It's hot, how can everyone cool my chinchilla?

Advantages: the most convenient and fast, of course, the highest cost. Disadvantages: high cost. The average wall-mounted air conditioner consumes electricity once an hour, which is almost 200 yuan a month.

2. The air conditioning fan cools down. It is the kind of fan with a water tank that takes away heat through water evaporation. You can put an ice box in the water tank, and the temperature of the cold air is also very low, about once a day, which is more economical. (Air conditioning fan price 300-600 yuan).

3. Ice collapse/ice box cooling. Put an ice box or an ice bag (wrapped in a towel) in the metal box, and the cold air will be conducted to the metal shell, on which my neighbor totoro can cool down. Large space and high temperature will shorten the cooling time, but the cost is lower.

4. Install the metal plate. Metal has a strong thermal conductivity, and my neighbor totoro can conduct heat to the metal surface and dissipate heat by contacting with air. However, this is a two-way street, and high temperature will also lose efficiency.

5. Fan. The suitable temperature is within 30 degrees. If it exceeds 30 degrees, the blowing wind is also hot air, so you can't directly blow my neighbor totoro.

6. The cage is an isolation cover with a built-in ice box (chilled water bottle for cooling). I once met a friend who used that kind of transparent thick plastic cloth as a door curtain to wrap the cage (of course, it has air holes), which basically isolated the air outside the cage. Then the frozen water bottle is prevented in the cage, so that a low-temperature small environment will be formed in the cage. Because there is little air exchange in the internal space, the frozen source will last for a long time. Kimberly's family also made a similar device on the forum.

7. Water circulation cools down. This year, I saw a water circulation cooler made of radiator and circulating water pump in the market. The metal heater is used to conduct heat to water, the water pump is used to circulate water to the water tank, and the heat is taken away by evaporation. This method is not bad, but the price is a bit high, and the cost of doing it yourself should be less than 50%.

8. Putting a basin and sprinkling water on the ground can also play a certain role in cooling down. When there is no one at home during the day, drawing curtains to avoid light can also slow down the indoor temperature rise. When the temperature is too high, it should be used in conjunction with other cooling measures.

9. You can add some dandelion and mint grass to the food, which can clear away heat and cool down.

Some wrong practices in summer:

Can porcelain nests cool down? Every year before long summer, many friends want to buy porcelain nests to cool my chinchilla, which will not cool down, but will accelerate the occurrence of heatstroke.

Our first impression of touching porcelain is "cold", because porcelain is a poor conductor of heat and the heat accumulation is slow. But if you stick your body on porcelain for dozens of minutes, you will find that the feeling of "cold" gradually disappears until it becomes "hot". Therefore, unless other effective cooling equipment is used, don't directly use porcelain nests as "cooling" equipment.

Emergency treatment after heatstroke: Totoro will find that it is paralyzed and unable to stand after heatstroke, and in severe cases, it will die soon. After finding heatstroke, you should immediately move it to a cool place, and apply cool oil or essential balm behind your ears and nose (if possible, you can also take Ren Dan orally).