I took my 2 chins to the vet today as they have both been having a bit of diarrhoea recently. This is what he said to me:
- Do not keep them in the living room because the noise is too stressful for them (even though we're only in there about 2 hours a day and the tv is not loud). The stress is causing diarrhoea.
- Feed them this food instead of the Oxbow pellets I have been giving them. The Oxbow is causing diarrhoea.
- Never give them rolled oats as a treat because there are too many carbs in them.
- Give them rocket leaves, cucumber skin, fresh dandelion leaves and "the bit of a cabbage that you don't eat" (but not other fruits & veg). The rose hips and shredded wheat I've been giving are okay. He just kept stressing that they are "fibrevores".
- Filtering water is pointless and tap water is fine for them
- He also seemed surprised when I told him that they do not really like to be handled. He told me to keep getting them out and handling them even when they struggle.
Sooo... is his advice good? He seemed to know what he was talking about (apparently he has a "degree in chinchillas"....) but his advice contradicts a lot of what I've read on here and from many breeders.... I'm confused!!
- Do not keep them in the living room because the noise is too stressful for them (even though we're only in there about 2 hours a day and the tv is not loud). The stress is causing diarrhoea.
- Feed them this food instead of the Oxbow pellets I have been giving them. The Oxbow is causing diarrhoea.
- Never give them rolled oats as a treat because there are too many carbs in them.
- Give them rocket leaves, cucumber skin, fresh dandelion leaves and "the bit of a cabbage that you don't eat" (but not other fruits & veg). The rose hips and shredded wheat I've been giving are okay. He just kept stressing that they are "fibrevores".
- Filtering water is pointless and tap water is fine for them
- He also seemed surprised when I told him that they do not really like to be handled. He told me to keep getting them out and handling them even when they struggle.
Sooo... is his advice good? He seemed to know what he was talking about (apparently he has a "degree in chinchillas"....) but his advice contradicts a lot of what I've read on here and from many breeders.... I'm confused!!