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My chin is now fourteen! I've been a member since I got her but haven't posted much and haven't been around recently. Her name is Cheerio. She's been eating soley Critical Care for about 7 years now. She has no impactions but I do need to take her for a tooth trim about once a year. (She goes...

Brittany...another CnH user told me you liked Dr. Levitas so that's why I chose him...VERY happy with him so far. (He got my girl out of stasis pretty quickly) Once again he's very knowledgeable but what I really like about him is that he actually consults with other exotic vets around the...

My chin doesn't look "as bad" but she does breath like that sometimes during playtime, I'm calling the vet back & telling him right away. Any suggestions if he put's her on antibiotics with her just starting to get over GI stasis? She's still eating, drinking & pooping plus she's not weak...

Hi everyone...I have a chin who is recovering from GI Stasis, she's doing a LOT better, eating & drinking & pooping but she's still on reglan for about another week to make sure it's completely gone. However when I get her out for playtime sometimes she sneezes very lightly, she doesn't sneeze...

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Just wondering...does anyone know how long it takes for Metacam to "kick in" for a chinchilla?

I bought some apple twigs from Petsmart, and I noticed on one of them there's these little "spots"...has anyone ever seen this and is it normal? (I took a macro shot, you can see them really good when you click on the pic.)

I would listen to ticklechin, she knows what she's talking about. Also has she pooped at all today?

- Just wanted to add I have a chin spin and it took about 2 to 3 months before my little fuzz-butt started using it. Please take everyone's advice and remove the plastic wheel and igloo, even if your chin doesn't seem interested it might start chewing while you aren't there. I agree with Mt...

x-rays? Okay so Cheerio's x-rays showed food(critical care) in her stomach and stools in bowels. He said there's not much gas, I'm attaching her x-rays...anyone used to looking at a chins x-rays, I'm not too sure what I'm looking for. He's got her on sub-q fluids, metoclopramide and critical...

Is it okay to give acidophilus as a preventive and where can you buy the good stuff? I have a chin with GI issues right now, was wondering if it would hurt her to mix in some acidophilus with her critical care? Also how much would you give? Thanks.

What did you take your chin in for?

Thanks, when he calls I will let you know what medicine he's putting her on. (I know he will give her something for the pain, but I will get all the names of the medications and list them here) He said with chins you never know which way it will go but so far it looks promising. :thumbsup:

Dr. Paul Levitas, DVM - very knowledgeable with chins 3175 Linwood Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45208 http://www.ahomls.com/

update Just wanted to give a little update, today I took her to see Dr. Levitas at the Animal Hospital at Mount Lookout and am very happy with him so far. He seems very knowledgeable with chins. He will be calling in a couple of hours to let me know what the x-rays show, however he feels like...

I have a syringe, I've been using it to feed her the papaya. He wants her to get 5 to 6 cc's every 4 hours, is that too much? Yes he told me it was a hairball. He also told me no food. I think I'm going to try feeding her a little bit of ground up pellets mixed with bottled water.

At this point I don't know what to do, should I call the vet and ask him about CC? Maybe tell him I'm worried that if there is no food in her gut that it may stop working? I wasn't sure if the papaya counted as food to keep her gut moving? He said he's seen many cases worse than mine pull...

The only thing it could be is wood, there is no plastic in her cage. Is it okay if I grind up some oxbow pellets and mix with water, I don't have any critical care? I have been doing tummy rubs, it seems to help a lot. I'm also monitoring her water bottle intake, the vet gave her some fluids but...

Okay so last week (Tuesday night) I noticed my chin Cheerio not eating her hay like she usually does and throwing her pellets out of her bowl. Her poops turned into tiny light brown balls. She also seemed to have lost a little of her spunk. Early Wednesday morning I took her into the vet on my...

Thanks for your reply, would it be okay to feed a chin as much oat hay as they wanted just like the traditional timothy hay? I think I'll buy some this weekend to see if my girl likes it, hoping so since she seems to LOVE the soft stuff but I really want her to eat something a little more coarse.