LovinTheSmallAndFurry
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Later tonight we're supposed to have severe weather (tornadoes), so I was preparing by putting my chins in their carriers and then putting them back inside their big cage (just to be on the safe side).
My 1 yr old Mosaic male chin--Mr. Man--has always given me a hard time when I've gotten him out for hair ring checks, etc. It took forever to get him out earlier, but he was acting like normal (he's been eating/drinking/chewing on wooden toys normally, coming up to the front of cage). When I finally got him out I decided to go ahead and do a hair ring check--I hadn't done one in awhile (last few times I had there'd been almost nothing there).
I'm holding him, he's squirming, and I finally extend the penis so I can see the foreskin/etc. I see a tiny piece of hair, pull it out, and suddenly a goop of semen/urine comes out of his penis. I'd never seen that before, and assumed he was in his sexual maturity stage. I remove the goop, slide his penis back, and I realize he's completely stopped moving. I look at his mouth and it's slightly open. His eyes are glazed.
I immediately put him in his travel cage, and he's totally limp, no sign of life. My boyfriend and I put an ice pack wrapped in fabric under him (the house did not feel anywhere near 75 degrees). We put a fan close by and held him, examined him (briefly). It looked to me that he was not dead, but in shock of some kind.
I have never experienced anything like this with my chins. I've made an appt. with a chin vet in two hours. I don't know how to gauge if he's still alive. It's been over 15 minutes and he hasn't moved, yet he's not at all stiff.
I suspect that between all of the bouncing in his cage, plus me holding him, plus checking for the hair ring that I overheated him. :banghead:
Please, please be kind in your thoughts/suggestions. If he is dead when I arrive at the vet I will do a necropsy just to be on the safe side (his sister in the cage above him is as happy as a clam).
Thank you.
My 1 yr old Mosaic male chin--Mr. Man--has always given me a hard time when I've gotten him out for hair ring checks, etc. It took forever to get him out earlier, but he was acting like normal (he's been eating/drinking/chewing on wooden toys normally, coming up to the front of cage). When I finally got him out I decided to go ahead and do a hair ring check--I hadn't done one in awhile (last few times I had there'd been almost nothing there).
I'm holding him, he's squirming, and I finally extend the penis so I can see the foreskin/etc. I see a tiny piece of hair, pull it out, and suddenly a goop of semen/urine comes out of his penis. I'd never seen that before, and assumed he was in his sexual maturity stage. I remove the goop, slide his penis back, and I realize he's completely stopped moving. I look at his mouth and it's slightly open. His eyes are glazed.
I immediately put him in his travel cage, and he's totally limp, no sign of life. My boyfriend and I put an ice pack wrapped in fabric under him (the house did not feel anywhere near 75 degrees). We put a fan close by and held him, examined him (briefly). It looked to me that he was not dead, but in shock of some kind.
I have never experienced anything like this with my chins. I've made an appt. with a chin vet in two hours. I don't know how to gauge if he's still alive. It's been over 15 minutes and he hasn't moved, yet he's not at all stiff.
I suspect that between all of the bouncing in his cage, plus me holding him, plus checking for the hair ring that I overheated him. :banghead:
Please, please be kind in your thoughts/suggestions. If he is dead when I arrive at the vet I will do a necropsy just to be on the safe side (his sister in the cage above him is as happy as a clam).
Thank you.