Hi, I rescued 4 chinchillas a year ago and have been experiencing problems!
The rescue was adult pair and two young from two different litters.
I was a little worried when they arrived as all 4 were in a cage together and it was a very tall parrot type cage with wheels,black painted bars and plastic shelves that had been chewed a lot.
One ceramic food bowl between them and the girl was very sketchy on what food they had been on and said that she had ran out but was same as what i showed her i used for my other chins,they were also on a biscuit type treat that they seemed to go mad for.
Within a couple of days of having them in quarantine away from my other chins just in case, i noticed a real pecking order for the food so put in some more bowls. The adult male was peeing in the food bowl and on the hay.
I also noticed that one of the younger chins had what looked like a twitch on her side and she was going down to lower levels and looking sorry for herself.
On inspection i found her to be pregnant and started taking the two younger ones out and putting them in a seperate cage with a center partition so they would be close but couldnt get to each other, this cage was placed in front of the adults cage so not to cause any upset.
This went on for a week or so and one morning very early she had a little baby girl.
Now obviously this baby is the result of interbreeding and im not sure who the father is as there were two males!
She is now a year old and is very large.
The adult male tried mating with the adult female and something went very wrong and i had to take her to vets as she was bleeding badly down there, i think it went in the wrong place. The vet had a really good feel of her tummy and while this was happening she squealed really loudly and within a couple of days she had blood pouring from her mouth and she had died early hours.
Then i noticed the adult male wasnt eating hay and his front teeth looked long so back to the vet and the guy gave him too much anesthetic as he died as soon as i got him back home.
The young male is tiny and is not eating much hay but does eat all his feed, he is very active and seems happy when out his cage.
The young female with the baby started chasing and pulling the fur on her baby when they were out and this started to stress the baby out so i started removing to a separate cage at about 4-5 months old.
Yesterday i noticed that the mum has started biting her tail near the base and had two bald spots and some scratches, today she has bitten into the skin and it look raw!
I am snowed in here since yesterday and will be going to see a vet tomorrow if i can get out.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, i have owned chins for 16 years and have never seen such bad condition chins and have never seen tail biting like this before!
thankyou
Rich
The rescue was adult pair and two young from two different litters.
I was a little worried when they arrived as all 4 were in a cage together and it was a very tall parrot type cage with wheels,black painted bars and plastic shelves that had been chewed a lot.
One ceramic food bowl between them and the girl was very sketchy on what food they had been on and said that she had ran out but was same as what i showed her i used for my other chins,they were also on a biscuit type treat that they seemed to go mad for.
Within a couple of days of having them in quarantine away from my other chins just in case, i noticed a real pecking order for the food so put in some more bowls. The adult male was peeing in the food bowl and on the hay.
I also noticed that one of the younger chins had what looked like a twitch on her side and she was going down to lower levels and looking sorry for herself.
On inspection i found her to be pregnant and started taking the two younger ones out and putting them in a seperate cage with a center partition so they would be close but couldnt get to each other, this cage was placed in front of the adults cage so not to cause any upset.
This went on for a week or so and one morning very early she had a little baby girl.
Now obviously this baby is the result of interbreeding and im not sure who the father is as there were two males!
She is now a year old and is very large.
The adult male tried mating with the adult female and something went very wrong and i had to take her to vets as she was bleeding badly down there, i think it went in the wrong place. The vet had a really good feel of her tummy and while this was happening she squealed really loudly and within a couple of days she had blood pouring from her mouth and she had died early hours.
Then i noticed the adult male wasnt eating hay and his front teeth looked long so back to the vet and the guy gave him too much anesthetic as he died as soon as i got him back home.
The young male is tiny and is not eating much hay but does eat all his feed, he is very active and seems happy when out his cage.
The young female with the baby started chasing and pulling the fur on her baby when they were out and this started to stress the baby out so i started removing to a separate cage at about 4-5 months old.
Yesterday i noticed that the mum has started biting her tail near the base and had two bald spots and some scratches, today she has bitten into the skin and it look raw!
I am snowed in here since yesterday and will be going to see a vet tomorrow if i can get out.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, i have owned chins for 16 years and have never seen such bad condition chins and have never seen tail biting like this before!
thankyou
Rich
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