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Chin Slave
i couldnt even think of a title for this! over the last 6 months i have had 3 chins with various issues. First it was stitch.........i have never seen a chin so ill, laying on bottom of cage, whimpering, not eating, etc. i immediately took him to vet and was diagnosed with some bacterial infection, im thinking something like giardia but not sure of the exact name. while there dr did xray and some mouth adjustment. with meds, stitch bounced back really quick.
next comes klinger. he has always been teeny tiny. he stops tearing up wood and then stops eating the beaphar i give him........i know somehting is wrong. take him to get checked. hes does a filing. he is very slow to bounce back but finally starts eating some pellets again about 6-8 weeks later. but his weight never comes up.
than my sweet Jack comes down with a URI, i take him, get him treated and they check his teeth too.......lots of damage in there so they do a filing. he was never really right again. about 6 weeks later, he is really bad and gets diagnosed with pnenomia and after a month long battle, i had to make the diffiuclt decision to let him go.
NOW......Klinger is back to not eating, his week is dangerously low (same weight when he first came to me, which was around 350g). i have been supplementing and he is pooping but he is just not right. so i have an appointment on monday!
I am just feeling like either I am having a horrible bad luck streak, i am doing something wrong OR maybe my chins are just at the age that problems start and its gonna be a rough road. i am really beating myself up over this whole thing and was wondering if anyone else had a similar problem or if there is any advice anyone can give me.
I am due to deliver my baby girl next week and i am SO excited. but i still have a heavy heart over Jack and I am so worried about Klinger and my husbands and sons ability to care for him and the others the way they are accustomed to that i am a bit afraid that i will lose another.
Anyway just wanted to talk it out with other animal lovers as most people in my circle of life just dont get it. i cant tell you how many times over the last 6 months i have heard "just get rid of them", "how are you gonna take care of 9 chins and a baby" blah blah blah
next comes klinger. he has always been teeny tiny. he stops tearing up wood and then stops eating the beaphar i give him........i know somehting is wrong. take him to get checked. hes does a filing. he is very slow to bounce back but finally starts eating some pellets again about 6-8 weeks later. but his weight never comes up.
than my sweet Jack comes down with a URI, i take him, get him treated and they check his teeth too.......lots of damage in there so they do a filing. he was never really right again. about 6 weeks later, he is really bad and gets diagnosed with pnenomia and after a month long battle, i had to make the diffiuclt decision to let him go.
NOW......Klinger is back to not eating, his week is dangerously low (same weight when he first came to me, which was around 350g). i have been supplementing and he is pooping but he is just not right. so i have an appointment on monday!
I am just feeling like either I am having a horrible bad luck streak, i am doing something wrong OR maybe my chins are just at the age that problems start and its gonna be a rough road. i am really beating myself up over this whole thing and was wondering if anyone else had a similar problem or if there is any advice anyone can give me.
I am due to deliver my baby girl next week and i am SO excited. but i still have a heavy heart over Jack and I am so worried about Klinger and my husbands and sons ability to care for him and the others the way they are accustomed to that i am a bit afraid that i will lose another.
Anyway just wanted to talk it out with other animal lovers as most people in my circle of life just dont get it. i cant tell you how many times over the last 6 months i have heard "just get rid of them", "how are you gonna take care of 9 chins and a baby" blah blah blah