Recent content by robehickman

She died earlier today, and had deteriorated very rapidly, this morning she was still drinking and eating food from a syringe. But that was for the best I think, It wouldn't have been good for her to keep suffering. Thank you for sharing your knowledge about malo, and I completely agree...

She was 10 to 12 when I adopted her in 2019, now she is more like 14 to 16. My previous chihchilla died at 16, also due to malo. From what I've read online regarding my previous chin, malo in chinchillas seems like a very pervasive issue. Are you aware if the root cause of why it develops in...

This chinchilla was mistreated before I adopted her, and the RSPCA confiscated her from her previous owner, and she was estimated to be between 10 and 12 at that time.. She has always had one tooth root that's been very elongated (jaw lump). The meds are from the previous vet trip. I think that...

I think my chinchilla is dying, she's barely able to balance and very lethargic. There's a video of her here: I took her to the vets almost two weeks ago due to a large patch of lost fur with unknown cause. She had also lost some weight due to eating less due to tooth issues progressing, that...

My chinchilla is back to normal and the red blood/urine has now gone entirely. @EMSChins, thats a lot of chinchillas, thanks for the tip ;)

Thanks for the advice everyone, it was a bit of a scare. It's too early to tell if the red will go, but she is now much happier in herself, and active again. Will keep you posted. Annoying thing is, it isn't obvious when the water bottle isn't working; don't want this happening again.

It's coming from the space between the anus and the pointy bit just in front of it (what is this called in female chinchillas?). The fluid is bright red. After reading some other threads on here, I think it may be urine rather than blood, it shows up yellow on a tissue. Also found that no water...

Not sure what this is, my chinchilla is bleeding around her rear end. Never noticed anything like this before and she seems alright otherwise.