Super Pet Chinchilla Bath Sand

by Super Pet

Product Features

• An alternative to traditional dust bath
• Made from 100% natural volcanic ash material
• For chinchillas
• Available in 5 ready to use pre-measured packets
• Virtually dust free

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 4.5 x 6.4 inches ; 14.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002568HM
• Item model number: 100079172
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,412 in Pet Supplies (See Top 100 in Pet Supplies)
  • #27 in Pet Supplies > Small Animals > Grooming

Product Description

chinchilla bath sand is a revolutionary idea in the care of chinchillas. chinchilla bath sand is a superior alternative to the traditional chinchilla dust because its virtually dust free especially when used with your super pet chinchilla bath house. Bath sand is made from a 100-percent natural volcanic mountain pumice found in the andes mountains, which is where your chinchilla's wild relatives are from. Each box of chinchilla bath sand includes 5 ready-to-use e-z pour packets ensuring you use a perfect amount of sand every time.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If You Love Your Hamster..., December 18, 2004

By 

Liffey (Texstralia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Super Pet Chinchilla Bath Sand (Misc.)

UPDATE! Super Pet has changed their chinchilla bath sand formula. It is now much "dirtier" and grittier, with large chunks in it. Meanwhile, they have launched a product just for dwarf hamsters called "Bathing Powder." Don't get too excited... it is *very* powdery, sticks to the hamster, and doesn't provide the "friction" that hamsters seem to love. My hamsters don't like the powder *or* the new version of the bath sand, so it appears we're going to have to use regular sterilized play sand.

Please join me in asking Super Pet to offer their light, super-fine bathing sand again. I have a dwarf hamster who is nearly three years old (!), and I hate that one of the biggest pleasures in his long life has been inexplicably taken off the market.

(My original review for the 5-star rating is below.)

That's right, I titled this review "if you love your hamster" and it's hamsters, not chinchillas, that I have in mind. (For you chinchilla owners who are - quite sensibly - wondering whether this is a good product, you will get zero help from me, and I apologize.)

I have owned many hamsters, both Syrian (aka Golden, teddy bear, etc.) and dwarf (Russian Campbell), and chinchilla sand is the secret ingredient to happy hamster companionship.

I'll spill the best part first: chinchilla sand = instant potty training. Well, usually instant. Hamsters just seem to naturally gravitate towards using the sand for their liquid exports. It even clumps, making for easy removal. Put some in a little dish and there you have it.

(Usually. Some need for you to, er, take a sample and show them where it goes. And I have one who has never quite taken the hint, but then she was badly abused at the pet store and is blind in both eyes and seems to be mildly psychotic in a lovable "crazy old auntie" way, but I digress.)

That should be reason enough to provide your hammie with a sand bath. You could use play sand, but who wants to always be baking it in the oven and sterilizing and storing and such? And the hamsters never seem to be as excited about those coarser grains as they are about this silky stuff.

Did I say excited? How about "bliss of the likes you and I shall never know" - now we're getting closer. Almost all hamsters enjoy digging around in their little sand bath, but dwarf hamsters... picture a sock in a tornado with a big grin on its face. The hams roll and roll and roll and scritch and scratch and wiggle-wiggle-wiggle and they never seem to tire of it. It will restore your faith in hammity, it will.

And, of course, the sand works for hamsters the way it works for chinchillas: it keeps their coats clean and shiny. (And it's the only bath they should ever take.)

A single package of sand will last a toilet-trained dwarf hamster about a week. (With all kinds of variances if you have a colony, diabetics, etc. Syrian hamsters seem to like a little more sand than the dwarves because they're more into the digging.) I'd say start with one package and see what your hamster thinks. If s/he likes it, do what I do and buy several boxes then pour each package into a big jar with a lid - that way you can just pour out what you need.

Chinchilla sand really is one of the best kept secrets of ham-ownership. Make your hamster happy - give it a wee sandbox and await the magic!

[NOTE: Chinchilla sand and chinchilla dust are NOT the same thing. The latter is toxic to hamsters.]

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Chinchilla sand, December 16, 2007

By 

Jo Lynn Cooper "ABC fan" (Gilbert, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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I bought 4 boxes of chinchilla sand, saving about 1.00 per box as compared to the pet stores. Box arrived in good shape but a box within had come loose. Product did not spill out but the broken box (holding 5
packets) was an inconvenience. Still recommend buying this way though.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not suitable for chinchillas, November 9, 2009

By 

A. Schneider - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Super Pet Chinchilla Bath Sand (Misc.)

Chinchillas should be provided with bathing 'dust', not 'sand'.

The best is Blue cloud or Blue sparkle. Kaytee chinchilla dust is better to use than this.