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Health / Re: Bump/cut on toe?? Chinchilla biopsy?
« on: August 23, 2015, 03:23:56 PM »
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Health / Re: Bump/cut on toe?? Chinchilla biopsy?
« on: August 23, 2015, 02:55:19 PM »
Hi,
GrayRodent- I am getting more and more hopeful with the research I have done and what you have said to support it! I'm DEFINITELY leaning toward this being an abscess. The wound is not open anymore and we are finishing up the last of her antibiotics today! Yes, it's not that red anymore, i'll post some pics.
BLS Chins- yes, I wrote down everything the vet prescribed to me in the initial post. It's interesting to me how I keep reading about vets doing a culture to determine what antibiotic to give. She did give me one at that appt, but I don't remember her saying anything about testing the fluid/ doing a smear or anything to find out what kind to give. Is there some kind of really common one she might have given me? We were prescribed Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole (Which I just found out from my research that I myself am allergic to, btw
)I understand different kinds of infections can exist, I just don't even know if she checked, the office kept mentioning (when I called to get quotes on biopsy and amputation) getting bloodwork and the biopsy done to see exactly what it was.
GrayRodent- I am getting more and more hopeful with the research I have done and what you have said to support it! I'm DEFINITELY leaning toward this being an abscess. The wound is not open anymore and we are finishing up the last of her antibiotics today! Yes, it's not that red anymore, i'll post some pics.
BLS Chins- yes, I wrote down everything the vet prescribed to me in the initial post. It's interesting to me how I keep reading about vets doing a culture to determine what antibiotic to give. She did give me one at that appt, but I don't remember her saying anything about testing the fluid/ doing a smear or anything to find out what kind to give. Is there some kind of really common one she might have given me? We were prescribed Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole (Which I just found out from my research that I myself am allergic to, btw
)I understand different kinds of infections can exist, I just don't even know if she checked, the office kept mentioning (when I called to get quotes on biopsy and amputation) getting bloodwork and the biopsy done to see exactly what it was.
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Health / Re: Bump/cut on toe?? Chinchilla biopsy?
« on: August 22, 2015, 06:01:39 PM »
Gray Rodent-
Thank you for answering. It's been two weeks today and I'm honestly not sure if it's getting better. The redness has faded, I can't tell if the size has reduced. I have spent so much time looking at it and researching and I really don't think it's a bone. It's solely the little pad of skin that grows above the bone portion of the toe! It's very weird
I have called the vet and gotten price quotes for both biopsy and amputation .. Neither seems like an option. Right now all in finding what I can do is leave it be and keep an eye on it. If it starts getting bigger, THEN do something.
You mentioned an antibiotic resistant infection, what would you do in that case? It's very strange because it FEELS like a mass you would find in skin, smaller than a pea, but I swear, it was not there when I adopted her! Just a cut! Is there a possibility an infection could even feel like this?! I feel like infection would be puss-ish. But this is not
Thanks again
Thank you for answering. It's been two weeks today and I'm honestly not sure if it's getting better. The redness has faded, I can't tell if the size has reduced. I have spent so much time looking at it and researching and I really don't think it's a bone. It's solely the little pad of skin that grows above the bone portion of the toe! It's very weird
I have called the vet and gotten price quotes for both biopsy and amputation .. Neither seems like an option. Right now all in finding what I can do is leave it be and keep an eye on it. If it starts getting bigger, THEN do something. You mentioned an antibiotic resistant infection, what would you do in that case? It's very strange because it FEELS like a mass you would find in skin, smaller than a pea, but I swear, it was not there when I adopted her! Just a cut! Is there a possibility an infection could even feel like this?! I feel like infection would be puss-ish. But this is not
Thanks again
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Health / Bump/cut on toe?? Chinchilla biopsy?
« on: August 13, 2015, 07:25:06 PM »
Hi, I adopted Phoebe about 2 and a half weeks ago. The previous owners had the cage put together wrong I think and she had been walking on a wire bottom.. Also... she's a chinchilla and a complete SPAZ who bounces around like crazy! I don't know how she does it! haha
Anyway, She cut her foot the day I adopted her, right before I got there. At the time it just looked like a cut, it was NOT this big. It looked to get bigger so I got the Heal X cream and started putting that on a couple times a day. It didn't get smaller and it was starting to get a head on it like it was ready to burst so I took her to the Exotic Animal Vet. She popped it and also took off the little bit of scab that was on the top to try to release the fluid, but said it looked a little more solid than she had thought it was. Some fluid did come out, but now it is just a bump. It has been almost a week on the pain/inflammation and antibiotic meds as well as the soaking the dr prescribed. Meloxicam, Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole and Chlorhexidine gluconate 2%solution (w/ water)
Has anyone seen this before? I'm afraid it's not going to go down in the next week.
The option after that would be to have it biopsied to find out if it's cancerous or not Does anyone have an estimate of how much that would cost? (No vet insurance)
Would it possibly be better to just have the toe amputated?
Thanks
Anyway, She cut her foot the day I adopted her, right before I got there. At the time it just looked like a cut, it was NOT this big. It looked to get bigger so I got the Heal X cream and started putting that on a couple times a day. It didn't get smaller and it was starting to get a head on it like it was ready to burst so I took her to the Exotic Animal Vet. She popped it and also took off the little bit of scab that was on the top to try to release the fluid, but said it looked a little more solid than she had thought it was. Some fluid did come out, but now it is just a bump. It has been almost a week on the pain/inflammation and antibiotic meds as well as the soaking the dr prescribed. Meloxicam, Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole and Chlorhexidine gluconate 2%solution (w/ water)
Has anyone seen this before? I'm afraid it's not going to go down in the next week.
The option after that would be to have it biopsied to find out if it's cancerous or not
Does anyone have an estimate of how much that would cost? (No vet insurance)Would it possibly be better to just have the toe amputated?
Thanks
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General Breeder Chat / Re: What kind, breed or mutation is my chinchilla?
« on: August 03, 2015, 07:41:16 PM »
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General Breeder Chat / What kind, breed or mutation is my chinchilla?
« on: August 03, 2015, 07:28:34 PM »
You breeders hopefully will be able to tell me! Can you tell me what kind or "mutation" of chinchilla I have? I'm just interested to know. Her eyes are red I believe- more visible in the light and she just has the cutest spotted ears. I just adopted her, she's about two years old and she's beautiful 
thanks!
thanks!
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