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Health / Re: ruptured cyst
« on: February 01, 2009, 10:36:48 AM »
Thanks so much for the recipe  |hugs|
Everyone at the vet said he was such a good boy and he got lots of kisses :)

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Health / Re: ruptured cyst
« on: January 31, 2009, 09:41:49 PM »
Well, baby boy got it stapled today.  Now he just has to go in in 10 days to get them out. He got back home and his brother gave him SO many kisses.  So much love :)
Then I went to petsmart got them some wood, but one says it's fruit twig...what the heck is fruit twig...that like apple wood?  Then I forgot to pick up hay so now I have no hay  :doh:
Well I guess I'll go pick some up tomorrow.  I've been giving them orchard grass because they refuse to eat timothy hay....picky little things..but I guess I'll go back to timothy.

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Health / Re: ruptured cyst
« on: January 31, 2009, 09:41:08 PM »
Well, baby boy got it stapled today.  Now he just has to go in in 10 days to get them out. He got back home and his brother gave him SO many kisses.  So much love :)
Then I went to petsmart got them some wood, but one says it's fruit wood...what the heck is fruit wood...that like apple wood?  Then I forgot to pick up hay so now I have no hay  :doh:
Well I guess I'll go pick some up tomorrow.  I've been giving them orchard grass because they refuse to eat timothy hay....picky little things..but I guess I'll go back to timothy.

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Health / Re: ruptured cyst
« on: January 30, 2009, 07:15:13 AM »
Thanks so much for all the help.  The recipe would be appreciated :)
Well it was healing rather nicely until too much fur got mixed in the wound and when it was removed a nice icky hole opened up at the top :( he has an appointment Saturday cause I want it checked again since that hole opened up.  i swear that just took all the time it was healing and restarted it.  so iv got those poor guys to worry about..my own oodles of health problems to worry and take care of and now classes...and right now...it hasn't even been two weeks and I'm behind and failing T-T this just isn't a good semester to be in school.  i really need to take the semester off and get myself taken care of but I need to be full time for insurance..but with all the stress my body feels worse and I'm always tired..so I'm sleeping like 15 hours a day :(
I'm falling apart and school isn't helping.

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Health / Re: ruptured cyst
« on: January 27, 2009, 03:29:02 PM »
lol yea well I feel better after an hour of nonstop crying and screaming.  Neighbors prob thought I was dying o_o;
Oh well...I've always worried more about Chico cause he's so little.  Ever since I've gotten him I've been plagued by nightmares a couple times a week about him dying.
>_o actually I really never have good dreams :(
Back on track! Chilli's wound looks really good right now  :::grins:: It looks nice and clean...now that that huge chunk of dried blood is gone.  First couple of flushes he was getting a lot of dried blood in it..now no more :)
I tried putting shredded paper towels in their dust bath and they didn't understand.  Chico wouldn't roll around so I put the entrance against the playpen so he couldn't get out.  Chilli, being the over protective brother he is, ran over to save him and pulled the bath away from the cage so he could get out.  I've never seen two animals bond as deeply as they have.  They're pretty depressed without each other.

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Health / Re: ruptured cyst
« on: January 26, 2009, 04:59:53 PM »
I did mess up early on in his life though O.< I didn't know much since I had no experience, but he was given treats under the age of 6 months and over time was getting too many raisins.  Then found out and freaked out. Shoot I bet I damaged him for life  ::sadtears:: Chico I'm so sorry
/crawls into corner

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Health / Re: ruptured cyst
« on: January 26, 2009, 04:51:46 PM »
Well, his brother has been really thin his whole life..but I just feel like his thinner as of the past year.  I eats fine, drinks fine...but I'm not sure just how wet u mean my his poop.  I mean it feels wet and cold, but I believe his brother's is the same way.  He's extremely active...very spazzy.
Doesn't the document on the herb sensation have the ingredients?
Well anyway his brother can't seem to gain his weight back and now his bladder infection came back :(
stupid vet gave me a pill form I had to crush by myself..then I lost a pill while crushing it.  So, I doubt he got the right dosage and that's why it came back.  Now I'm supposed to get a urine sample from Chilli  ::wacko::
now how the heck am I supposed to do that?
several tests on my poor little Chico? :( what type of tests...he gets so grumpy and stressed from vet visits...and when he wakes up =/ man the little guy will scream and charge you if u try to say hi while he's sleeping lol
oh! and I think he's got a bit of a humpback, but I'm not sure since he's so skinny but it's been like that his whole life as well.
O.o well come to think of it man...am I sure I'm not his biological mother? I eat and eat and don't gain weight and I have a hunchback from a spinal disease.
and now me and chilli are gonna be scar buddies n_n I got a funky round scar from a burn on the oven and he's gonna have a funky round scar when his wound heals....
I think that first dumb vet's baytril injection or what ever did it >.>
he couldn't of gotten hurt on his neck by anything I can think of...and I saw it a week after that injection.  Man that vet appointment cost like $230 and he didn't even fix the problem.  And he was rude -.- I hope he gets haunted my nightmares for a while.
gah! i rambled, but I've just been really worried about chico's weight and health for a long time.  Chilli's wound looks rather nice and clean right now, but there's a little white round bump in it I think.  I'll take a double look.  I'm trying to keep the wound clean, but clumps of dried blood get in it and then his fur get tangled in that. O.< man almost puked last night cleaning it, but it looks much better now.  ::nod::

