Dust and Supplement

At the Ryerson Ranch we use two types of Chinchilla
dust bath. We use Blue Cloud dust on all of our show animals. It is purchased in truckload quantities from Blue Cloud Ranch in Saugus, California. The dust we use on our breeders and animals that do not meet show requirements is called Blue Sparkle dust. It is purchased in truckload quanities from Calvert Corporation in Calver, Kansas. Both dusts is available in 50 lb bags or 1 - 49 lb quantities in our packaging.

Each morning we feed all of our chinchillas, 1/2 rounded teaspoon of special formulated supplement. Our chinchillas love this supplement and if they are not waiting on us to put it into their supplement feeder, we know to check on the animal to see if there is any problem. The supplement consists of the proper balance of wheat bran, rolled oats, steamed crimped whole oats, raw wheat germ, and clovite. (Clovite contains vitamins, minerals and is also a good skin conditioner.) We also think this has helped to improve the multiple births of our breeding females.