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One of my boys does this especially at night. I think he sometimes scares himself. I can be totally asleep and hear a chew stick fall from the top shelf and hit his house and just think “..wait for it...” and then the squealing. I’ve jumped up dozens of times, but he just looks at me like I’m...

Crumbling of food in my experience can indicate dental problems. It’s somehing I always look for in the bowl. Find an exotics vet. You may have to travel. I drove monthly with one of my boys 2 hours to the vet. He was older though and had special issues. But vet was able to extend his life...

wait why did they remove the incisors? Those are easiest to deal with with chew sticks and food?? Plus they can just trim them down.

I knew it was coming, but Buckie died Tuesday night in my arms. I was feeding him, and he just went limp. I'd just typed up a long post, but it logged me out and so the post got lost. The gist of it was...be good chinnie parents. They deserve it. Pay attention to everything. They'll tell you...

mercynursie: you're right. I don't want him to suffer. I am going to try one last treatment. Should see improvement in a few days if there will be any. If not, I think it'll be time... Thanks for the kind words.

whats frustrating is he was never sneezing, never had a runny nose. he "cough"..or rather what I know think might be a cough sort of thing..on occasion, but at the time I thought it was tooth related. I wouldn't hear it again until time to go back for tooth trimmings. I asked for xrays about 3...

Any last ditch ideas? He seems worse today. Anyone ever try steroids in chinchillas? Anything stronger than baytril and doxycycline?

Well.......never mind. Heart failure would have been better news than I got today. Either a tumor or fluid that is thick is in one of his lungs. He's been on antibiotics for three weeks. No change. Diuretics didn't help at all so also points to not his heart.....I think we have a few weeks...

It's not in Georgia, but Riverview Animal Clinic in Birmingham, AL is amazing.

Well, it isn't confirmed yet, but I'm expecting to find out tomorrow that my ~12 year old boy may be in congestive heart failure. I had xrays taken about three weeks ago mainly to look at his teeth as he suffers from malocclusion that requires trims and such about every 6 weeks. In the xray...

Does she mean that she's curled up to the point where She's like tucking her head near her feet? I don't think I've seen a chinchilla do that but I've seen a hamster that way. If she's just pawing at her mouth and that area, it's probably her teeth. Especially if she's had to have them filed and...

No he has never had the drooling issue. Only time it's ever happened is when he's being sedated on iso which is horribly sad and hilarious at the same time. But yea he hasn't made any of those sounds since early early Monday morning. He is feeling a lot better today. He's much more responsive...

Im creating a new thread to hopefully get quicker replies. I posted the video with my chinchillas buckie making crazy sounds. We went to his normal vet today and he said hethought there was a good chance the vocalizing and such was him responding to pain associated with his teeth and the points...

Oh she also considered allergies. He's not really had issues before but this area is actually one of the worst in the country regarding pollen and such. Has anyone ever had that experience? I don't have my windows open a lot but I do sometimes.

Just got home from the e-vet. Thankfully she had experience with exotics even though the facility didn't have equipment for them. She said lungs are clear and nothing weird on the mouth swab. I mean she said obviously something is wrong but she didn't think it was life threatening at the time. I...

Also I wanted to mention, he's made that shrieky sound before and winced because of tooth pain. his teeth get points on them and stick into his cheeks. so that wincing I've Seen but not repeatedly and with the other sound as well.

About to leave for the vet. They have emergency hours today. He hasn't done it since early this morning. He doesn't seem to feel bad, and there's no discharge or anything. I'll update later after the vet visit. I'm not giving up hope.

Buckie has been having dental issues For the past several months. We have gone about every month(sometimes more) to get his teeth filed. he has some root elongation in one area..i know its only a matter of time, but I've just tried to keep him comfortable and happy as long as possible. He has...

yea I have worked with aspen to make shelves. Definitely does look better. Only issue is I need to cover large area. An 11x11 room up to four feet high.

I'm trying to set up a chinny room in my new house. And in my idea was getting some of those large sheets of plywood and putting them against the walls. I know that wood may be more processed than typical lumber..and I'm asking this here because I've been trying to figure out what kiln dried...