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Health / Labored Breathing

« on: June 28, 2010, 07:56:51 AM »

Hi guys its been awhile but I knew to turn to you guys you could give me the best answer before I consult a vet.  One of my female standards gave birth a black velvet female just 1 about 4 months ago.  The standard was getting older and I wanted to take her out of breeding.  When I close off her pop hole she must of had gotten pregnant before i did this. I closed her pophole off and moved the male completely to a different run.  After she gave birth you could tell was the last straw.  she was raising her baby just fine.  long story short the standard developed an illness that we just couldnt shake and she passed away about a week ago.  I didnt want the baby to be by herself after just losing her momma.  I introduced her to another female who was younger and she was very affectionate. I took several days and she spent a day in the older females cage and all was gravy they were getting along great!....lastnight i went downstairs and I was so upset something happened and the older female turned on the baby and you could tell the baby was really stressed and had bite marks on her skin behind her ears. I took her out and examined her, she doesnt seem to have any other injuries but i could tell she had been peeing herself but i figured it was from stress because she was staying in the corner of the cage scared out of her little mind.  This is what worries me her breathing was very labored lastnight, I also took this as an effect of being stressed so i put her in her own cage and brought her upstairs to be monitored.  this morning her breathing is still labored.  I listened to her lungs and it sounded like there might be a little fluid in there.  I sucked a tiny bit of fluid out through her nose but it didnt seem to be a large amount or anything.  she has lightened up, she is eatting im not sure is she is so much drinking but she is eatting food. SHe keeps wiping her nose and thats what make me think that there is something up with her nasal passage.  I checked her ribs, limbs,  her throat doesnt seem to be swollen at all and she seem to be eatting fine I just cant seem to get her breathing right its been like 8 hours.  she does seem to be sluggish do you guys think maybe there is internal damage.  I have never had chins fight and one come out this severe, and the vets around here are horrible, I am going to consult a vet but I wanted to see what you guys think and if you have ever had this happen

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General Chat / Extreme Mystery

« on: February 13, 2008, 04:26:41 AM »

Ok here is one situation I have yet to have to deal with until now.  I decided a while ago to retire one of my standard females named Macy because she has been good to me and blessed me with several litters and I wanted her to have a break from breeding, so I put her in a cage with one of my young female beiges named "Peanut Butter" that she had fostered and her and the beige are very happy together.  Well I noticed Macy putting on the pounds and suprisingly enough she got pregnant some how and I felt the babies rolling around in her belly..lol and she still hasn't had her litter so she couldn't have gotten pregnant right before I took her away from her male. I am stumped everyone.  I talked to one of my friends who has been a breeder to many many years and she said that she had this happen before and that somehow one of her males had gotten to one of her females through seperate cages somehow.  So I went into the chin room and thought about who was that close to her and honestly there is no one remotely even close their cage the closest would be about 2 feet away.  So I am extremely confused.  I even double checked to make sure that beige was a female and she deffinitly is.  And whats worse is I have no idea who the father is it could be anyone!  Has anyone ever had this experience before, I have heard of this happening from having cages to close together but their cage is decently far from anyone....I guess we will see who the daddy is when the babies come...lol...

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North East USA / Chins for sale in PA

« on: February 06, 2008, 01:30:36 AM »

I have several colors for sale, all chins come with 1 month supply of food and hay, pedigree, and 1 years subscription to the chinchilla club.  Email me at asikovsek@yahoo.com if lookin for quality Chins.  I live near Pittsburgh PA and more than likely willing to drive a distance to meet

Amber

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General Chat / What color is this kit UPDATE!!

« on: February 04, 2008, 07:30:27 PM »

I took some new pictures now that the babies are 2 1/2 weeks old, and they are getting more cute by the day.  The one that we all think is a Tan I have named Grimace..lol...and his brother we named Zeus who looks like he is going to be a Pink White and keeps getting whiter.  Here are some new pics:

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General Chat / Does anyone else have this problem?

« on: February 03, 2008, 10:02:32 PM »

Im a little frustrated and I am wondering if anyone else has this problem with their chins.  My chins love having wheels in their cages and over the past few months I have been buying more and more wheels so that I dont have to keep rotating, but here is the problem, My chins run so fast on their wheels it seems to violently shake their cages and then their water bottles start leaking because of all the motion.  I fill their water bottles in the evening and after a crazy night of wheel running a lot of the water has soaked the bedding then I have to take out the wet bedding and replace it, therefore I am going through bedding like crazy lately.  I want my chins to have fun on their wheels but the water bottle issue is driving me nuts.  When I take the water bottles off for a little running time then they get mad because they want a drink in between runs.  Any suggestions or am I stuck with this issue? :-[

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General Chat / What color is this Kit

« on: January 24, 2008, 11:44:42 PM »

I am stumped!...I have been breeding for years and I can not figure out the color of this chin!!..He was just born on the 20th He father is a standard and his mom is a pink white.  He has light and deep grey beige and white in his fur,he is light at the head and get darker as you desend down his body could he be some kind of mosaic?..his belly is the same as the rest of his body and not white and he has a tiny triangle of white on his chest.  I am going crazy can Joann or Jamie help??

