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Health / Help! Dangerously Picky New Chin!
« on: February 07, 2015, 09:06:13 AM »
We recently took in a chin that was abandoned at the clinic I work at (I'm a licensed vet tech) because she had a hurt leg. It ended up being a tourniquet injury and we had to remove the leg. She is through her post op treatments and pooping up a storm (yay!) but we seem to have a persistant problem. I don't have any contact information from whoever dropped her off, so I have no idea how old she is or what she was used to eating. Since we have had her she has never really eaten well. She will eat the oxbow pellets we bought her but she is not eating enough to maintain her weight. She's losing pretty steadily and we're looking for any suggestions from seasoned members with picky eaters. We tried a different brand last night mixed in with her normal food but it doesn't seem to help matters. We are supplementing with critical care feedings but we really need to get her eating on her own!

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Guestbook / New to the Forum!
« on: January 25, 2015, 02:05:47 PM »
I just wanted to say hello to everyone! I am not only new to the forum but also new to chinchillas. I recently took in a female chinchilla who was dropped off at the clinic where I work because she sustained a tourniquet injury to her back leg and her owner was not willing to pay to have her treated. She was left with no name or possessions (not even a carrier). So we have no idea how old she is but she seems to be a young fully grown adult. We have named her Scarlett (and we just adore her) and since I am a vet tech I am thankfully able to keep up with her bandage changes. Hopefully she will not have to have it amputated. But I wanted to introduce myself since I see lots of questions in my future   :)

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