how to attract chin drink water

sandylam · May 8, 2014

I have one chinchilla but she drinks little water.
I really want to attract her to drink more.
I have already used 3 water bottles in her cage but she use only one bottle anyway. I don't know why she doesn't like drinking water. The pee is dark orange.
She is 15 years old right now. I asked another chinchilla owner and discovered that my chin is drink less water than other chin. My Chin doesn't like any wet food.
Any suggestion?

Vyxxin · May 10, 2014

First, chinchillas shouldn't have "wet food". Next I would ask, how much IS your chinchilla drinking? Pee, in general, should not be dark orange when it comes out. If it sits a while it does tend to look dark orange but otherwise, fresh out of the body, the pee shouldn't be dark orange. I would use JUST the bottle that the chin mainly drinks from IF there is a way to monitor EXACTLY how much the chinchilla is drinking. Keeping in mind that a LOT of bottles leak to some degree...if it's an extremely leaky bottle it won't be of use in monitoring anyhow.

sandylam · May 10, 2014

Of course, my chin drink water but only about 10ml per day. The fresh pee is dark orange. I use a small cup to collect the pee.
I know some chins enjoy fresh veggie but mine hate fresh veggie.

BooBoo*TheKiddo* · May 11, 2014

Why do you collect the pee exactly?

Chinchillas shouldn't have veggies of any kind.

ServantofBlueberry · May 11, 2014

Im with you, wondering about the pee collection, and how would one go about doing that. Maybe she is just collecting to see the color??

Shenanigans · Jun 6, 2014

I could guess how-but im not sure i want to know. I had to collect pee from a cocker spanial with a urinary tract infection- Had anyone ever taken a wire hanger and bent it to reach something? Well it was sort of like that only with a bowl sitting the end and trying to dance around the dog to keep it under her when she squatted. The dog was very offended. Cats are easier- a sort of glass litter in their litter box. then syringe it out. If the chin had a litter box that was empty of absorbent things? that's the best I've got.