Oxbow Essentials Chinchilla Food

Essentials Chinchilla Food for Balanced Daily Nutrition

Essentials Chinchilla is crafted with premium, purposeful ingredients designed to support your chinchilla’s healthy and active lifestyle. Featuring high-fiber, protein-rich Oxbow Alfalfa as the primary ingredient, this food promotes energy and digestive health while including antioxidants and prebiotics to support overall well-being.

This formula provides 100% of your chinchilla’s daily recommended vitamins and minerals without any artificial preservatives, colours, or flavours, ensuring a natural and complete diet.

Who This Is Perfect For

Essentials Chinchilla is ideal for chinchilla owners seeking a nutritionally balanced, high-quality food that supports digestive health and whole body wellness. It suits both young chinchillas under one year, who can be fed free-choice, and adult chinchillas requiring measured portions alongside grass hay.

Why We Love It at Canine & Co

Chosen with care by the Canine & Co team, Essentials Chinchilla reflects our thoughtful approach to pet care. We appreciate its simple, reliable formulation that helps maintain your pet’s health through consistent, complete nutrition. This food supports the natural eating habits of chinchillas, making daily feeding routines straightforward and reassuring for both pet and owner.

Key Benefits

• High-Quality Ingredients: Made with premium, purposeful components including protein-rich alfalfa hay.
• Supports Digestive Health: High fiber content promotes healthy digestion.
• Whole Body Support: Contains antioxidants and prebiotics to aid overall health.
• Complete Nutrition: Provides 100% of daily recommended vitamins and minerals.
• Natural Formula: Free from artificial preservatives, colours, and flavours.

Ingredients

Alfalfa Meal, Soybean Hulls, Soybean Meal, Wheat Middlings, Soybean Oil, Salt, Lignin Sulfonate, Cane Molasses, Calcium Carbonate, L-Ascorbyl- 2-Monophosphate (Vitamin C), Sodium Bentonite, Hydrolyzed Yeast, Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, Yeast Culture, Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Niacin, Copper Sulfate, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Manganous Oxide, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Magnesium Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Vitamin A Supplement, Sodium Selenite, Manganese Proteinate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Cobalt Carbonate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Calcium Iodate.

Guaranteed Analysis

Crude Protein (min) 18.00%
Crude Fat (min) 2.50%
Crude Fiber (min) 18.00%
Crude Fiber (max) 23.00%
Moisture (max) 10.00%
Calcium (min) 0.60%
Calcium (max) 1.10%
Phosphorus (min) 0.25%
Vitamin A (min) 10,000 IU/kg
Vitamin D (min) 900 IU/kg
Vitamin E (min) 190 IU/kg

Feeding Guide

Young Animals: Feed Essentials – Chinchilla Food free-choice to chinchillas younger than one year. Supplement daily with a combination of free-choice grass hay and alfalfa.

Adult Animals: For chinchillas older than one year, feed 1/8 – 1/4 cup Essentials – Chinchilla Food along with free-choice grass hay. Alfalfa hay should be offered only occasionally as a treat.

These are general guidelines. For chinchillas that are overweight or underweight, consult your veterinarian or Oxbow for tailored feeding advice.

How to Use

Transitioning to a New Food: Week 1, mix 3 parts current food with 1 part Essentials Chinchilla Food. Week 2, mix 2 parts current food with 2 parts new food. Week 3, mix 1 part current food with 3 parts new food. By Week 4, feed Essentials Chinchilla exclusively.