{"topic_id":"exotic_husbandry_chinchilla_environment","category":"exotic-pet-husbandry","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_husbandry_chinchilla_environment\ncategory: exotic-pet-husbandry\ntitle: \"Chinchilla environment — tolerant of cold, heatstroke risk above 26.7°C\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Merck Veterinary Manual (merckvetmanual.com) — non-Open-Access; paraphrased derived fact summary per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3.\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/chinchilla.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-29\ntokens_estimated: 38\nverified: true\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 7\n  passed: 7\n  date: 2026-08-04\nsource_document: \"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Merck Veterinary Manual\"\n  title: 'Chinchilla environment — tolerant of cold, heatstroke risk above 26.7°C'\n  url: 'https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/rodents/chinchillas'\n  ref: \"Merck Veterinary Manual\"\n  doc_type: \"professional veterinary reference\"\n  needs_review: false\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Source Merck Veterinary Manual (merckvetmanual.com) is © Merck & Co., Inc. and not openly licensed; per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3 all claims are paraphrased derived fact summaries (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten), not verbatim quotations.\"\nauthority_tier: T3\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T3:vet-ref\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-04\n---\n# \"Chinchilla environment — tolerant of cold, heatstroke risk above 26.7°C\"\n\nSource: Merck Veterinary Manual (merckvetmanual.com), a copyrighted professional veterinary reference. Per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3, the points below are paraphrased derived fact summaries: numerical values and proper nouns are preserved from the source, but sentences are rewritten and not quoted verbatim.\n\n## Claims\n\n*[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Chinchillas are very tolerant of cold but sensitive to heat.\n*[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Their adapted ambient temperature range is 18.3-26.7 C (65-80 F).\n*[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Exposure to higher ambient temperatures, especially with high humidity, can result in heatstroke.\n*[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Nutritional causes (a less abrasive diet in captivity) and genetic causes have been proposed as predisposing factors for dental disease.\n*[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Choking may occur when a large piece of food or bedding occludes the tracheal entrance, or in postpartum females that eat their placentas.\n*[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Group-housed chinchillas on fur ranches and in research colonies have historically had a high prevalence of giardiasis.\n*[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Outbreaks of cerebral nematodiasis caused by the raccoon ascarid Baylisascaris procyonis have been reported in chinchillas housed outdoors.\n","sources":["exotic-pet-husbandry — Chinchilla environment — tolerant of cold, heatstroke risk above 26.7°C (retrieved 2026-07-29)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-husbandry","title":"Chinchilla environment — tolerant of cold, heatstroke risk above 26.7°C","url":"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/rodents/chinchillas","retrieved":"2026-07-29","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/chinchilla.txt"},"source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","source_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/chinchilla.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T3","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"B"},"tokens_estimated":38,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}