Pregnant mother is really lethargic

[MichelleFarm]

I just got home to notice my pregnant chin is laying on bottom of cage. In arizona it was a warm day, in the 80's and possibly hotter inside. I am putting her on a ice block and trying to giver her water, also wetting her ears. Any advice?

 

[Dragonflye]

You don't have air conditioning? She needs to be way cooler, an ice block and wetting her ears will do nothing- over 80 is just too hot...

 

[Laurie]

Advice is chins cannot be in temperatures that hot. A chinchilla should be kept in a cool dry place, with a temp no higher than 72 degrees. If she has heat stroke she needs sub q fluids and since she's pregnant she should see a vet immediately. Not only she but the babies she is carrying can die without help from a vet who knows about chinchillas

 

[AZChins]

I hope she and the babies make it. You probably should get her in to see a vet right away if she's been that warm all day. High temperatures are bad for any chin but much worse on pregnant mama chins. Poor thing...

 

[Riven]

You really need to have a/c if you're going to have chins. Treating heat stroke is not ideal, prevention is easier and better.

 

[MichelleFarm]

Thanks for all the replys

We do have AC but that day it was a freak warm day and thermostat was still on heat so it didn't kick in . I am proud to say that the recovered fine! we have her salt water with some sugar and cooled her off .. And she just became a mother today!