{"topic_id":"exotic_nutrition_chinchilla_ratio","category":"exotic-pet-nutrition","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_nutrition_chinchilla_ratio\ncategory: exotic-pet-nutrition\ntitle: \"Chinchilla diet structure — hay as the staple, 1-2 tablespoons of grass-based pellets daily (RSPCA-derived)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"RSPCA pet care advice (https://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/pets/rodents/chinchillas/diet) — non-Open-Access; paraphrased derived fact summary per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3.\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/rspca-care/rspca_chinchilla_diet.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-22\ntokens_estimated: 180\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 7\n  passed: 7\n  date: 2026-08-22\nrecovered: false\npath: exotic-pet-nutrition/exotic_nutrition_chinchilla_ratio/01_exotic_nutrition_chinchilla_ratio.md\nsource_document: \"RSPCA — chinchilla diet advice page\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"RSPCA\"\n  title: \"Chinchilla diet structure — hay as the staple, 1-2 tablespoons of grass-based pellets daily (RSPCA-derived)\"\n  url: \"https://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/pets/rodents/chinchillas/diet\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-22\"\n  ref: \"RSPCA pet care advice (https://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/pets/rodents/chinchillas/diet)\"\n  doc_type: \"animal-welfare-org consumer version\"\n  needs_review: false\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Source RSPCA pet care advice (rspca.org.uk) is © RSPCA 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: T4\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T4:welfare-org\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-22\n---\n\n# Chinchilla diet structure — hay as the staple, 1-2 tablespoons of grass-based pellets daily (RSPCA-derived)\n\nSource: RSPCA pet care advice (rspca.org.uk), a copyrighted animal-welfare organisation. 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\nHonest-gap note: the RSPCA page does **not** state a percentage-style hay:pellet:vegetable ratio. The only measured quantity it gives is the pellet portion (1-2 tablespoons per chinchilla per day); the numeric feeding ratio requested in the manual supplement roadmap remains an open gap.\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Hay is the dietary staple for chinchillas: good-quality hay forms the majority of the diet and should be constantly available, with a hay rack being a good way of offering it.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* A small measured amount of grass-based chinchilla pellets — 1-2 tablespoons per chinchilla — should be fed every day.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Treats are limited to small amounts of dried fruit and root vegetables; assorted dried herbs and plantain can also be given.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Nuts and seeds should be avoided because they are high in fat.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Clean drinking water must be constantly available from a drinking bottle, which should be checked twice a day.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Chinchilla teeth grow continuously throughout life; eating grass and hay or grass-based pellets wears them down, and an unsuitable diet can lead to serious dental disease.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The diet must never be changed suddenly, as abrupt changes can upset the digestive system and make chinchillas very ill.\n","sources":["exotic-pet-nutrition — Chinchilla diet structure — hay as the staple, 1-2 tablespoons of grass-based pellets daily (RSPCA-derived) (retrieved 2026-08-22)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-nutrition","title":"Chinchilla diet structure — hay as the staple, 1-2 tablespoons of grass-based pellets daily (RSPCA-derived)","url":"https://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/pets/rodents/chinchillas/diet","retrieved":"2026-08-22","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"RSPCA — chinchilla diet advice page","verification_file":"pdf-raw/rspca-care/rspca_chinchilla_diet.txt"},"source_document":"RSPCA — chinchilla diet advice page","source_file":"pdf-raw/rspca-care/rspca_chinchilla_diet.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T4","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"C"},"tokens_estimated":180,"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."}