Help, chin is wobbly!

[Little Rae]

We have a chinchilla and noticed that he tends to lean toward his right side and his balance isn't very good. We have reason to believe that he has an ear infection, but he doesn't have any discharge or redness in the ear. We are new chinchilla owners and don't know what an ear infection in chinchillas may look like. We had him looked at by a vet and she said it could possibly neurological, but another thinks it may be an infection. Has anyone had a chin with similar problems?

 

[Amethyst]

The most common causes are either ear infection or head trauma. Did either vet give you anything to treat the chin? Like did the vet that thought ear infection give you any meds for that? If so are they not helping?

 

[Little Rae]

They gave us two medications: one was a steroid, one was a pain killer. The vet thought he may have head trauma (which would make him disabled) and the other vet thought he might have an ear infection. The medicine she gave us doesn't seem to be doing much.