First and foremost, mastering the skill of bathing a chinchilla is important because it could possibly help …show more content…
Chinchillas are bathed by a special dust powder that can be sprinkled or put at the bottom of the cage for them to roll in. When sprinkling the dust upon the chinchilla, you get to act as if you were a fairy and this could boost your mood. If you are happy, then your chinchilla will sense your happiness and feel it too. If you had a bad day at work or school, coming home to a chinchilla that needs to be bathed can instantly brighten your day. Bathing will also improve your pet chinchilla's mood because it will make them love you even more than they already do. A happy chinchilla will want to cuddle with you and it will want to play with you. When a chinchilla is unclean, it becomes unhappy and can produce noises that sound like it is crying. "When a chin wants to communicate, is happy, feels annoyed, is scared or feels threaten makes sounds. One of the most common sounds that chins make is their "bark," which actually sounds more like honking than barking and the chin makes it by standing still and abruptly drawing in air through his nose. The sound will vary in pitch between chinchillas." (Chinchilla Guide) An unclean chinchilla is sad enough, it does not need to cry. They need a bath to happy and feel free again and play around like the little baby chinchilla that it