OK, I think I have converted this properly
At this time, where you live it is:
30 degree Celsius = 86 degree Fahrenheit ...... Your Outdoor Temperature
23 degree Celsius = 73.4 degree Fahrenheit.... Your Air-conditioned room
This is what we do here in our home for the chinchillas:
65 degree Fahrenheit = 18.3 degree Celsius ....Minimum
68 degree Fahrenheit = 20 degree Celsius .......Comfort Zone
70 degree Fahrenheit = 21.1 degree Celsius ....Comfort Zone
72 degree Fahrenheit = 22.2 degree Celsius ....Maximum
A formula we use here is: the temperature in Fahrenheit + the humidity
must =
less than 150 to be safe for a chinchilla ... to keep it from having a heat stroke.
This URL (
http://www.onlineconversion.com/temperature.htm ) is to a site that will convert your Celsius to Fahrenheit so that you can use it there, if you would like to do so.
... when I leave her out of the cage to run and play after a while usually when it running she fell down and stay there like she is dead.Maybe because of heat or low vitamins
When you let her out to play, you may want to let her out for a shorter period of time .... Like, if you let her play for 30 minutes in one play time ... Only let her play for 15 minutes, but let her out to play two times instead of just the one time.
I would also consider lowering the temperature in the room while she is playing. She may be over heating. You can tell if she is getting to hot by feeling of her ears ... they will feel warm, instead of cool like they should. You can look at her ears and see the veins in her ears much more clearly when she is getting to hot.
The next time you take her to a vet, please ask them to check her for a possible heart murmur. If she does have a heart murmur, you will have to be very careful with her when she is playing and anywhere you take her. She will not be able to play as long or as hard and she use to do and she will have to have it cooler.
You can go to a place that sells floor tiles and ask for one that is made of granite ... the thickest one you can find and get two of them. Keep one in the coolest place in the house and the other out on the floor when she is playing, then move it to the bottom floor of the cage when she ends her playtime. If you see her go to the tile and set on it after she has been playing, this is your cue to put her up ... she is getting to warm and is getting tired.
In her cage, you could put a jar with cubes of ice in it ... use a metal lid and screw it on tight. This will help cool the air in her cage and condensation will form on the outside of the jar ... she will lick this nice cold water ... it will help her cool down also.
Sometimes we don't always know what they need or when they need it, but when we automatically have it there for them all the time ... they will use it when they need it.
My chin gets a sand bath whenever she wants it because the sand bath is always in the cage.
Chinchillas need a dust bath
dust ...
not sand ... the sand is much to harsh on the delicate fur of the chinchilla and will not get it as clean as the dust bath dust.
Dust bath dust is made from volcanic ash. Also, if you leave the dust bath in the cage all the time, they will urinate in it. The urine in the sand will cause bacteria and fungus to build up and can make her sick. They only need to have the dust bath dust in the cage about 15 minutes each day (in the summer) and 2 or 3 times in the winter. In the winter the air in your home is dryer because of the heater and to much dust bathing can dry the skin of your little one.
I have putted some wooden toys inside her cage and a plastic igloo for bedding that she use it to sleep during the day.
Plastic is not good for a chinchilla. Chinchillas will chew on almost anything they can get their little teeth into. If the plastic igloo shows any signs of being chewed on, please remove it and replace it with a wooden hut or a cardboard box about the same size. When chinchillas chew on plastic, it comes off in chunks ... they eat the chunks with sharp edges. Plastic will not dissolve in the digestive system and can cause many little cuts, which can cause your chin to have internal infections and get very sick.
Yes her feet are swollen and a vet told me that she has dermatitis but no redness. Never pressure her feets to see if she pains I try it...
I can buy a foot powder even from USA using ebay thanks
I think getting some dust bath
dust and adding about 1 teaspoon of the Desinex Foot Powder will probably help her.
She is not loosing so much fur only if I pick her up.
OK ... a quick lesson on how to hold a chin. Always support her hind feet ... if her feet are dangling in mid air ... she thinks she is falling or going to fall, so she is squirming and you are holding her tighter and tighter. One of the self-defences for a chinchilla in the wild, is to leave a predator with only a mouth full of fur. (When feeling trapped or in danger a chinchilla will allow it's fur to slip as a means of getting away.)
Also, the chinchilla usually loves it's human parent and does not want to make them mad by urinating on them, so, if she suddenly starts squirming and trying to get loose ... she may want to get down to 'take care of business' so she won't pee it on you.
If you must restrain her in a situation where if she gets a way, she could get hurt or injured ... to do this scoop your chin up and allow it's hind legs to rest in your hand ... use your finger that is closest to your thumb and your middle finger to put the chins tail between them ... not right at the base of the tail, only about an inch from the base of the tail ... if you hold it to close to the base, she will allow the fur on her hip to slip ... if you hold it to far out ... you might break the tail ... hold it gently, but firmly about an inch from the base of the tail until you get to an area that it is safe to turn her loose.
Always hold your chin close to you ... not away from your body ... as long as she is close to you, she feels safe. Sometimes they like to hide their face in the area between the top part of your arm and your side. When they do this, they feel safe ... they can hear your heart beat and because they can not see what is going on around them, they are like a little child that thinks if they hide their eyes you can't see them because they can not see you.
Let her snuggle there, or against your chest or under your chin/neck area ... these are places they usually feel the safest.
I'm always glad to help any way I can. This is a pretty good group here ... I think most chinchilla people are some of the nicest people in the world.
Jo Ann
