<3chinbaby
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My chinchilla Taro has a history of dental problems. He has had his teeth trimmed and the vet said the spur and abscess found were very very minor. We got xrays and everything looked good. He was positive for giardia and was given panacur for 5 days as instructed by the vet. He should have no more problems.
the problem is that I had expected him to eat on his own by now. I've been hand feeding him ~80 mls (he is 1.5 years old) a day for 4 weeks every since his teeth trim. I put plenty of pellets and hay in. He wouldn't touch it. I'm was afraid that he is relying on me to feed him so I feed him less ~30 mls but he still doesn't really eat his food. He is perfectly capable of eating his hay (he eats all the alfalfa I put in and can even eat a Mrs. Pastures cookies for horses which are very very hard!). He just won't eat his pellets or timothy hay.
the problem is that I had expected him to eat on his own by now. I've been hand feeding him ~80 mls (he is 1.5 years old) a day for 4 weeks every since his teeth trim. I put plenty of pellets and hay in. He wouldn't touch it. I'm was afraid that he is relying on me to feed him so I feed him less ~30 mls but he still doesn't really eat his food. He is perfectly capable of eating his hay (he eats all the alfalfa I put in and can even eat a Mrs. Pastures cookies for horses which are very very hard!). He just won't eat his pellets or timothy hay.