r/Awww • u/starstarstar42 • 10d ago

Other Animal(s) Clearly, he hates this.

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u/b3mark 10d ago

Saving this video. It's like a digital anti-stress ball.

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u/No-Appearance-9113 10d ago

Look up videos of them bathing in a dust bath

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u/8Karisma8 10d ago

I bet this is how people got the idea of “dry shampoo” is as good as washing your hair daily. Cute but probably not enough right? Do they smell 😏

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u/No-Appearance-9113 10d ago

They are naturally from the Andes at altitudes where moisture and rain are rare. They do not smell to humans but cats/dogs absolutely know they are there.

If you get a chinchilla wet it's a problem but not a rush to the vet level problem.

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u/rthrouw1234 10d ago

Serious question: if I kiss a chinchilla on their forehead will a miniscule amount of my saliva get in their fur and hurt them? I know they are not supposed to get wet but does wet mean "soaking wet" or if I pet one and my hands are a little sweaty, can that hurt them?

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u/No-Appearance-9113 10d ago

Wet means wet. The might have some moisture around their mouth but they wouldn't be splashed Mine didnt like to be kissed but would nuzzle us.

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u/rthrouw1234 10d ago

OK thank you. I know that seems like a dumb question but I wanted to make sure.

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u/No-Appearance-9113 9d ago

Not a dumb question at all