{"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 — Chinchilla husbandry/environment\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/chinchilla.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-29\ntokens_estimated: 38\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\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  retrieved: \"2026-07-29\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"professional veterinary reference\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Chinchilla environment — tolerant of cold, heatstroke risk above 26.7°C\n\nThe text below is reproduced verbatim from the first-hand source (Merck Veterinary Manual).\n\n> Chinchillas are very tolerant of cold but sensitive to heat. The ambient temperature range to which chinchillas are adapted is 18.3–26.7°C (65–80°F). Exposure to higher ambient temperatures, especially in the presence of high humidity, can result in heatstroke.\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/chinchilla.txt` (first-hand professional veterinary reference, tag-stripped).\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `Chinchillas are very tolerant of cold but sensitive to heat. The ambient temperature range to which chinchillas are adapted is 18.3–26.7°C (65–80°F). Exposure to higher ambient temperatures, especially in the presence of high humidity, can result in heatstroke.`\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","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."}