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Each time I pick up my old 16-17 year old girl she starts breathing loudly. I don't hear her doing it after she starts resting again but she does it when active too. So two nights now during play time she starts this. She does it when I pick her up to medicate her as well. She gets 1.5mg/ml of...

My chinchilla has been fighting bumblefoot for years. I got her when she was 7 so as far as I know she hasn't been on any wiring. Her feet just keep cracking and getting infected. I have no clue what to do. I've tried CEH cream, Soother plus, another type of topical, and bag balm. Shes been to...

My chinchilla has quite a bit of fur matting on her hips. She seems to have stopped grooming herself quite a while back. She's been constipated these last few weeks. Her droppings are really small, and because the vet appointment was a couple weeks ago I haven't weighed her since. It feels...

First off, let me say that I have a vet appointment for Tuesday afternoon. My vet isn't in on Mondays..and of course Sundays. I couldn't get an appointment on last notice today. Alright, time to explain. I'm not sure if it was a month ago now, but I posted on here about my chinchilla being sick...

Hey guys. I need some advice. I just gave her critical care and she took maybe 5-6 ml worth. The first couple poos yesterday looked like there may have been a bubble attached. But after the first few they have been looking normal even size wise. She just isn't going as much as normal. I had to...

So, my chinchilla is recovering from an infection and the baytril has made her not want to eat or drink. I'm feeding her CC, but of course she's constipated as well from the baytril lol. She isn't pooping as much as usual. Would you say that's rather normal for being on antibiotics with...

Hey guys...i have a question..my chinchilla yesterday I went to get her water and the water level was higher than usual so she didn't drink much and today i'm not sure if she drank much at all if any. I don't believe she is eating her pellets and her tummy felt awfully inflated and squishy. I...

My chinchilla has slight points on her teeth not bad enough for surgery. She doesn't want to eat her pellets and I'm not so sure she's eating her hay as of yesterday. I've been giving her pellets softened with water but she doesn't want it. I'm supposed to be giving her shredded wheat to bulk...

I'm fairly certain the Planet Pleasures flower bouquet is made of palm leaf. Has anyone else seen these that can verify the material and that it is safe to give my chinchilla? I finally found a site that says it's palm leaf just like shredders. I just wasn't sure. Kind of hard to see inside...

Is is odd for a seven year old chinchilla to get tired after around 20 minutes of play time. When I put her back in she goes and flops on her side and looks like she's dying. It freaks me out. It's not too hot. Trust me. It's 69 degrees in here. Tonight she was running off into corners...

I was going to clean out my chinchilla's cage tonight. I hadn't swept it out in a couple days. Today she was sleeping on the floor of her cage and it has been 4 hours since I found her and she has had no droppings since. She acts responsive and if I open the door she comes up and she'll play...

My new chinchilla is so accident prone. She got her leg stuck in the bars of the stand I have her cage on..Though I'm going to be moving onto the ground. This happened like 15 mins ago ;-; She flailed trying to get loose for several seconds before I made a mad dash to her. Unfortunately, I...

A couple nights back my chinchilla would make a crying sound and run around a couple times two nights in a row. It freaked me out, but she isn't doing it tonight. I couldn't catch her doing it, so I don't know if she was sleeping when she did it or not. And no, she was not just talking, that...

What exactly should a healing cut look like? This isn't normal, but it would be nice to know what is. My chinchilla got a cut on her cheek and it scabbed over and the other day looked like it was peeling off. Tonight I heard her making noises that sounded like she was hurt. I looked at her...

My chinchilla got loose and while I was trying to catch her my cat came along and shoved his paw under the door at swiped her pretty good against her whiskers. It finally stopped bleeding, but I can see that white part of the whisker that's supposed to be under the skin. Please don't criticize...

My chinchilla just all of a sudden has blood in her urine, but less than a week ago had an ultra sound and it showed no stones. She just finished her medicine for her mucometra.

My chinchilla is having a lot of discharge again, and her genitals look inflamed. The "goop" is getting on her legs and making bedding stick to her...She got off panacur maybe 5 days ago and had or maybe still has -I'm waiting on the fecal smear results- a parasite. I'm just concerned about the...

Hey guys! Little Chico has worms, Strongyloids, boooo. I'm thinking that maybe the person I got her from way back when wasn't careful enough with her. But dang, four years with it? Well she has always been rather tiny so it's possible I suppose. She's being treated with Panacur and it's...

My other little girl now is showing the same signs. I just noticed white discharge. It had to of JUST started because I had just finished playing with her and put her away then maybe 10 mins later noticed her cleaning herself down there so after i dunno maybe 30 seconds of her doing it and not...

Do male chinchillas still show problems like spraying when they are neutered and cage with the opposite sex? Would a female that is not spayed but caged with a neutered male show any behavioral problems?