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Health / Re: ruptured cyst
« on: January 25, 2009, 03:22:16 PM »
http://www.herbsensation.com/
As for his brother I can feel his bones so well that I can feel each little ridge of his spine, I also notice how well I an feel his shoulder blades :(
My camera doesn't want to upload my pics to my comp, so I'll post them when I can.
Well yesterday I took him to the vet and she said that it's a wound he got somehow and it's deep and ripped a muscle.  He now gets it flushed with that solution twice a day and gets collasate put on once a day for 10-14 days.  They also said that the skin surrounding it already connected down to the muscle underneath, so I can't really get up under it to flush it out from there.  He's running around the big cage right now and he's very happy, while his brother is in the small cage and very unhappy lol
Thanks for the information on the paper towels, if I can manage to find another container or get enough dust rinsed out then I'll give it a try.

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Health / Re: ruptured cyst
« on: January 23, 2009, 10:55:46 PM »
I was thinking about getting some herb sensation for him and his brother.  Think it would help?  plus his brother is super skinny..dunno if this will help.

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Health / Re: ruptured cyst
« on: January 23, 2009, 10:47:45 PM »
He only gave me that ointment.  I have an appointment with another vet tomorrow.  I'm going to ask for that solution.  Can they really last a month without a bath? :::(((  They're so grumpy but I'd be grumpy too if I couldn't take a bath.  Poor guy gives me heart attacks by trying to roll around on a blanket while he's out.  He gets so excited when I put his brother in the small cage with him so he can get some interaction with him.  He just misses his brother SO much.

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Health / Re: ruptured cyst
« on: January 22, 2009, 07:22:11 PM »
Thanks for the help.  My poor babies are turning into grease balls.  I can't give my other one a bath cause him jumping around will get dust into his neck, and I obviously can't give chilli one.  Any ideas on how to take care of this?

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Health / Re: ruptured cyst
« on: January 21, 2009, 11:38:38 AM »
Thanks so much for the link.  My boy was on Baytril the previous week due to a bladder infection and he did stop eating for a bit, but when I went to address the issue he started eating again.  I'm really lucky about that. Well I called the vet and he said the wound should be smaller by next week.  I still really want to take him to another vet for a second opinion since I like to be extra careful.  The blue skin around it is pretty freaky though.  My camera doesn't want to take a detailed pic of it, but I'm going to keep trying because my parents have been asking if he's ok pretty much everyday and are asking for updates :)
glad they are paying for all the bills though ::wow::

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Health / ruptured cyst
« on: January 20, 2009, 02:02:43 AM »
I took my chinchilla to the vet Thursday because he had a big wound on the back of his neck.  The vet said that he had an infected hair follicle that created a cyst that then ruptured.  It's a nice deep hole and I'm irritated that he didn't find it when he was seen 10 days prior to that visit.  His skin is starting to turn a bit blue; I think it's bruising.  I don't see how this can heal without stitches.  He's currently getting Tritop put on it three times a day.  Any advice would be welcome, but I'm also wondering if anyone has had this problem before.  How can a hair follicle get infected anyway?

The vet I took him to never told me if I'm supposed to clean it, never told me how it can happen, never told me what exactly is going on with it, and never told me if I'm supposed to take him in after the week is up with his antibiotics.  I kept calling him the night after I found it at his house on on call and he got mad at me!  I was freaking out thinking my chinchilla was going to die and he snapped at me.  So...anyone think I should take him to the other exotic vet in town?  Or should I drive 5 hours to a specialist where my parents live, or should I drive 3 hours to one in phoenix?


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