Home-based business in Russia “Chinchilla breeding”: the basics

Chinchillas in captivity have been bred for more than 80 years, the demand for these animals and their skins around the world is always high. You have probably heard or seen on radio and television that products made from chinchilla skins are very expensive. Their fur is called “soft gold.”

Chinchilla is suitable for breeding at home, first of all, because chinchillas do not have sweat glands and the release of the animal is almost odorless. Chinchilla is a mobile animal, so they need a cage measuring 40/40 cm (cube), about 25 pairs of chinchillas can be placed on five square meters. Continue reading →