, dried bananas, nectarines, jackfruit, mango, raspberries, oranges, strawberries, watermelon, pineapple, cherries, bananas, which can provide them with various nutrients and vitamins. Chinchillas will certainly eat fruits.

Vegetables

Chinchillas eat asparagus, kale, cabbage, corn, broccoli, romaine lettuce, cucumbers, celery, tomato, spinach, lettuce, carrots, iceberg lettuce, and other kinds of vegetables.

Animals & Insects

All chinchillas are omnivores, which is why they are able to feed on animals and insects. Chinchillas can eat bugs, birds, crickets, mealworms, worm, mice, beetles, cockroaches, ladybugs, and hamsters.

That’s not all either, chinchillas can eat boiled eggs, alfalfa hay, eggs, almonds, banana peels, fresh grass, strawberry leaves, spinach leaves, sweet potatoes, arugula, and bark. Some chinchillas will eat aspen wood and chew on it. Chinchillas tend to chew on wood a lot.

Chinchillas can’t eat bird seed, corn, fries, cheese, cardboard, pumpkin seeds, or sunflower seeds. In general, chinchillas aren’t able to eat seeds or grains. However, chinchillas do love to eat bee pollen, cheerios, dandelions, fresh grass, hay, wheat, Quaker oats, rolled oats, walnuts, squash, and raisins. Additionally, chinchillas will eat fresh vegetables, marigolds, parsley, pinecones, rose petals, millet, leaves, popcorn, peanuts, timothy hay, meadow hay, radishes, and willow sticks.

Chinchillas can’t and should not eat ice cream, lavender, pistachios, peanut butter, rabbit food, lemons, lemon balm, ice, muesli, or loofah. However, sometimes chinchillas will eat fleece, furniture, fur, hair, their poop, lucerne, nasturtium, newspaper, meat. Chinchillas doesn’t eat their young or babies.