Apollo and Damien
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- Jul 14, 2020
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Greeting everyone and good morning. Last night was absolutely awful. While out of the cage for play time, my chinchilla Damien, had what appeared to be a seizure. I have two males, each have a separate cage and they share a room with me. The temperature was not ideal, 69 degrees and 57% humidity ( we live in southern Ontario, Canada, very humid and HOT climate in the summer ) When it happened he jumped out of his cage and that's when I noticed his very odd physical behaviour. He was completely disoriented and couldn't seem to get stabilised. His left ear was completely laying flat against the side of his body, the right standing straight up. It felt like it lasted forever, but in reality, less than a few minute. About a half hour later, he was active and wanting to come back out for playtime. I moved all his essentials to the bottom of his cage and isolated him until this morning. Today, he seems better, like nothing happened. No playtime yet today but planning on calling the vet once it's open ( only one exotic vet where I live ) He's been eating and drinking, poop look normal, and he seems to back to himself.
As anyone can imagine, it was devastating to see my little man go through that and it scared the hell out of me. I LOVE my boys Just want to know if anyone else has gone through the same thing or had a similar experience with their chins. My Apollo, hasn't shown any distress or strange behavior, thank goodness.
Thank you in advance for any constructive comments or replies to this message, it is very appreciated.
As anyone can imagine, it was devastating to see my little man go through that and it scared the hell out of me. I LOVE my boys Just want to know if anyone else has gone through the same thing or had a similar experience with their chins. My Apollo, hasn't shown any distress or strange behavior, thank goodness.
Thank you in advance for any constructive comments or replies to this message, it is very appreciated.