I may have access to chinchilla poop. Any opinions as to the worthiness of same? Can it be put directly on the beds if I am not going to plant for a month? Michelle
I may be wrong here (and I can see the hands waiving out there to correct me ), so rather than state as "fact" I'll phrase it as "my feeling". My feeling is that if it's a carnivore (as in: eats meat) then what comes out the other end doesn't go in my pile. So, I'd ask the question: Do chinchillas eat meat?
That's why doggie, kitty or human poo doesn't find it's way into my compost. The kitty poo from neighbors who let their cats out, may get overlooked sometimes, but for the most part, if I see it...it gets sifted out! X-(
I know that if the pile gets hot enough, it [u]can[/u] "cook off" any pathogens/bacteria, etc. from meat-eating wastes, but, mine never gets hot enough or maintains heat long enough to do the trick. So I pooh-pooh that kind of poo!
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Chinchillas are veggie eating creatures who look like space aliens with their big ears. We have a couple at school. One's sweet and the other is so nasty I keep thinking "fur coat".
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), so rather than state as "fact" I'll phrase it as "my feeling". My feeling is that if it's a carnivore (as in: eats meat) then what comes out the other end doesn't go in my pile. So, I'd ask the question: Do chinchillas eat meat? 
