greychins
NWI Chinchillas
Ok, so little backstory. As some of you know, about 7 weeks ago, I had 5 chins all pass of unknown reasons. About one every other day for 12 days. The 5th was taken in for a necropsy, which did not show cause of death. Tissue samples were sent out, and I just got them back today, 5 weeks later... they showed bacterial enteritis - overgrowth of bacteria in the intestinal tract.
That said... that's why this chin died. No way to know if that's why all 5 died.
The vet told me to bring in a chin at the first sign of illness, and I told them, well, there were no signs, the chins just keeled over dead (that's how it was for all 5). Their advice was to change both the food and environment. However... moving the rescue to a different "environment" is not possible. As far as the food... I am still feeding the same food now as I was then, and no more chins have died in the past 5 weeks.
Any thoughts on this? Has anyone dealt with bacterial enteritis before? Thoughts on what causes an overgrowth of bacteria in the intestinal tract?
That said... that's why this chin died. No way to know if that's why all 5 died.
The vet told me to bring in a chin at the first sign of illness, and I told them, well, there were no signs, the chins just keeled over dead (that's how it was for all 5). Their advice was to change both the food and environment. However... moving the rescue to a different "environment" is not possible. As far as the food... I am still feeding the same food now as I was then, and no more chins have died in the past 5 weeks.
Any thoughts on this? Has anyone dealt with bacterial enteritis before? Thoughts on what causes an overgrowth of bacteria in the intestinal tract?