Hi all,
I hope everyone is well today! I have a few concerns that I just wanted to get advice on how to handle. Our chinchilla, Lola, needed to be taken in for her yearly teeth filing. Lola has always been extremely sensitive to mouth pain (needed to be taken in for one very small tooth point in the past). We returned from the doctor (three weeks ago) with met cam, critical care, the usual. We realized the day before we brought her in she began chewing the fur on her arm. I assume this is due to stress of the situation. However now she has pulled all the fur out of her left arm and is completely bald there. To stop this I have increased her out of cage time to try to get her mind off of it. Most of the time she puts herself back in the cage (she never used to do this).
Since her return she is eating her hard oxbow pellets happily after a week of syringe feeding (she loves syringe feeding), but refuses to chew hay (have bought her three different flavors of approved oxbow for her) as well as any toy we bring her. I am worried that at this point her teeth will get pointy sooner than later since she isn't wearing them down.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I half want to take her back in for a mouth inspection. But would hate to put her through the stress as she is pooping fine, very spry, drinking water and eating pellets.
Thank you so much! :grouphug:
I hope everyone is well today! I have a few concerns that I just wanted to get advice on how to handle. Our chinchilla, Lola, needed to be taken in for her yearly teeth filing. Lola has always been extremely sensitive to mouth pain (needed to be taken in for one very small tooth point in the past). We returned from the doctor (three weeks ago) with met cam, critical care, the usual. We realized the day before we brought her in she began chewing the fur on her arm. I assume this is due to stress of the situation. However now she has pulled all the fur out of her left arm and is completely bald there. To stop this I have increased her out of cage time to try to get her mind off of it. Most of the time she puts herself back in the cage (she never used to do this).
Since her return she is eating her hard oxbow pellets happily after a week of syringe feeding (she loves syringe feeding), but refuses to chew hay (have bought her three different flavors of approved oxbow for her) as well as any toy we bring her. I am worried that at this point her teeth will get pointy sooner than later since she isn't wearing them down.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I half want to take her back in for a mouth inspection. But would hate to put her through the stress as she is pooping fine, very spry, drinking water and eating pellets.
Thank you so much! :grouphug:
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