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Chinchillas => Health => Topic started by: WindWhisperBomb on May 27, 2011, 06:36:13 PM

Title: 6 Day-Old Chin has Wound on Ear?
Post by: WindWhisperBomb on May 27, 2011, 06:36:13 PM

Mother-chin gave birth to Baby-chin on Saturday. We noticed a red mark on Baby-chin's ear on day 2. We saw dried blood on it on day 5. On day 6, the ear looks mangled. Baby-chin is in the same cage as Mother-chin and Father-chin. Is one of them the cause of this? Mother-chin has given birth twice before. There may have been missing patches of fur in the past, but never wounds. Baby-chin's behavior has been normal throughout this.

I couldn't really get a good picture, but one can be seen below.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/windwhisperbomb/DSCF1421.jpg

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/windwhisperbomb/DSCF1421.jpg)

Title: Re: 6 Day-Old Chin has Wound on Ear?
Post by: dianah on May 28, 2011, 04:42:04 AM

sometimes mums get a bit carried away when grooming and cleaning the babies. if the baby is fine and is feeding and putting weight on etc, i'd keep a close eye but leave them to it.

Title: Re: 6 Day-Old Chin has Wound on Ear?
Post by: jmdebb on May 28, 2011, 05:53:14 AM

he's adorable!!

Title: Re: 6 Day-Old Chin has Wound on Ear?
Post by: ABC Chinchillas on May 29, 2011, 06:17:28 PM

a lot of ear injuries happen at birth so you could have missed it.

Title: Re: 6 Day-Old Chin has Wound on Ear?
Post by: Debbie.nl.ca on June 07, 2011, 11:19:49 AM

Are the ears normal?
Moms tend to try and fix problems by chewing more, even if it was a little nick during birth.