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Health / Daphne is very sick

« on: October 29, 2010, 10:41:52 PM »

I believe she has Pneumonia. It started as an eye infection. It would close shut and then i would clean it out. It got better after 2 days. After being better for 2 days, i let her have a bath since i thought it was from getting something in her eye. The day after that she started getting  a runny nose. A couple of days after that she got stuffy and started breathing from her mouth. Yesterday, she start having cracking sounds from her chest when she breathed. My vet wont be back until the morning but i dont know if she will last that long. She is now lethargic kinda tipsy she wont move. wont eat and wont drink. She lost weight and i can feel her bones in her back and hips. Her fur is dull and her skin is bright pink. Her respitory breathing is 40 a minute which i read was normal. I put my ear to her chest and hear wheezing and her heart rate sounds right. Her breathing is so shallow and gaspy. Is there any hope for her? I never seen her like this she is usually so lively and barks when i try to pet her from her cage but she just lets me pick her up. She use to try and nibble at me and scare me away. They open at 8:30 cst. Is there anything i can do to make her feel better. Is there anything i can give her to help her breath? I have another chin, he is fine, i have him out of the cage and running my room i dont want him to get sick. I also just got a kitten about 7-9wks old. My husband found him on a country road and brought him home. He was trying to play with Daphne from her cage and i also thought that maybe he hit her eye and whatever was in his nails got into her eye. I keep him away from them but sometimes he wants to play.

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Breeding 101 / breeding My Chins?

« on: October 26, 2010, 02:59:54 PM »

Hello, I have 2 Chinchillas. 1 female that i know is 4 that has never been bred, i have had her for a month and i dont know if she has been in heat since i have had her. And i have a male that the prev. owner said was 1 but i think he is way older. I wanted to know since my female is 4 and has not had a littler before, if it is too late to start her. She is a Standard and the Male is a Hetero Beige( they did not tell me he is, i am gathering that he is from researching)(pics of them are in my albums) I out him in her cage right when i got him and they hit it off pretty well, She did nibble at him at first but they are buddies now. Even though they are friends and have been together only 2 weeks, does she still have to feel comfortable around him to want to mate with him?

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Q & A / My new Chin, Sammy

« on: October 26, 2010, 05:39:26 AM »

Hello,
I just bought a Chin from CL. I lurk for them pretty much.lol. He is a Hetero Beige i am thinking. I have a couple of questions. When we got home, I noticed that his left eye looked clouded in the pupal only sometimes his right is too but his left stays that way.  He has very dark red eyes you kinda have to look twice to see the color. I was wondering if since he has red eyes that the pupal's are suppose to look like that. I have a picture of his eye. I have one of his right that has red eye and i have one of his left that shows the cloud looking part on his eye. Also, they told me he is 1. But i think he is pretty old. I read that you cant really tell but is there a hint to age like behavior facial marks?

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Guestbook / Hello!

« on: October 25, 2010, 08:43:19 PM »

Hello, my name is Corrie Anne
I am 27 and have 6 children. 5 girls 1 boy. I also have 2 chinchillas. I rescued one from an owner that was not taking care of her and i told her i would take her and give her a better home. Her children stopped caring for her and the mother did not want to either. I did not know how bad off she really was until i took her out of her cage when we got home. She was severely matted. I took her to the vet and they had to shave her fur, her skin was breaking from them fur pulling away. Thank goodness it is growing back now and she is very happy. I got her about a month ago. I just got Sammy about 2 weeks ago. He is a Hetero Beige i believe and they said he was 1. I think he is much older, maybe even an old timer. He seems to be blind in one eye. When i bought him from someone on CL i went to pick him up. The lady held him the whole time i was there but i had Daphne in my arms. When i got back home, i noticed that his left eye was clouded over and that he favored his right eye. I also noticed that his right back paw is completely up side down. Almost like a clubfoot. I dont know if it was from an accident or if he was born like that, never the less, she did not say anything about his leg either. I thought about it and decided to keep him. He is very well behaved and sweet. I dont think he would have done better anywhere else. I am taking him to the vet after my vet comes home from Vacation. I am suppose to be getting Sammy's cage mate and the cage but i dont know if i want to deal with that lady again.  Sorry such a long hello but that is just me. Enjoy.