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At this point she is back to normal. It was just a long process but she is fine now. I went from critical care with a few hand fed pellets to slowly substituting more pellets and less critical care. I eventually weened her back onto pellets. My best guess is that she really hurt her throat...

The recovery process continues to progress, but slowly. As of today, her behavior is completely normal. She eats all of her critical care and more if I let her. I have begun giving her some pellets after her normal dose of critical care since she is still very hungry after finishing. She can...

Update: She continues to improve day to day. Wed morning she ate an entire serving (1/4 the daily dose recommended) but still had some minor swallowing issues. I took her to vet for the apt but there was a mix-up with the scheduling so they wanted me to come back at 8:30 PM, but would...

Hello, One of my chinchillas went through two episodes where somehow she must have hit her head and was pretty dazed for a few days. I was never there to see exactly what happened but each time I just removed all of the ledges and things since her balance was off and had her spend a few days...

Update: I got the critical care and since she seems to be able to drink water ok, I mixed it up like a very thin soup. I gave it to her in a little dish and she came over right away. She's still clearly very hungry. I let her lick some off my finger and then she dug in. She was more or less...

She moves fine. I checked her out and then the emergency vet did too. She hops and scratches in her dust bath and other than the swallowing issue, she is back to normal. She can't sustain this much longer though without eating normally. The critical is being delivered later today, so tonight...

Thanks for the information. The vet originally discussed the possibility of needing an x-ray when we first came in, but after she seemed to recover from oxygen and the oral exam, she thought the issue had resolved itself. I have overnighted critical care and should get that later today...

Hello, I have been coming to this forum for years, but only now am posting since I have a serious issue and need advice. I apologize in advance for the long post. I own two 14yr old chinchillas (I had a third, but she passed about 2 yrs ago). They live in a large 4 ft tall cage and...