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Health / Re: Baby Kit, Possibly sick

« on: July 25, 2013, 02:33:45 AM »

He's doing ok, yet I think he's lonely. He stares at the mom and kits. I let him interact with them and he paid them no mind. I spend more time with him and only once let him run around with DJ and she didn't attack me this time. He sniffed her but that was it.

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Health / Re: Eating parents poop

« on: July 25, 2013, 02:31:53 AM »

Ohhh, ok. Good to know cause it freaked me out.

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Health / Re: Baby Kit, Possibly sick

« on: July 20, 2013, 04:49:45 PM »

The kit seems to be fine. I'v never seen them fight, though and I checked the mom's nips and they seem fine.  She must have been tired that day or something because she's as active as ever! I love them! I love watching them, it really is a great experience. I wish one of them was a boy though. Trunks will be lonely. ( Unless I get him neuter and Im too nervous about that)

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Health / Eating parents poop

« on: July 20, 2013, 04:46:52 PM »

While watching the kits socialize with they're father, I noticed both of them eating the droppings he left behind on the chin chiller. Should I be concerned? They are already eating pellets too so maybe they're just confused...?

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Health / Baby Kit, Possibly sick

« on: July 18, 2013, 07:50:04 PM »

I noticed crusted blood under the chunkier kit. I dont know if Im just panicking because of the blood but Im worried she's sick. I wipe the blood off and see no cut or bite marks. Ive been holding her for about an hour now and she's just sleeping but making quiet little peeping sounds. Is this normal or do you recommend I take to the vet.

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Q & A / Re: Newborn Chinchilla, mom died last night

« on: July 10, 2013, 08:04:57 PM »

 

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Q & A / Re: Newborn Chinchilla, mom died last night

« on: July 10, 2013, 07:40:48 PM »

Oh yea, and Im pretty sure they are both females. But like you said, keep checking to make sure. 

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Q & A / Re: Newborn Chinchilla, mom died last night

« on: July 10, 2013, 07:36:44 PM »

Thanks you guys! The babies proofing has been done and my nerves are settled  Just bought the scale today. One weighs 49g, and the other is at 53g.

OMG, I hope she's not pregnant again! I mean, I love the little guys but I am not trying to become a breeder. I'm already keeping the babies she has now. If she's pregnant again I'd have to sell them and that would make me a nervous wreck and very stubborn about who I'd sell them to. They were left in the cage probably 6-7 hours before I could separate them. Still a high chance?

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Q & A / Re: Newborn Chinchilla, mom died last night

« on: July 09, 2013, 07:58:53 PM »

The other cage is ( metal) but I saw the one baby try to jump through the bars which made me decide to put them in this one. However, Im buying a new cage. I will need another tall cage anyway.

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Q & A / Re: Newborn Chinchilla, mom died last night

« on: July 09, 2013, 07:26:32 PM »

Well when I came home from work and went into their room I noticed Trunks fur sticking out in all places and some was all over the cage. After i saw the kits, I assume she was fighting with him which she's never done before. Trunks is way smaller than her and my guess is around 8 months old. When I went to grab him to separate he ran to the bottom of the kennel, where Deanie started chasing him all over till I finally caught him. Is that normal?

I do think I should buy yet another cage because the one they were in sits up too high from the floor and has a good inch and a half gap between bars. I put them in my old cage that is really a rabbit cage with a bottom that has 6 inch of plastic all around so they cant reach the bars, (yet).

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Q & A / Re: Introducing Another Chin

« on: July 09, 2013, 06:45:34 PM »

Scratch what I wrote, Deanie is a female too and just had 2 kits!

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Q & A / Re: Newborn Chinchilla, mom died last night

« on: July 09, 2013, 06:34:40 PM »

Hello again! Wow. this has been a couple of crazy days for me. Why?

Deanie just had two kits! What I dont get is that after I had to put Jersey down I double checked Deanie and Trunks to make sure they were both boys! I promise you I was 100% both boys and saw their peckers and everything! Now Im doing more research. I always had a spare cage so i've already separted them from Trunk who is only 8 months.

 I felt like it was my  fault with Jersey and her kit because with all my experience with rodents ( just never chinchilla) I still should've looked at them to make sure of their sex. Lesson learned. Though this time, Im taking the kits to a vet to get their gender!

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Q & A / Re: Introducing Another Chin

« on: July 08, 2013, 03:48:20 PM »

I had 2  year and half, close to to two year old male chinchillas( found out one was female two day ago) and about 5 months ago I bought a 2 month male chinchilla. So far they get along and never got in a fight.

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Q & A / Re: Newborn Chinchilla, mom died last night

« on: July 08, 2013, 03:44:06 PM »

Hi guys...
 Unfortunetly, the baby died this morning a 1 am in my hands. He was doing fine 15 minutes before. I picked him up and sat at the computer doing more research. Then I noticed he was moving any more.... Tearing me up, I really wanted to save him. I even performed CPR for 5 minutes, screaming at him to come back to me.... I dont handle death well and after losing Jersey Im just torn...

His poop was liquidy... I tried though, I really did.

I think Deanie can tell. He still has Trunks but he seems a little depress in the cage. I so wanna call and cuss the breeder out! And yet, I still blame myself. If I only double-check they're sex, she'd be alive and well. The messed up part is that I did one time to only demonstrate how you tell if its a boy or girl. I only showed him with one chinchilla and i happened to grab the boy. When i think back to that day I tell myself" if only I picked up Jersey instead of Deanie I would've known!

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Q & A / Re: Newborn Chinchilla, mom died last night

« on: July 07, 2013, 07:48:27 PM »

Thank you for the response!

I hope he doesn't... I'm lucky to have him since Jersey is no longer with us. He seems to be doing fine but its too early to tell. He's noisy whenever i handle him, and/or just wants to sleep. He moves around alot too. My sister, who is a tech, told me to get kitten formula. I have no way of telling if its the right tempature though i've been testing it on myself first. He doesnt care for the bottle but will let me sqeeze in acouple of drops every two hours. His eyes are open, yet now they are shut. He's poop and urinate. I hope all of these are a good sign. Im keeping him with me, no matter if i already fed him. I read somewhere that if i have a male chi-chi that he could possibly step in as the mother but that made no sense to me. Also, Ive had the chinchillas for atleast 8months minimal. They were a year old when i adopted them. Do they breed only at a certain age?