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Health / black spot on eye?

« on: September 07, 2009, 02:43:39 AM »

Hi, i haven't been on this site in a while, but I'm hoping you all might have some idea on what this might be. I have a homo beige little boy. he'll be 2 soon. he has red eyes with a ring of blue in them but on right eye, theres a pretty big dark dot on his eye. i'm really not sure what it is but it freaked me out when i saw it. has anyone ever seen this? is it something i should worry about? any hints at all would be great, i'm worried maybe something is wrong with his eyesight. =(

-stephanie

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Q & A / orange and white teeth?

« on: December 21, 2007, 11:27:57 PM »

from what I've heard chins teeth are supposed to be a dark orange color all over. my chins teeth are white-ish just on the very very side of the teeth. is that okay?

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Health / I'm notsure why my chinchilla has such bright red ears sometimes.

« on: November 30, 2007, 02:33:25 AM »

So, I know when the ears get red and/or bloodshot, it probably means the chinchilla is too hot. But, my little guy Tonka, lately his ears have been getting red like that when the temperature should be fine for him.  When it happened tonight it was 65ish, maybe just a hint over. It doesn't last very long cause I immediately make it cooler in our room when I notice it happening, and now it's about 60 degrees in here and he looks much better. But this isn't the first time it's happened while its been what I thought and what used to be a okay temperature for him, usually around 65-70. Are there any strange reasons that I don't know about that could be causing him to seemingly over heat in such cool temperatures? This has always been while he's inside his cage being relatively calm. I just don't understand it lol. If anyones got any pointers on what I could be doing wrong or what could be causing it, I'd love to hear it. It's probably something simple I'm just not thinking of, but that's why I love this place, you can be forgetful and everyone here is still very helpful. 

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Q & A / Whiskers!

« on: August 29, 2007, 08:26:59 PM »

Hey, I was wondering if anyone could help me out a bit. I got my chinchilla, Tonka, a little over a week ago, and I never thought much of it, but his whiskers are kind of messed up looking. Like, my other chinchilla Roger's whiskers are perfectly straight and very long, but Tonka's are kind of bent. Crinkled would be a better word to describe it I guess. Is that normal? I heard that with other small animals it can throw off thier balance if the whiskers are messed up, and I was wondering if anyone new if that was true with chins too? He doesnt seem to be very coordinated like the other chinchilla, Roger. So I don't know. And he's got a pretty short tail, do they always have really short tails when they're 5 months? I guess they probably do, it just seems wierd lol. Sorry if this souned stupid, I'm just curious! Thanks =)