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Health / Re: Help me please!!!
« on: June 22, 2012, 08:46:09 PM »
It is almost 1 year old. I noticed its eyes yesterday.. Could this have happened because of the pregnancy?
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Health / Re: Help me please!!!
« on: June 22, 2012, 12:52:36 PM »
I'm not 100% sure but the chinchilla that had the babies is the one that was in the same cage with males.
I just held the mother in my hands and her belly is very swollen and pink, also her eyes look strange.. They aren't black.. Seems like glaucoma. They have white color when she looks at light.
I just held the mother in my hands and her belly is very swollen and pink, also her eyes look strange.. They aren't black.. Seems like glaucoma. They have white color when she looks at light.
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Health / Re: Help me please!!!
« on: June 22, 2012, 08:51:39 AM »
I saw a little blood at the bottom of the cage but the mother seem to be fine.. She's resting and nursing the kits.. All the females are close to each other, warming the babies.
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Health / Re: Help me please!!!
« on: June 22, 2012, 05:35:05 AM »
Something very strange just happened.. As I looked into the cage there are 4 baby chinchillas instead of two.. There supposed to be left two.. I cleaned the cage yesterday so there is no way i didn't see them.. Perhaps she gave birth again?? I don't know what to assume.. I'm very confused..
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Health / Re: Help me please!!!
« on: June 22, 2012, 02:44:44 AM »
Bad news.. My baby chinchillas front legs are paralyzed and it can barely stand up.
That happened to the other 2 babies who died.. I wonder if i did something wrong..
Its mother is nursing the other babies but this is all alone because it can't move.
I went to the pet shop which has a vet and told me that vets here in Greece don't know much about chinchillas, only cats and dogs.
When i went to buy a female chinchilla 2 years ago at another vet, she couldn't tell what the chinchilla sex was!!
I have more bad experience from vets because i never had a cat or dog.. Only chinchillas, guinea pigs and a bunny..
This is so upsetting..
That happened to the other 2 babies who died.. I wonder if i did something wrong..
Its mother is nursing the other babies but this is all alone because it can't move.
I went to the pet shop which has a vet and told me that vets here in Greece don't know much about chinchillas, only cats and dogs.
When i went to buy a female chinchilla 2 years ago at another vet, she couldn't tell what the chinchilla sex was!!
I have more bad experience from vets because i never had a cat or dog.. Only chinchillas, guinea pigs and a bunny..
This is so upsetting..
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Health / Re: Help me please!!!
« on: June 21, 2012, 03:29:03 PM »
Thank you for your quick response. You are very helpful. I have been trying to open its eye very carefully and gently with cotton swab and warm water. Looks a little better although i have to do it every 2-3 hours. I'll visit the vet as soon as possible.
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Health / Re: Help me please!!!
« on: June 21, 2012, 07:45:09 AM »
It is still nursing but it's eyes are closed. The other two babies have open eyes.
It doesn't seem to have any defects and has all four legs altough its mother sometimes seems not to care much.
It doesn't seem to have any defects and has all four legs altough its mother sometimes seems not to care much.
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Health / Help me please!!!
« on: June 20, 2012, 04:43:24 PM »
My 2 year old chinchilla had 5 babies 4 days ago. 3 of them were missing one front leg. There were bones instead of legs.
Looked like deformation. In the cage with the babies were 4 other female chinchillas(males are in another cage). The first time i decided to separate males from females i didn't do a good job and the chinchilla i mentioned before got pregnant by her sibling which has cut in half tale. 2 of the babies died yesterday. They were in very bad shape, sticky eyes, hardly moving, didn't eat at all. Their mother ignored them.. I don't know what to do beacause vets here aren't specialist at exotics. Unfortunatelly i see one more sick baby..
Wish i could help them but i have no idea why this pregnancy wen't so wrong.
Sorry for my bad english.
Thank you in advance.
Looked like deformation. In the cage with the babies were 4 other female chinchillas(males are in another cage). The first time i decided to separate males from females i didn't do a good job and the chinchilla i mentioned before got pregnant by her sibling which has cut in half tale. 2 of the babies died yesterday. They were in very bad shape, sticky eyes, hardly moving, didn't eat at all. Their mother ignored them.. I don't know what to do beacause vets here aren't specialist at exotics. Unfortunatelly i see one more sick baby..
Wish i could help them but i have no idea why this pregnancy wen't so wrong.
Sorry for my bad english.
Thank you in advance.
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