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Did the chin have head xrays taken to check for root problems, abscesses etc?
 
His teeth where too sharp and rubbing on his gums causing him too drool and an alsour too so they cut and smoothed his teeth and gave him some injections. He's behaving much better and his fur is fine again!...

Just another problem that's worrying me hes hardly eating!! So his poo if he does any is really small I have to guide him to his water bottle and encourage him to drink it, it's been 3 days he can bite the pellets I wait and give him some that he would bite then drop, he ate some hay the first day but I'm getting worried he's still not eating much :(
 
did they give you any medications to give him? if he had an infection an antibiotic would usually be given, one of which, baytril, can cause loss of appetite. another idea is that having your teeth filed in painful! i hope they gave some pain killer (metacam) to help with that, because painful teeth could definitely cause a chin to stop eating.
his teeth were too sharp? i would definitely look into malocclusion, i'm sure owners of chins who have/had malo will chime in, but did the vet mention that at all?
 
No the vet didn't mention anything like that and yes they gave 3 injections, an antibiotic, painkiller and another for his digestion. Will his appetite come back? Or do I need to do something to help him? It's just been more than a day or two and he's hardly pooing or eating still
 
Did they send any painkillers home with him? If not, the shot has worn off and his teeth probably hurt. That is why he is not eating. Call the vet and get him some pain medication.
 
He wasn't eating when he had the pain killers The first day but I'm going to ring the vet tommorow because it's nearly been a week and he's not eating his pellets AT ALL I just get him to drink his water a little and he might nibble on some hay and I gave him a tiny raisin which he ate, I'm really worried he feels light too now
 
Please, don't give him any more raisins. They aren't good for him and could make things worse. You need to get him eating. If you haven't already, I would start feeding him Critical Care ASAP. You can get it from your vet. If you do not start force feeding him, he could go into GI stasis and die.
 
The vet gave me some recovery food similar to the critical care and pain killers, I have to force feed him it and if he's not eating by the end of the week I've been told to find and see an exotic animal specialist...

Poor guy won't even go near his food bowl he just sleeps all the time
 
I think you need to find an exotics vet before the end of the week. If he is not eating and sleeping all the time there is definitely something very wrong with him. The sooner you can get him to a qualified vet the better.
 
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