Glad to hear she is doing much better.
I've been slower at getting to different things on the computer for the last two months ... I usually spend 6 to 8 hours a day on the computer ... I have not spent that much time, total, in the last 7 weeks ... Sorry, I didn't read the other post until after I had already posted on this one.
Hint: {Sometimes it's best to try to keep posts on the same chin all together, that way it is not as confusing and all comments/help/responces are all in the same place for those reading them.
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My main reason for the question: "
Are you still as certain that your chin could not have a contagious illness?" was due to the statement made by you:
... the chins have not been exposed to anything that they could catch it from ... It's not like they recently came from a pet store or breeder or even visited an animal hospital. So how could they catch a contagious condition that I'd have to worry about them passing on to others? ... a vet brought up that same point to me.
As you become a little more use to my posts, you will see not to take them aimed at you personally. That I will often take a "blanket statement" or a general question (like yours) and comment on it in a "here are the reasons you might want to consider the possibility". (If you took it personally, I do apologize, it was not meant that way. My intent on my posts are always to try to help all chinchillas, and try not to hurt anyone's feelings.) My answers are directed to everyone ... not just the one posting the particular thread or a post within the thread. ... Check at the top and see how many times each thread you read has been see by others, 107 on this one alone. Others are often looking for the same answer or have that same question in mind, but be to shy to ask/post.
Or, on the other hand, one might take the statement you made to mean that
there is no other way for a chin to get sick, other than by being somewhere other than in your home, as being the absolute truth, especially since you state a vet posed that question to you, as one that would/might make new chin owners be less aware/deligent about their chin's possibility of being exposed to things that might affect it's health. All our homes, regardless of how clean they are, do have germs, parasites and such entering the home every day.
Please, do not take any of my responses in a personal way, it was just to make others/newbies/all who do not already know, aware there are things in the home, or that can be brought into the home, in the most innocent of ways, that can be contagious or make our little ones sick, that can pass germs, parasites and cotangents on to a chinchilla from the outside of the home on a daily basis.
Jo Ann