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Web site Reviews / Looking for Chins in PA? Oil Creek Chinchillas

« on: January 04, 2008, 06:36:26 PM »

http://All4Webs.com/r/3/asikovsek/home.htm

 

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New Births / Twins 1/3/08!!

« on: January 04, 2008, 06:08:14 PM »

Isabella & Bernie gave birth to two beautiful standards

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General Chat / Corn is a No NO

« on: January 04, 2008, 01:42:03 AM »

I have read some posts about people feeding their chinchillas corn.  I wanted to make my own post to warn people about corn.  Feeding your chinchillas anything with corn can cause a very bad fungus in chinchillas that if undetected could be fatal.  I just wanted to let everyone know that you should never ever feed your chinchillas corn.  :-[

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North East USA / CHINNY FOR SALE

« on: December 27, 2007, 01:29:52 PM »

I wanted to let everyone know that I am selling one of hetero beige females to downsize.  She comes with a pedigree, she is 2 yrs old, and I have only breeded her twice and all her kits have been proven. I live in pittsburgh but I will be willing to drive a distance depending.  Reply if interested. thanks

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Health / Chin eye problem!!!

« on: October 01, 2007, 08:20:32 PM »

Hey I haven't been on for a while because I have been busy finishing the renovationthe chin house...Meanwhile I just started noticing a problem with my one standard female that I have never encountered before.  When I first noticed her left eye was very swollen and glued shut with eye drainage.  I did the tea bag thing and then it seemed to get better, I thought it was just dust or something.  The hair around her eye is gone and it looks a little swollen again and that drainage is back.  Any suggestions.  The only thing I can think of is either still an allergy, but I changed and disinfected her cage, or maybe that with where I live and the weather going up and down she might not be used to the weather change.  My chins have been in my house for years, and I renovated a little cottage house in my backyard to be their chin house, and it has been hard keeping up with the weather because on day its hot and I have the air conditioning going and the next day its freezing so I have the heater going.  Its been really rough maintaining the temp they are used to out there. Any suggestions?...I am calling the vet, but does anyone know of anything I can do. Its wierd because it is only that one eye and the other one looks perfectly fine, her mate is fine, and all the other chins are enjoying their new pad....

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New Births / Beige had 2 beautiful kits

« on: August 19, 2007, 01:03:38 PM »

My beige Sugar Bear had her babies today....she had a little difficulty with the first one thank goodness I was there, but the second one came out no problem....they are twins and both beige one little girl and one little boy!!!

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General Chat / BUILDING A CHINNY HOUSE

« on: July 22, 2007, 09:03:40 PM »

Well I have decided to build the chins their own house...lol....They have always been in a big room in my house and I have had a cottage house in the back that used to be servant quarters back in the day...I was going to turn it into a small apartment but decided that the chins would do great in it!!!..its like my own little chinny house..haha...So we are gonna start gutting it and replacing a few windows and they will be all set!!!...that way when i let them out they can run around and i dont have to worry about them getting into things they arn't supposed to, and I want to make a big play area with toys and stuff...Im so excited and I am sure they will be too once they are in it...does anyone else keep their chins in an outside enclosed barn or anything???.....do you think it is a lot easier than having them in the house....I know with cleaning it will be a lot easier because the room they are in now has carpeting in it and my chinnies are messy and I am constantly vaccuming!..this way it will be a quick sweep with the broom!...the little cottage is has heat and air conditioning all ready in it so its just a matter of making it safe and chin proofed!...I am gonna post pics when its all done!!

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Health / EMERGENCY!!!

« on: July 18, 2007, 02:28:02 AM »

One of my standard females got into a fight with her mate tonight, I think she might be in heat....Now she is not using her front left foot...I think it might be broken...I am taking her to the vet as soon as they open but I cant get in to my normal vet....I am hoping this vet will have some idea on what to do!!!...Any suggestions about how to help the vet diagnose properly??? or even treat properly.....

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General Chat / Weird chinny

« on: July 10, 2007, 11:03:03 AM »

I was sitting here at my computer yesterday, and I had one of my new adoptions on the desk with me, while i was writing an email.  All of a sudden I looked over and "spice" who is a hetero beige starting picking things up with her paws, or how i saw it hands??!!.....I have always seen chins use their mouth and then transfer to their hands to hold. It was bizarre!  she just starting picking up random things such as pencils and actually moving them around with her paws.  I later put her back into her cage and fed her and saw that she does the same things with her food. She somehow picks it up out of the bowl, examines it, and then eats it.  It was the closest to human behavior I have gotten with a chin.  I was really shocked.