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birdlady

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strange odor
« on: April 08, 2011, 01:59:00 AM »

hello again!
my male chin will excrete an odd odor when he is highly excited.
can anyone help me w/that one?

and what's w/all the poop?
i mean really? our rabbit didn't go this much.
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Re: strange odor
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2011, 09:18:11 AM »

I read this somewhere, Chinchillas eat, chew and poo, its just what Chinchillas do!
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Re: strange odor
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2011, 12:29:58 PM »

i have not come across change of odour when they're excited. what sort of smell is it?

a lot of poo is good! if he's not constantly pooing, you're (well, he is) in trouble, sometimes very big trouble.
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Re: strange odor
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2011, 07:44:54 PM »

yup, eat, chew and poop... as dian said, if you dont' see alot of poop, something is probably wrong. 

as for the smell, they souldn't smell... you might want to call your vet..   
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Re: strange odor
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2011, 07:46:05 AM »

when scared they will give off a vitamin bottle type smell...that is nothing to worry about
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Re: strange odor
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2011, 02:14:53 PM »

when scared they will give off a vitamin bottle type smell...that is nothing to worry about

never heard that before, thanks christy.
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Re: strange odor
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2011, 06:21:09 PM »

That is the scared smell I was trying to explain in another post.  Only one of my rescued chins does this.
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Re: strange odor
« Reply #7 on: April 10, 2011, 07:32:51 AM »

Yes it's like a bad "fart" and I have only smelled it when they are scared.
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Re: strange odor
« Reply #8 on: April 10, 2011, 04:35:04 PM »

Oh, good!! I'm glad so many of you guys have experienced this now! My baby does this too, as I said in my post, "Baby-animal thing"! Good to know it's normal.
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Re: strange odor
« Reply #9 on: April 10, 2011, 05:39:07 PM »

Yes it's like a bad "fart" and I have only smelled it when they are scared.

i do enough of them on my own.... don't need no chins doing it.    :2funny:
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