How much does a chinchilla cost in a pet store, nursery and market

Today, a not very common animal that acts as a human companion is the chinchilla. But its maintenance and purchase cannot be called cheap. It depends on how much a chinchilla costs in a pet store, in a nursery, in the market. When planning to get an animal, you need to take into account the cost of the cage, items for keeping the rodent, food.

How much will a chinchilla cost

These rodents have soft fur. It is highly valued throughout the world. But live chinchillas sell for even more than their skins.

Prices in rubles for these animals in Russia range from one and a half to fifty thousand. The cost of the animal depends on:

• age;
• gender;
• color;
• points of sale.

Influence on the price of the age and sex of the rodent

A baby chinchilla is cheaper than an adult. Although it is recommended to purchase a small animal as a companion, it will quickly get used to the owner.

But for a farmer or breeder who is engaged in the cultivation and breeding of animals for sale, it is easier to buy an adult.

You should immediately acquire a pair of rodents – a boy and a girl. These animals prefer to live in families.

Important! You do not need to purchase another cage for several pets.

Unlike rats, male chinchillas are not aggressive towards offspring. They even replace the mother while she is eating. And foreign females are so loyal that they can feed foreign cubs with milk if necessary. Therefore, it is not necessary to plant a male and other females after the birth of one of their chinchillas.

The cost of a chinchilla depending on the color

The usual natural color of the animal is gray-blue. Chinchillas have white patches on their belly. An animal with this color belongs to the gray standard. It is relatively cheap: from 1500 to 2500 rubles.

Due to gene mutations, chinchilla breeders bred rodents that differ in their color from the standard ones: with a predominance of white black colors. The breeders continued to work. Thanks to them, many other colors appeared. Today there are chinchillas of both a uniform color (monochrome) and with a complex color.

When selling a spotted animal, the seller will ask for a higher price than for an individual of monochrome coloring. The cost of a rodent of a complex color differs from a single color by 10 times.

The color of a domestic chinchilla is:

• gray (standard);
• beige (hetero- or homozygous);
• white ebony;
• white velvet;
• white-pink;
• velvet white-pink;
• silver mosaic;
• white mosaic;
• brown velvet;
• black velvet;
• violet;
• homo- and heteroebony;
• sapphire;
• pastel;
• velvet pastel.

Summary table of prices for chinchilla by republic

Here are the average prices requested by private traders, retail outlets specializing in the sale of animals, and large catteries.

Sellers in the markets offer their goods cheaply, but do not give any guarantees that the animals are healthy. Many do not even know how to determine the sex of a rodent or give deliberately false information about this.

In pet stores, animals are often purchased from the same private traders. Therefore, buying there does not give a full guarantee of the quality of the goods.

Sellers try to get chinchilla cubs at the age of 6-7 weeks, while they are still small. But it is better for animals to stay with their mother longer, up to 2 months or more.

The best option is to buy an animal in a nursery. Here, specialists are responsible for the quality of the goods, give recommendations on the content, guarantees. Therefore, their high prices are justified.

Items needed to keep a chinchilla

A true animal lover will make sure that the pet is comfortable to exist next to a person. Before buying a chinchilla, you need to buy:

• cell;
• shelter type house;
• simulators;
• feeder;
• drinker.

These items are purchased once. As they fail, they should be updated.

Among other things, keeping chinchillas requires food and fillers for cages, which you need to buy regularly.

Cell

One animal needs a minimum space of 0,5×0,5 m and a height of 0,7 m. But since chinchillas are climbers, the height can be increased, they will only like it.

The more animals you plan to keep in one cage, the larger it should be. It is necessary to take care of the convenience of maintaining cleanliness inside the habitat of rodents. Therefore, it is better to choose a cage with a sliding tray. Inside the dwelling of animals should be equipped with ladders, passages, tunnels. These animals are mobile, they need “sports equipment” for a healthy lifestyle. In stores, cages for chinchillas are sold at prices from 2700 rubles and more. Some luxurious pet homes cost 30000 and even 50000 rubles.

Important! Craftsmen often make cages for their pets themselves. But here you should be very careful: even a small protruding tip of a nail or wire can cost the animal its life.

Shelter houses

These animals cannot stand drafts and direct sunlight: they cannot do without a specially equipped “mink”, where they can climb from time to time.

Houses for rodents should be without a bottom. It is best to purchase them with a removable roof – it will be easier to clean up or get the animal if necessary.

In stores, shelter houses are sold at different prices. There are hanging houses made of fabric costing 190 rubles, there are wooden structures for 440 rubles. Manufacturers offer their customers real mansions for chinchillas at a price of 1500 rubles.

Drinkers and feeders

When buying these accessories, you should not bother too much. Any suitable for keeping rodents.

In retail outlets, prices for autodrinkers range from 123 rubles. (made of plastic) up to 3300 rubles. Feeders can be purchased from 88 rubles. up to 300 rubles Although here you can easily do without a purchase by adapting any metal bowl without sharp edges for your pet.

Stern

For the healthy growth of a pet, he needs a healthy, fortified and balanced diet. Ready-made feed mixtures are sold in pet stores. The price for them is from 96 rubles. (800 g) up to 400 rubles, (800 g).

You can cook your own food for rodents from grains, vegetables, herbs, vitamins. It will be cheaper, but it will require certain knowledge and time.

Cell fillers

To maintain cleanliness in the dwelling of the animal, you can use:

• sawdust (200-250 rubles per 1 kg);
• attapulgite sand (390-440 rubles per 1 kg);
• corn granules (780 rubles per 5 kg);
• corn flakes (180 rubles per 1,5 kg);
• paper pellets (530 rubles per 1,3 kg);
• wood filler (187 rubles per 3 kg).

Important! Pets should not be allowed to chew on the filler. Therefore, it is better to use a cage with a retractable tray.