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I typically don't like stories without pictures but I need to share. I'll include a picture of the culprit for funsies as well. 
Yesterday, my friend and I were in the chin room. I was introducing her to some of the chins since she only knows a couple of their names. Well, as we're walking around, I got a whiff of intestinal gas. I've had a couple chinchillas die from bloat and the smell I got had me instantly checking every single cage to make sure the chins were ok. No one was stretching or doing anything other than looking at me like I was nuts. I went sniffing across the room, didn't smell it towards the back and caught a faint whiff near the grower cages before the smell was gone again. I decided to ignore it and as I'm standing next to the grower cages I catch a big whiff of the smell again. I lean next to the cage where the smell is strongest which has a beige male and a standard male that were weaned about a month ago. The beige, Ibid, looks at me, turns away from me, lifts his tail and lets out a toot as he ran away. *sigh* Why me?
I took him out and checked him for all the signs of bloat. He isn't stretching or twisting, his belly is not firm beyond what it usually is and there are no popping noises in his belly. I gave him a bit of simethicone as a precaution which he was more than happy to take, lol. He hasn't tooted since that last one in my face. He really needs to learn not to scare me with chinny farts!
How can something with such an innocent face and adorable chewed little ears make such a nasty smell??
Yesterday, my friend and I were in the chin room. I was introducing her to some of the chins since she only knows a couple of their names. Well, as we're walking around, I got a whiff of intestinal gas. I've had a couple chinchillas die from bloat and the smell I got had me instantly checking every single cage to make sure the chins were ok. No one was stretching or doing anything other than looking at me like I was nuts. I went sniffing across the room, didn't smell it towards the back and caught a faint whiff near the grower cages before the smell was gone again. I decided to ignore it and as I'm standing next to the grower cages I catch a big whiff of the smell again. I lean next to the cage where the smell is strongest which has a beige male and a standard male that were weaned about a month ago. The beige, Ibid, looks at me, turns away from me, lifts his tail and lets out a toot as he ran away. *sigh* Why me?
I took him out and checked him for all the signs of bloat. He isn't stretching or twisting, his belly is not firm beyond what it usually is and there are no popping noises in his belly. I gave him a bit of simethicone as a precaution which he was more than happy to take, lol. He hasn't tooted since that last one in my face. He really needs to learn not to scare me with chinny farts!
How can something with such an innocent face and adorable chewed little ears make such a nasty smell??
