Best Chinchilla &amp; Degu Food

Garden Ingredients

Oxbow’s first-class pellet formula is composed of healthy hand-picked garden grasses, grains, and veggies, making for a winning combo of delicious tastes and superior ingredients.

Timothy grass, sunflower meal, canola meal, oat grass, and orchard grass are the first five ingredients. Hand-picked, garden-based ingredients. High-fiber diet. Tomato, thyme, and yellow peas added for flavor and nutrition.

Forti-Diet Pro Health Chinchilla Food

A fairly pricey chinchilla food, but these pellets are a top-tier formula that is worth the price.

Best Bang for the Buck

Kaytee

Supports Dental Health

A simple and colorful pellet formula that is packed with the essential high-protein, grain-based, and probiotics-enhanced nutrition that chinchillas and degus need for a long and healthy life.

Alfalfa meal, soybean meal, oats, and wheat are the first four ingredients. Affordable. Comes in a 3-pound bag. Pellet formula. Easy to digest. Complete diet. No artificial colors or flavors.

VitaNature Natural Chinchilla Formula

It’s not the most exciting pellet food out there, so your chinchilla or degu may need a little time to appreciate it.

Vitakraft

Promotes Foraging

Loaded with irresistible and healthy bits of raspberry leaves, apples, and cranberries, this high-variety mix will keep your chinchilla or degu excited about what can be discovered at every meal.

Alfalfa meal, wheat, soybean meal, and oats are the first four ingredients. Promotes foraging. Includes tasty ingredients like pine cones, carrots, and flower petals. High-fiber diet.

Tiny Friends Farm Charlie Chinchilla Food

It would be nice if these bags were available in larger sizes.

Supreme Petfoods

Customer Favorite

Packed with a variety of healthy ingredients, this is a popular choice that chinchillas love.

With peas, carrots, and other healthy ingredients, this food encourages foraging instincts and works well for chinchillas and degus. Many customers say this is the only food their chinchillas will eat. Comes in a 2-pound bag.

No way to seal the bag. Fairly expensive compared to other foods.

Mazuri’s zoo-grade chinchilla pellets are hay-based, loaded with essential vitamins, and offer all the nutrition your pet needs. Well worth the investment.

Alfalfa meal, soybean meal, wheat, timothy hay, and oats are the first five ingredients. Recommended by vets and zoos. Complete nutrition. High fiber. Sweet-smelling. Promotes digestive health.