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Health / Please someone help me, please!

« on: December 04, 2007, 07:59:55 PM »

I know this probably isn't going to help me in time, but I need to do something in the meantime. Something is wrong with Maggie, my husband wa spot cleaning the cage and noticed Maggie's fur was kind of dirty looking and when he picked her up and turned her over she had a pink bulge in her belly and she's been chewing on her hair. She doesn't seem distressed, but she keeps trying to roll in her bedding and keeps licking and biting it. We seperated her from our other in chinchilla.

My old chinchilla Veterinarian, who I loved is retired and they aren't referring new exotic clients to anyone else right now. We're waiting for the emergency vet to open up so we can call them and take her in, I'm so terrified though because NONE of the ones I've found have good reviews reviews online. Is bad care better then no care?

I don't know what to do for her till we can get a hold of the vet. I don't even know what might be wrong.

She seemed fine yesterday, she took hey from my hand and I rubbed her head!

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General Chat / Does anyone else have a chinchilla with a spot?

« on: August 20, 2007, 11:50:26 AM »

So I have two chinchilla's Maggie and Stoli. Maggie tolerates being pet pretty much anywhere - stoked down the back, on her head, under her chin but Stoli really doesn't care to be pet except in on particular spot.

If you scratch Stoli's chin she'll stretch her little arms out wide so you can rub her chest, her ears will go back and her eyes will start to close and a few times she's made little chirpy, clicky noises. It's the funniest thing.

She HATES being taken from her cage or being pet on the back but in that one spot she loves being pet. I'll try to get some pictures. Anyone seen anything similar?

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Q & A / Seizures

« on: March 12, 2007, 10:49:49 AM »

Seizures


I was just wondering what anyone thought of this…

Last week we noticed Stoli was standing crouched and trembling. Her hands drawn in close her body and one of her ears pulled flat against her head in a strange way… I really can’t think of a better way to describe it, if it happens again I’ll try to take a picture of it.

When we tried to touch her she was able to run away sorta, but still with one arm still drawn close to her body and one ear flattened against her head. We waited till she calmed down and her ears perked up. I picked her up and examined her legs, they looked fine and she didn’t freak out when I touched them.

She’s going to the vet today, but does this sound like a seizure? She wasn’t shaking violently but trembling a little like the first day we brought her home (she sat in her house an trembled a little but after a few minutes she was fine.)

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General Chat / Chinchilla Update!

« on: February 16, 2007, 01:04:46 AM »

Here is the original story.

I didn't want to keep hijacking the thread.

So we bought the chinchilla. She's almost completely on a diet of Manzuri and hay now. Her poops are normal and she's looking good! The pet store employees seemed very happy when we bought her, they reduced the price and gave us the cage (although it was so small we still had to get another one).

She seems to have adjusted well so far, now after her quarentine period its time to introduce her to Maggie. I'm a little nervous. Maggie is very spoiled and I don't know how she'll react if they are introduced in the open and the new chinchilla (yet to be named) is quite a bit bigger although they are about the same age.

We've given them the same dust bath, and put their cages side by side. Anyone have any other suggestions for a good introduction? What should we look out for? We don't know what an aggressive chinchilla acts like...

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Health / Chinchilla survival kit

« on: September 25, 2006, 03:23:23 PM »

Hello everyone,

I don't if anyone else has done anything similar but I'm looking for ideas on putting together a chinchilla survival kit to go along with out people survival kit.

According to a government Pre-9/11 report the three biggest threats the US faced were another terrorist attack in manhattan, a direct hit hurricane to New Orleans and a magnitude 7 or high earthquake striking in Southern CA... we live in Southern California and I feel its better to be save then sorry.

So for Maggie some of the things I've included so far include a week supply of food in a sealed airtight canister, aqua blox, oats and dried papaya, a feeding syringe, a pet carrier, emergency cold packs, saline, neosporine, cotton balls, gauze, a cardboard collar, a mini bottle of peach schnaps, and an eye dropper. I plan to switch the parisable items out like food every three months.

My husbands mom is our pet sitter and back up plan in case something happens to us so I'm trying to prepare a packet for her including my favorite books.

I'm trying to not get too carried away as all of this is just a precautionary measure but I do understand Maggie's survival could depend on our planning in advance. I plan on asking my vet if he has any suggestions but does anyone else have something similar or a disaster plan for their chins?

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Parent Chat / Okay I'm not a parent but I'm so excited I didn't know where to put this.

« on: August 08, 2006, 09:50:55 AM »

I'm going to be an Auntie!!! My sister is going to have a baby I'm so excited! I can't wait till they know what it is so I can start buying it stuff!

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General Chat / Yikes!!

« on: July 12, 2006, 11:06:44 AM »

I got a rather unplesent surprise today when I opened up the electricy bill...

I'm positive its because we run the air conditioning 24/7, my husband and I are thinking of getting Maggie her own a/c unit so we can keep the house unit down a little and maybe getting some insulating curtains for her room.

Does anyone have something like this or maybe some suggestions about the type of unit?

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Health / New Owner Questions

« on: June 19, 2006, 09:40:25 AM »

Hello,

I'm a new owner of a 6 month old female chinchilla.

I made the mistake of getting her from a pet store, she was so friendly and sweet I couldn't help myself. She's not shy at all and very curious. My husband and I had planned on adopting a chin for a few months and have read several books and perused this site although I'm afraid I haven't been able to find the specific information I was looking for so I apologize if I am double posting.

Well our chin poops a great deal, there was about 40 pellets just on the two plastic ledges in her cage this morning, I cleaned her cage last night. Also they seem to be a little soft as they smash under her feet and stick to the plastic. I want to be sure this isn't the signs of trouble starting, as I have always read they should be small and hard.

I know that diarrhea is very serious for chins and their treats like raisins must be reasonably limited. We haven't given her any treats yet, fed her only 2 tablespoons of pellets with an ample supply of hay and water.

Should I withhold giving her any treats until this seems to improve?

Could this just be the stress of moving? Is it possible the pet store gave her too many treats? Or an I being a paranoid pet parent and this is completely normal?