6 month baby passes

[yayamag]

I am writing to give you some very unfortunate news. I had adopted a Pink White chinchilla in early may, only a few days after he had weaned and he passed away last night. I don't know what the cause was. I went to check on him as well as my other chinchilla at about 6 PM and both seemed fine. Then I went pack at about 830 and notice him on his side, even as I approached his cage and this is not at all like him. So i went to move him and noticed he felt very limp, and when I put him down he just flopped to his side. So i looked up my nearest 24 hour vet and headed that way. I noticed as i moved him to his travel cage that he kept trying to get up himself and kept falling to his sides. Unfortunately the vet was 15 miles away from my house and he did not make it that far into the drive. He had what appeared to be a seizure and let out a little cry and then passed. I gave him a little funeral i made a little coffin and burried him in the yard. It broke my heart, he was only about 6 months old and I do not understand what happened. I feed him Mazuri and gave him oats every other day. He had plenty of water. He had his abundance of hay as well as wood. I just don't know why it happened. I know it wasn't the heat because he was inside the house with air conditiioning. I just don't know. I am taking my other chinnie to the vet tomorrow for a check up just in case.

.........Cypress I will miss you 

[QTPie61282]

I am so sorry to hear your loss.  My thoughts are with you.  Its always so hard to loose a chin especially when we have no idea why they left us.

I lost one last monday, he was 2 years old and we still dont know what happened.

I will be thinking about you and keeping Cypress in my thoughts.

[BrightEyed]

I am very sorry to hear that. I wish you knew what happened.

There is a research place that does autopsies close to me. I know I would have to use tham. I hate unanswered questions.

It's very good you are taking your other chin to the vet- just incase. Good luck with everything.

[Summer]

I'm so sorry for you loss.   

[Jo Ann]

   Sorry for your loss ... I think most of us on here have been in the same place at one time or another.  It is never easy loosing one. 

  It is very good that you are having your other chin checked out to make sure it is OK.

From what you are saying, it sounds like he/she may have had a heart attack due to the seizure, please let us know what the vet says.  If this is the case, there was nothing you could have done, even if you had been right there with him when it started. 

Our thoughts are with you. 

Please notify the breeder you got him from ... the breeder needs to know so he/she can keep an eye on any other sibblings born to that pair to see if they need to take the parents out of breeding.

Jo Ann

[ThreeLilChins]

I'm sorry for your loss. Its always sad when they go so young in life.

[Stacy]

I'm sorry to here that.