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This year apparently has been the year for birth problems in my chins. In about 8 years of breeding, I've never had a "deformed" kit, a mummified kit or even a chin that has had problems giving birth. This year...I got it all apparently.
Yesterday I came home from vacation to find my extra large standard girl, Panacur, in labor. I watched for a few hours while she had heavy contractions. She was still active and between contractions would come to the front of the cage for scritches. At about 9pm she pushed out a tail and one foot. I helped her get the other hind foot out and she gave a few more hard pushes then just layed out from sheer exhaustion. So, I called the local exotic vet and we were off for some help. There was only this one kit stuck in the birth canal, a standard male that was obviously dead. They gave some oxytocin and with her help they were able to get the kit out. The kit was underdeveloped so we're not sure if it died in utero and she aborted or what exactly happened. She had so much trouble getting the kit out because her pelvis is just too small. She had a kit a few years back and it was stillborn...I have a feeling that something similar to what happened yesterday happened to the first kit. Either way...she's being retired so long as she pulls through. They gave her some fluids and put her on antibiotics...she's so tired she doesn't even want to eat so I'm trying to handfeed her.
Keep your fingers crossed that Panacur pulls through this.
For anyone thinking of breeding...this WILL happen to you. This or any of the other multiple problems that come along with chinchilla breeding. I lost a kit I've been waiting the entire year for...and now I might lose the mom. Are you willing to risk the lives of the animals you plan to breed?
Yesterday I came home from vacation to find my extra large standard girl, Panacur, in labor. I watched for a few hours while she had heavy contractions. She was still active and between contractions would come to the front of the cage for scritches. At about 9pm she pushed out a tail and one foot. I helped her get the other hind foot out and she gave a few more hard pushes then just layed out from sheer exhaustion. So, I called the local exotic vet and we were off for some help. There was only this one kit stuck in the birth canal, a standard male that was obviously dead. They gave some oxytocin and with her help they were able to get the kit out. The kit was underdeveloped so we're not sure if it died in utero and she aborted or what exactly happened. She had so much trouble getting the kit out because her pelvis is just too small. She had a kit a few years back and it was stillborn...I have a feeling that something similar to what happened yesterday happened to the first kit. Either way...she's being retired so long as she pulls through. They gave her some fluids and put her on antibiotics...she's so tired she doesn't even want to eat so I'm trying to handfeed her.
Keep your fingers crossed that Panacur pulls through this.
For anyone thinking of breeding...this WILL happen to you. This or any of the other multiple problems that come along with chinchilla breeding. I lost a kit I've been waiting the entire year for...and now I might lose the mom. Are you willing to risk the lives of the animals you plan to breed?