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Q & A / Re: "Barking"
« on: November 09, 2016, 05:24:05 PM »
Okay; I've been hearing it alot more lately from one of my chins
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Q & A / Re: New Chinchilla Introduced to Old Chinchilla
« on: April 29, 2016, 12:42:11 PM »
One of my male chins has sprayed before, and I am 100 % positive he is male. He sprayed and left a spray line on the carpet.
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Q & A / Re: Chins Fighting
« on: April 01, 2016, 06:58:20 AM »
Does anyone have experience in chins working it out? Could this just be a phase? I don't understand why they would always cuddle together if they hate each other.
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Q & A / Chins Fighting
« on: April 01, 2016, 05:37:33 AM »
Hi,
Recently my chins have been fighting with each other, so I have since separated them for a couple nights and let them out together for play time last night, they were fine for a bit then got into it again. Before I separated them when they first started fighting they would always cuddle when they were sleeping during the day. They have a huge cage but never stay out of each others way. I put them back in separate cages last night after playtime, however, they freak out that they are not together and sit by each other in the different cages. Does anyone know what this means? They fight but they can't stand being away from each other is that normal? Will they ever get along, no blood has been drawn from either, just noises, mounting and lots of fur tuffs being pulled out. They are both male ages 2 and a half and 2.
What age do chins hit puberty?
Recently my chins have been fighting with each other, so I have since separated them for a couple nights and let them out together for play time last night, they were fine for a bit then got into it again. Before I separated them when they first started fighting they would always cuddle when they were sleeping during the day. They have a huge cage but never stay out of each others way. I put them back in separate cages last night after playtime, however, they freak out that they are not together and sit by each other in the different cages. Does anyone know what this means? They fight but they can't stand being away from each other is that normal? Will they ever get along, no blood has been drawn from either, just noises, mounting and lots of fur tuffs being pulled out. They are both male ages 2 and a half and 2.
What age do chins hit puberty?
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Q & A / What room to house chins in
« on: February 22, 2016, 06:38:10 AM »
Hi,
I just have a general question as to where people house their chins within their homes.
Right now I have mine in the room across from my bedroom but I have been thinking a lot about moving them into my room as I don't spend as much time as I would like to with them I do spend an hour a day with them but I want to be with them more. Id like to be able to spend more time with them by having them in my room, rather than just sitting on the floor in front of their cage in the room they're in now, anyone have them in their room?
I just have a general question as to where people house their chins within their homes.
Right now I have mine in the room across from my bedroom but I have been thinking a lot about moving them into my room as I don't spend as much time as I would like to with them I do spend an hour a day with them but I want to be with them more. Id like to be able to spend more time with them by having them in my room, rather than just sitting on the floor in front of their cage in the room they're in now, anyone have them in their room?
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Health / Re: Stones
« on: January 22, 2016, 01:31:38 PM »
He could very well be eating less, but he is still eating as I have watched him many times sit and eat pellets and grass.
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Health / Re: Stones
« on: January 22, 2016, 12:47:38 PM »
He so far has not stopped eating, he still loves his food haha. He has already gone through the 10 days of Enrofloxacin 25 MG and it never affected his eating or drinking, he is now on Metacam .18ml every 24 hours for pain.
I got a call back today and they said they did a normal penis exam while he was sedated and found no hair ring.
I got a call back today and they said they did a normal penis exam while he was sedated and found no hair ring.
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Health / Re: Stones
« on: January 21, 2016, 05:44:44 PM »
He was given Enrofloxacin 25 MG to take .2ml twice a day for 10 days. And also Metacam 1ml twice a day for 3 days.
Yeaterday after the xrays my vet gave me some more Metacam .18ml every 24 hours and see if that will stop the peeing all over the cage or if not trying to rule out he may be peeing everywhere becaue of pain
Yeaterday after the xrays my vet gave me some more Metacam .18ml every 24 hours and see if that will stop the peeing all over the cage or if not trying to rule out he may be peeing everywhere becaue of pain
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Health / Re: Stones
« on: January 21, 2016, 01:22:09 PM »
The vet did a spin test on the urine as she called it. I called earlier today to ask if she checked for a hair ring while he was sedated and they never called back yet. When I get home I will put what medications the emergency gave me a few weeks ago, the only urine sample I sent in was after the meds were finished but of course the only one I got a decent amount of was light yellow, so she wants me to wait and try and get another sample that's showing blood so she can test that sample as well. I know he has some darker colour on a spot on his foreskin but she said that's normal.
She said he is negative for diabetes. , I only feed my animals hay and pellets, maybe once or twice a month I'll give a dried rose hip from the bush at the cottage from the summer. I do not feed alfalfa hay at all, I took that out of their diet over 6 months ago.
The x-ray showed nothing.
She said he is negative for diabetes. , I only feed my animals hay and pellets, maybe once or twice a month I'll give a dried rose hip from the bush at the cottage from the summer. I do not feed alfalfa hay at all, I took that out of their diet over 6 months ago.
The x-ray showed nothing.
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Health / Re: Stones
« on: January 20, 2016, 01:47:20 PM »
So I guess I misunderstood the vet, she said she can't do a scope to find out if there's a polyp because of his size but they can do an ultrasound to find out, but unfortunately she doesn't do that and it will be hard to find someone who will be comfortable doing one on a chin. She will ask the tech who's from the vet school who comes in once every 3 or 4 weeks to see if he will be able to do one. She ruled out diet because I forgot to mention to her that he is peeing all over the cage so it is abnormal. She is going to give me pain meds to see if that helps with him peeing all over the cage and try and see if it's pain that is causing him to abnormally pee all over the cage.
Has anyone on here dealt with a polyp or benign tumor in their chin before? He only just turned 2 Jan 5.
Has anyone on here dealt with a polyp or benign tumor in their chin before? He only just turned 2 Jan 5.
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Health / Re: Stones
« on: January 20, 2016, 12:49:18 PM »
Is a hair ring something that would be visible to the naked eye? I looked and didn't see one...so it came back he's got no stones so it's a possibility that it would be a polyp somewhere in his penis but she's not certian and there's no way of really being able to get a scope and see becaue he's so small. She also mentioned it could be from his diet..I read somewhere that brown to red colour urine could indicate diabetes, ever hear of that? I'm going to call back and ask.
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A little bit ago I thought that one of my chins may have a UTI he went through a round of meds and is still having some blood in his urine. Finally got a decent size sample and brought it to my vet she tested it and didn't find any bacteria, white or red blood cells so she suggested that I bring him in for an x-ray and he may have stones and if he does he's going to need surgery. Has anyone dealt with this before?
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Health / Re: Possible UTI
« on: January 06, 2016, 07:20:16 AM »
Finally found out which one it was, what a relief, started his meds. Thanks for all your help :-) this form is amazing I don't know how I would cope with my boys without it!
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Health / Re: Possible UTI
« on: January 05, 2016, 05:46:45 PM »
No becaue it's been in at least 4 different spots when they were together