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Health / What's a normal weight fluctuation range for a chin?
« on: December 08, 2013, 11:38:18 AM »
I have a female chinchilla that will be 5 years old in Jan.
I was on an oversea trip recently and left my chin with a friend. I brought her cage and water bottle and everything to make the change as easy as possible, and I was away for about 4 weeks.
My chin's weight have been around 700-725g between August to November, and now she's down to 685-690g. So the weight drop was about an oz or so in the 4 weeks that I was away for. The weather have also changed significantly while I was away, from 70-80F down to 40F.
I just got her back on Thursday and other than the weight loss, it seems like she's acting normal, eating and drinking ok, and pooping normally.
I will continue to monitor her weight and behavior, but do you think the weight loss is ok for a chin with the environment change and weather change?
I was on an oversea trip recently and left my chin with a friend. I brought her cage and water bottle and everything to make the change as easy as possible, and I was away for about 4 weeks.
My chin's weight have been around 700-725g between August to November, and now she's down to 685-690g. So the weight drop was about an oz or so in the 4 weeks that I was away for. The weather have also changed significantly while I was away, from 70-80F down to 40F.
I just got her back on Thursday and other than the weight loss, it seems like she's acting normal, eating and drinking ok, and pooping normally.
I will continue to monitor her weight and behavior, but do you think the weight loss is ok for a chin with the environment change and weather change?