Recent content by sc300ttev

It's so frustrating. Hope your girl feels better and keep us posted.

We are in US near Atlanta Georgia. The funny thing is before we decided to get a chinchilla I called around and found exotic/chinchilla vets in my area but once I actually had an issue they admitted they don't "specialize" in them. Luckily one of them was professional enough to actually reach...

Hopefully you caught the problem before it got too bad. It seems like you are taking the right steps so far. When my little buddy first got sick we had to syringe feed him Critical Care 4 times a day to get his system moving again and that was an absolute nightmare. After that experience I've...

Mines first fecal test came back completely negative as well but the second one showed giardia. He's on Oxbow Essentials now and has been since about a week after all of these issues started. When I first got him I was giving him Mazuri but after a few months he started to have major issues...

I have had almost the exact same issues with my boy for months now. He's been to 4 vets and still haven't completely solved the issue. He acts normal 95 percent of the time but when I notice him stretching or not jumping around as much I give him gas drops for a day or two and he's back to...

I asked the vet about probiotics when he first started the antibiotics and she said she would wait till after so we didn't overwhelm his system. I should have listened to my own instincts. As far as the stretching goes I really don't know if it is a lot because he's so young and I've never been...

It helps in giving me hope that my little bud can get through this. Initially we cut back playtime when all of this started but for the past two weeks we have bumped it back up and honestly he is more active and seems happier than ever. You wouldn't know anything is wrong with him unless you...

Thank you for the reply. I did forget to mention that he is currently on probiotics but it's only been about a week since I started them for some reason the vet advised against them when he was on the antibiotics. The idea of resetting his gut with hay only sounds very intriguing. I'll check...

This is going to be long and I apologise in advance but please read and help me out. We are on our second vet now and I just don't know what to do. It all started back towards the beginning of June. My 4 month old chinchilla stopped pooping. He also wasn't eating much and was barely touching...

That's great to hear. Thank you very much.

Any advice on how to regain my little boys trust after having to force feed him and give him medicine. Before all of this he loved being pet but now every time I open his cage he hides in his bed and bites me. We are currently still having to give him critical care via syringe and it's...

I meant just water. I've tried a few different bottles and found one that he will use but he still just doesn't drink much. I also tried to give him some alfalfa hay but he doesn't like it. He loves timothy hay though. Thank you again for the advice. I think I'm going to give him one more...

Thank you for the reply. He really only drinks about 2 ounces of water a week. As far as diet goes he's only been on mazuri pellets and timothy hay. With the occasional rose hip for a treat. Any idea how long I should continue with the critical care and gas drops?

I got my chinchilla from a breeder back on April 17th. He was born on February 13th. Everything was great at first except for he has never drank much water. A couple weeks ago I noticed that he stopped drinking almost entirely and his poop started to get small and then he stopped pooping...