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North East USA / Re: Need Help Locating A Breeder Near Buffalo,NY

« on: January 18, 2007, 09:16:24 AM »

Sure, it's contact@threeriverschinchilla.com

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Health / Re: Irritated Eye

« on: January 18, 2007, 09:15:06 AM »

I have 2 chins that have eye problems. The vet said one of them had an infection that closed off the tear duct.
I have to keep the drops or even a saline solution on hand at all times.
The other seems to have the same problem now.
They seem fine for weeks then their eye looks tattered. I guess from them rubbing, and no tears being produced to wash debre out.
I've been watching Misschief's now for about 5 years.

That sounds exactly what I'm experiancing. He's fine for two or three months and then it gets puffy, we check him and there's some fur or dust in his eye and it takes a few days to get back to normal. Once this one clears up I'm going to try giving him drops twice a week to see if that stops the infections.

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Health / Re: Irritated Eye

« on: January 17, 2007, 11:00:24 AM »

I've heard of using a tea bag on eye infections, has anyone here tried this? I'm wondering if this might work to sooth the discomfort he's feeling. The main problem is that he's messing with his eye and making it more irritated. We were going to try to put an ecollar on him so he couldn't mess with it, but he's not the kind of chin that's going to tollerate a lamp shade on his head and I'm worried that he'd got nuts and end up hurting himself trying to get it off.

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Health / Re: Irritated Eye

« on: January 17, 2007, 10:49:26 AM »

What's the location of your chinnie?
This is only coming from experience of keeping rabbits which I know are very different from chinchillas but hopefully some of the info may be of use. Rabbits are very prone to weepy eyes and the causes are usually a draughty or damp environment. Obviously this can be due to being kept outside which doesn't really apply to chinchillas but perhaps there is a draught from a door or window?
The other cause I know of is a rapid change in temperature for example if they are swapped between indoors and outdoors. Maybe a radiator or heater on a cycle could be causing this?
I know these might not apply to your problem but I thought I'd put them forwards just in case.

He is near a window, however it's sealed up pretty good. This has been a problem for him in the summer months as well though when a draft wouldn't be factor. It's also been same eye every time.

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Health / Re: Irritated Eye

« on: January 17, 2007, 10:47:01 AM »

I hate to bring this up, you already have the eye problem ... but ... have you and/or your vet checked for any knots or bumps along the jaw line on that same side?  Sometimes, what looks like a "wet" eye, is an early sign of malocclusion.  I'll keep my fingers crossed it is not that.

I know Outback Chins (Amanda) has a little one that seems to have lots of eye problems ... you might want to send her a PM or e-mail.  Her website is Fuzzy Chins.

 
Jo Ann

I have checked his teeth and everything seems fine there. He hasn't had any other signs that are associated with malo either, such as decreased appitite or slobbers. He's also afully young to have teeth problems, he's only a year and a half old and his first eye problem occurs when he was about 7 months. The eye also isn't weeping, it's actually dry and irritated which is why I'm thinking it's a blocked tear duct.

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North East USA / Re: Need Help Locating A Breeder Near Buffalo,NY

« on: January 16, 2007, 04:42:40 PM »

I'm in Pittsburgh, but I travel up near Buffalo several times a year if she's still looking.

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Health / Irritated Eye

« on: January 16, 2007, 04:40:08 PM »

One of my chins gets a cronicly irritated eye, about every other month his eye gets puffy and we flush it out with artificial tears and in a few days it goes back to normal. There's never any pus, so I don't think it is infected and it's always the same eye, although we have treated him with antibacterial eye drops in the past with the same results as the artificial tears. Whenever we examine him there always seems to be some type of irritant, some dust or some loose fur in the eye that's causing the irritation, what I'm not sure of is why he is unable to flush these out himself. What I'm thinking is that he has a blocked tear duct, which there isn't going to be anything we can do about it other than try to proactive treat it with artificial tears. Has anyone else encountered anything like this?

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Chit Chat / Re: I need the truth

« on: October 23, 2006, 03:42:07 PM »

If she says she doesn't want to be your friend now, then she was never really your friend. Whether you brag a lot or not really isn't the issue. If she can't accept you the way you are then she doesn't deserve to be your friend in the first place.

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North East USA / 4 Chins Need New Homes

« on: October 08, 2006, 03:12:22 PM »

I was contacted today by two different people who are moving and can no longer keep their chins. I'm taking in three of them but there are still four others that need to find new homes in the next two weeks. THe ones that are blind in one eye are from the same breeder and have been like that since birth so it's most likely genetic. These are all pet only chins and shouldn't be bred. They are all free and come with a cage. Each chin has it's own cage. Please contacy me if you are interested in any of them and I'll put you in contact with the appropriate party. 412 241 0341 or contact@threeriverschinchilla.com

- standard female 4 years blind one eye
- pink white male 6 years old
- standard male 5 years old very friendly
- mosaic male 4 years old blind left eye

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North East USA / Re: Two 3 month old males available now

« on: September 06, 2006, 09:32:23 AM »

They went seperately, although on the same day. The tan is named Benji now and the ebony is named Maximus now and is living in a 2' X 4' X 3' mansion.

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General Chat / Re: Metal Chewing Chinchilla

« on: August 29, 2006, 10:02:47 AM »

I had a customer coming over to buy one of my chins the other week and I had printed out his pedegree and left it on top of one of the cages. When I brought the customer into the chin room about tem minutes later the pedegree was half gone.

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Conformation and Quality / Re: White ebony?

« on: August 27, 2006, 04:41:56 PM »

White ebonys carry both the white and ebony genes. They'll look similar to mosaics, but there markings will be darker.

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Q & A / Re: Chinchillas Experiencing Mushy Poop - Help!

« on: August 24, 2006, 05:21:43 PM »

oh? didn't know but wouldn't the pellets go bad if not used all up? I buy a small bag for around $7.99 + tax how much is the one you are talking about I will have to go check it out next time I am in monroeville  do they sell cat food too?

It's like $18 for the 25 pounds. With three chins you can probably use most if not all of it before it goes stale. You can always freeze some of it if you got the freezer space. They might have cat food too, I've never looked though.

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Q & A / Re: Chinchillas Experiencing Mushy Poop - Help!

« on: August 23, 2006, 12:23:38 PM »

Fluffball, there is a feed store in Turtle creek that sells Mazuri in 25 lb. bags, it's probably fresher and will cost less than at Pet smart. The place is called Better Feeds and is on Airbrake Ave.

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Q & A / Re: SAFTEY OF HAMMOCKS

« on: August 23, 2006, 12:21:31 PM »

I got two from http://www.fuzzbuttchins.com/

They're made from polar fleece and when I first put them in the cages the chins chewed at them a little, but quickly stopped. The material isn't very rewarding for them to chew on evidently. My chins don't use them all that often, but I do catch them sleeping in them once in a while.