Recent content by JacknRum

I thought we'd caught Jack's URI really early. He had a single sneeze when I put him on the URI, but I guess it was just too strong. :/ Cipro was the strongest antibiotic my vet was comfortable giving him. From my understanding, it's pretty strong. If I get another chinchilla, it won't be for...

I had the boys for over a year and they were about ~3. I don't go into petstores very often because I have rats as well, and I'm afraid of tracking in illnesses. I don't have any friends who own chinchillas and I hadn't had contact with any people recently, either. Aside from the cold front...

After losing Rum and Jack both in less than a week, I am feeling pretty stung. Jack was started on antibiotics before even presenting symptoms. I am wondering how common URIs are in chinchillas? What is the survival rate? I've seen multiple threads on here with the chin passing, it's a little...

He's gone. He just seized and went. I held him.

He is not really swallowing the critical care anymore. Just kind of gasping and letting it run from his mouth. I am trying to rub his throat to get him to swallow.

Jack does not seem to be feeling any better. If anything, he is worse. He seems to be open mouthed breathing now, and when he breathes through his mouth, he whistles. He wasn't this bad this morning. I've brought a humidifer in my room, do you think this will help? If not, I'll shut it off...

Could it be young and going to molt out to white? I forget the term... White ebony? Ebony white? Where they start dark and get white. (I think that's what my Jack is.)

It's extremely alarming sometimes, but I'm getting used to it. He REALLY doesn't like the hand feeding, but it's working to my advantage. He goes to bite the syringe and I'm easily able to give him a squirt. He was down to eating 3-4mls every 2 hours. I was squirting a bit, had to let him...

Hi there. I am pretty new at this, but I wanted to offer my sympathies. I am going through the exact same thing with my Jack right now after losing his brother to the same thing. We're hand feeding every 2-3 hours right now because his congestion is too bad for him to swallow much at a time. I...

I just checked on him and he's not wheezing now or clicking. He's doing when he's distressed/worked up. i.e. When I feed him. I guess it's good that he's not wheezing constantly, but he sounds pretty bad when he's trying to eat.

Moving the feedings to every 2-3 hours. He's too congested to get much into him at a time and the fight makes him wheeze more. He sounds pretty rattly in his chest now. Is there ANYTHING I can do to help with the congestion?

Oh, and he definitely thinks he's superior now. He's discovered that if he bends his head enough, he can bite me real sharp and make me have to adjust my hold during feeding. Fortunately for me, he's also suddenly got a vendetta for the syringe, and he keeps biting the tip, letting me easily...

I've been dehydrating my own treats lately. But I have a friend whose dog also went into Renal failure because of these treats.

My girl is a Boston Terrier mix and has quite a lot of health issues. Skin and food allergies being one (Along with alopecia, luxating patella, vaccine allergies, bee allergies, etc.). We have her on partial raw/partial kibble. Taste of the Wild seems to do great for her. You can even just give...

Oops, ignore the poops on the windowsill and the bedding on the curtain. I took the pics right after I cleaned and everything surrounding the cage is a disaster.