This is a list of things you can feed your chinchilla either fresh or dried. The list only contains items I have fed my animals.
Please remember to do a slow introduction to new food items, both fresh and dried. If your animals mainly live on hay and pellets start out small. As they get used to a bigger virarity it gets easier to introduce new food items.
Fresh fruit and veggies needs to be given in moderation because of moisture content. A lot of fruits has a high content of acid and sugar. Remember to cut into smaller pieces beforehand if you want to dry them.
Flowers:Rose - hip, petal and bud.
Chamomile
Dandilion - entire plant. If you drie the root it's a great source of gnaw material
Mallow
Marigold
Hibiscus (I've only ever tried this dry)
Sunflower - petals and seeds
Cornflower
Common daisy
Fruit and veggies:Carrot - entire plant
Parsnip - entire plant
Bellpeber
Corn (I've only ever tried these dry as they are great gnawing material)
Pea (Againg onlye tried them dry and as flakes)
Apple - fruit, tree, leaf, flower
Pear - fruit, tree, leaf, flower
Strawberry - fruit, stem, leaf, flower
Raspberry - fruit, leaf, stem
Blackcurrant - leaf, stem (not sure about fruit)
Redcurrant - leaf, stem (not sure about fruit)
Blackberry - leaf, flower, stem (not sure about fruit) preferably with out thorns.
Beetroot - leaf, I only feed the root part dry.
Herbs:Parsely
Dild
Thyme
Pebermint
Lavender
Hops
Common nettle (dry)
Other:Liquorice root. Small ammouts/once in a while
Colla cactus - the dry steam
Opuntia cactus flower
Bamboo