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glafond

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Mildly Smelly Poo
« on: November 05, 2012, 08:41:05 PM »
Hey everyone:

One of my guys has mildly smelly poo, I forget what this means!

It is not runny or anything like that, and they look like regular chinchilla poo's, and he is eating and drinking fine from what I can tell.

He was in a tussle with one of the new ones I got, they had to be seperated, could stress from this have caused it?

Thanks to whoever answers!
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Re: Mildly Smelly Poo
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2012, 09:45:13 PM »
I can see how stress could cause that. Just make sure it goes back to normal in a couple of days and watch for changes. I think you'll find the poo is softer than normal which is caused by faster than normal bowel transit times.
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Re: Mildly Smelly Poo
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2012, 10:12:56 PM »
Alrighty, thanks!
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Re: Mildly Smelly Poo
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2012, 06:57:05 AM »
Agreed.  As long as there is no change in consistency it is fine.  If it does start to get wet you will want to have a vet do a wet mount of fresh poop produced in the office to check for Giardia.
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