Does chinchilla need to shave in summer Can chinchillas shave in summer

If it doesn't need to be shaved, if it's hot, you can cool it down with a cooling plate or ice pack.

Chinchillas are a collective term for the genus Chinchillas in the family Rodents. Chinchillas are small and obese in size, with long, fluffy hairs at the end of their tails. The whole body is covered with uniform fluff, and its shape is as dense and soft as silk, hence the name.

This species is a rabbit-sized chipmunk native to the Andes region of South America, known for its soft and beautiful fur, and is on the verge of extinction due to human hunting.

There are only two species in this genus, both of which are critically endangered. Because the appearance of the chinchilla is similar to the protagonist of the Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki's cartoon "My Neighbor Totoro", Totoro Taro, so it was called My Neighbor Totoro by Hong Kong and Taiwan.

If you don't need it, they will take care of it themselves, don't worry, everything will take its course. You can take a glass and put cold water in it, and he'll lean on it himself.

No, if you really need it, it will shed its own hair, so you don't have to worry if you find it hair removal, in addition, you can bathe it often, and it will not be too hot in the room, with the air conditioner on.

If it's growing in the wild, who's going to shave it?

Too spoiled, die quickly, and there are many problems

Just pay attention to hygiene

<> chinchillas don't need to shave in the summer, if the climate is too hot, shout and can blow electric fans and air conditioners to cool down, and need to give chinchillas a lot of drinking water to prevent chinchillas from getting rid of Zheng trace water. If you shave chinchilla, it will not only affect hair growth, but may also cause chinchillas to suffer from ** disease.

<> summer, although chinchilla is afraid of heat, it is best not to shave it, because chinchilla's hair in addition to heat preservation, but also has a protective effect, if there is no hair, chinchilla's hunger is easy to be injured, if the temperature difference is large, it is easy to catch a cold. In addition, chinchillas do not have sweat glands, and even if you shave it with a loss, the cooling effect is not very large, so don't shave chinchillas.

<> chinchillas usually lose a small amount of hair in summer, but the number will not be very large, chinchillas mainly shed hair in spring, the thick fluff will be faded, and the small and relatively thin fluff will grow, and when it enters the autumn, the chinchilla will shed again, at this time it will be replaced with thick and coarser fluff, which can help chinchillas safely overwinter.

In the hot summer, it is not recommended to shave the cat, because ultraviolet rays are easy to damage the cat's **, which may damage the cat's**. Usually you can use combs, brushes and other tools to help cats comb their hair, don't shave at will, cats rely on foot pads to dissipate heat.

If the cat has deep hair in summer, but it is still not recommended to shave the cat, otherwise the ultraviolet rays in summer will hurt the cat's hair, and it may suffer from **disease, and it may also make the cat unable to continue to grow hair.

Summer is hot, when it comes to cats to shave in summer, cats will change their hair in different seasons, and cat owners can use special combs and brushes to help cats comb their hair, without deliberately helping to shave.

In fact, the cat's hair can play a role in resisting ultraviolet rays in summer, and the cat relies on the foot pad to sweat and dissipate heat.

Cats don't have sweat glands, so shaving isn't cool, so it's not recommended to shave cats.

1. Most cats like to use their tongues to comb the hair on their bodies, and licking the hair is conducive to decompression and also helps to cool down.

2. The cat's hair has a certain protective effect on the first child, and the shaving is easy to be sunburned by the sun and infected by bacteria, resulting in some ** diseases.

3. Cats also love beauty, and they will be depressed and depressed after shaving.

So when can we shave cats?

There are some situations that can be, such as the cat is always shedding, you can shave some cats to prevent the cat hair from flying, or the hair of the Hui Cong filial piety cat is really a little thick, affecting its daily actions, you can properly shave some cats to help it reduce the burden.

In short, try not to shave the cat, if the cat is hot, it will know to lie down on the cool floor to rest.

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<>1. Should you shave your cat in summer?

The answer is no.

In addition to making the shovel officer look comfortable, shaving the cat in summer reduces grooming and cat shedding.

In addition to the troubles, there is actually no benefit to the cat itself.

Because cats do not rely on hair or the best heat dissipation on the body, the cat's heat dissipation system is not often smiling, mainly distributed on the meat pad, even if the shovel officer shaves the hair on the cat's whole body, it will not make the cat feel cooler.

In addition, cats are also very concerned about their own image, suddenly shaving the cat will cause it to have low self-esteem and depression, if there are other cats in the house, the shaved cat may even be disgusted and excluded, so the shovel officer should not shave the cat according to his own understanding!

Second, the role of cat hair

Cat hair has the effect of blocking heat, keeping warm in winter and heat in summer. The long hair can also block mosquito bites, and the hair is the cat's natural protective barrier.

If you shave the cat, then its ** will be directly exposed to ultraviolet rays, which not only does not prevent the cat from heat stroke.

It may also cause cats to be sunburned, causing ** diseases, etc.

Many cats are in a bad mood after being shaved, and some even have a lack of energy, decreased appetite, and even a very depressed mood.

3. Under what circumstances can I shave a cat?

1. ** disease, when the cat suffers from ** disease, in order to facilitate the use of medicine and reduce the bacterial infection on the hair to the lesion, it is generally necessary to shave.

2. Surgery, due to the requirements of aseptic manipulation, some surgeries require local shaving of cats, and shaving in this area is generally unavoidable. After shaving the cat, pay attention to soothing it, praise it for its beauty, make it happy, and avoid the cat's depression.

3. When the moulting period is serious, some cats lose their hair particularly seriously during the moulting season, in order to prevent the cat from licking too much hair, you can shave off the belly and back hair of the cat, pay attention to the cat when shaving, do not shave to the root, to avoid damage to the hair follicles. When the temperature difference is large, pay attention to keeping the cat warm to avoid the cat catching a cold.