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If it was on her upper chest I'd think it may be drool but it's from the lower mid chest down. Her mouth is dry, teeth look fine, chin fur is dry. Her fur seems dry, just a bit crusty. The soonest I can get her into the vet is two weeks from now :( I'll take a lightly damp cloth to her after...

This has to have happened within the past three days since I last picked her up. Today I picked up my chinchilla Aretha and her front up to her chest was clumping together from dry urine, like she lay down in it. She's had urine stains between her legs for a while so I assume she has a bad habit...

Thank you so much! That helps immensely. I do have some of the things in the chinchilla first aid kit you provided, I'll be sure to get the rest and research how to use it. I use paper bedding in their litter boxes and they've never eaten it, but I will try to start converting over to aspen...

Hi y'all, This isn't an active emergency, but I live on the Gulf Coast and hurricane season is an annual threat. When living with my folks I planned to just stick it out there for hurricanes because they lived so far inland and have a generator. Now that I live on my own, I feel I need to take...

Update for anyone curious! The ladies have been reunited and are doing just fine. Tina's fur is growing back well. I'm working on getting them onto the Oxbow Essentials and am weaning them by using Kaytee treatless pellets as to not upset their stomachs. They now have two food bowls. I had two...

Don't be sorry at all. You've been a great comfort in this confusing time. I appreciate you very much. They're playing right now in my room and all is going well. There was a kack when I first put them in the carrier together. After they finish their play time I will try putting them on the top...

Separating the girls was delayed due to the sudden and tragic death of a family friend. Yesterday I saw that Tina was now missing more fur in the same place. But there weren't any big fur slips that I could see, just a little bit of fuzz here and there on the fleece. Yesterday afternoon I put...

I was thinking about this last night! I do have a ledge on the door of the cage on the bottom level. It is very possible that she was waffling and a curious little paw came along. I'll move that ledge to the top level door and next time I have a friend over I'll have them help me put some more...

What a stylish boy! Haha. It is a big difference looking at your picture. I thought Tina looked like it had been both chewed and pulled but now I think it was just pulled. I'm making plans to temporarily separate them by closing off the two levels. I'm hoping that space will be good for them...

I have the hook on my cage. I'm making plans to separate them once I have the proper amenities for them both. I'm going shopping tomorrow. Monday is fleece washing day, so Monday it shall be. Do you or anyone else have any suggestions on how long they should be separated?

At the time I was living at my parent's house so my parents and brother would have had access to her. Now that you bring that up, my brother was starting to hang around with some new kids from school. It's not entirely out of the question for something to have happened. He knows how to handle...

I can’t tell if my reply didn’t send or if it wasn’t approved. It should have appeared before the other two? Let me try again. It appears when looking at the picture that it’s kind of chewed on and slipped. I can’t imagine them fighting more than a little scrap. I’ve only heard one or two...

Here are the images: https://imgur.com/gallery/EQrNb3K I tried to take a picture of Aretha's bald spot but she wasn't cooperating with me. I don't have anyone with me that could help hold her or take the picture for me.

Working on pictures

Chinchilla pulling fur. Anxiety? This is a rather long post, heads up. I took my chinchillas to two different vets and they both say they’re fine. I’ll try to attach pictures after this but they’re on my phone and I’m on desktop. TL;DR: I hate to say that I was not taking care of my...