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do chins' fur change colors
« on: July 19, 2006, 09:45:34 PM »
I am wounder if a chin's fur changs color cause my Snowball is a pink white and he is getting  2 spots on his fur I will post pics I am not sure if this is normal or if something is wrong
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Re: do chins' fur change colors
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2006, 06:41:52 AM »
Chinchillas do change color over time...Beiges will turn more orange, Pink eared chinchillas will get freckles all over their ears, mosaics will darken and fade during the first year and a half, Black and Brown Velvets will continue to darken and get more veiling down their bodies the first year.....

But looking at your pictures, they don't get a spot that big in 7 days.  It looks to me like your white has come into contact with something that has stained his fur.  Look around the cage and see what might be getting on him.
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Re: do chins' fur change colors
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2006, 08:59:23 AM »
::silly::You might want to check the inside of that pipe in the floor of the cage.  I'd give it a good scrubbing, I'm sure you did before you put it in there, but another one couldn't hurt.   :::grins::  If he's been outside his cage playing, he could have rubbed up against most anything if he managed to play hide-n-seek like mine do sometimes.  :D

  Is the fur in that area completely even with the fur around it?  If not, it could be showing the under color/new fur that may be trying to grow in. ::shrug::

 I've seen pink white (properly named a white/beige) start showing more beige as they get older, but never one that changed that drastically, that quickly.  Of course anything can happen.  I'm not about to say it is impossible, just very,very, very rare.    :-[  :-\   

  Keep taking pictures so that we can see if the spot gets bigger or fades away! ::nod::

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Re: do chins' fur change colors
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2006, 09:29:50 AM »
 :doh:
I caught him running in the wheel and well here is the pic I took it probably has something to do with his base of his tail color too
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Re: do chins' fur change colors
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2006, 09:31:45 AM »
I have a white chin that did that and the wheel is what caused it. When he runs it is hitting his side and mine had some kind of grease or something on it and it got on his fur. Check the wheel and see if that is what it is. I got rid of mine like that and got the 1 from quality cages.
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Re: do chins' fur change colors
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2006, 09:33:05 AM »
 ;) yep thats what mine did.
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Re: do chins' fur change colors
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2006, 09:38:24 AM »
guess I'm going shopping I'm just gladhe doesn't have a fur health problem and does anyone have a pic of what fur fungus looks like ?

I went to the store and couldn't find desenex talc to put in their dust bath just the spray stuff so I wasn't able to compare it to gold bond there are probably the same thing but if any one has and suggestions I would love to read them

I also figured out why I mistype so many things by 1 cat Mr. Bizzle loves to rubb my hand while I type didn't connect the 2 till today now he is sitting on my mouse pad notty little boy
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Re: do chins' fur change colors
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2006, 09:40:43 AM »
If your chinchilla gets fungus its fur will fall out.  You will start noticing bald spots and the exposed skin will be red and flaky.  The fur loss will spread rather quickly if untreated.  Its pretty unmistakable.
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Re: do chins' fur change colors
« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2006, 09:44:49 AM »
Is the desenex in a yellow bottle? I think I saw it at Wal-Mart but at the time I could not remember the name of it so I didn't get any.  ::shrug::
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Re: do chins' fur change colors
« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2006, 09:46:49 AM »
Yes, mine is in a yellow bottle.
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Re: do chins' fur change colors
« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2006, 09:48:53 AM »
I am not sure cause I couldnt find the powder just the spray but if it is at walmart guess I am going there too Gold bond is in a yellow bottle but I don't know if it is safe for chins Jo Ann says desenex is so I am trying to compare the ingredients
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Re: do chins' fur change colors
« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2006, 09:55:52 AM »
Thankx chin club on the fur fungus info do you know what causes it?
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Re: do chins' fur change colors
« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2006, 10:03:40 AM »
High humidity can cause it, chinchillas that constantly sit under a drippy waterbottle can get it, dirty cage conditions can cause it.  Plus it is highly contagious...Chinchillas can catch it from cats or other pets with ringworm, and from other infected chinchillas.
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Re: do chins' fur change colors
« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2006, 10:16:02 AM »
thankyou

I won't have too much to worry about cause my cage gets cleaned every sunday when I get my new newspaper  and they never sit under the water bottle and my cats don't go outside

I have one other question
my chins always sit ontop of their house and are huddled close together are they cold?  or just really close they are both male

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Re: do chins' fur change colors
« Reply #14 on: July 20, 2006, 10:23:36 AM »
I don't think they are cold. :) Chins just like to be close to eachother. They are cuddlers.  ::silly::
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