Changing food and hay

[Lynz4]

I'm switching my chinchillas food and hay brand and I was wondering how should I do it. How long should I mix the new and old food?? Also do I need to do the same with the hay and for how long??

 

[Godofgods]

Depends what kind of food your switching from i guess. If its a decent quality food then you can do a lower transition. If its rly a bad enough food, then you might want to go with a cold switch.

 

[Cuddlebug]

Pellets can be switched over by mixing 1/4 new food to 3/4s old for 1 week, the 1/2 and 1/2 for a week and finally 3/4 new to 1/4 old for 1 week. If the old food is really crappy, you can switch cold turkey. Just sprinkle the pellets with acidophilus to ease the transition.

Hay can just be switched over. If you are switching to alfalfa, though you will need to add a little at a time to prevent the chin from getting diarrhea.