Hello,
I just thought I'd update. Thank you for all your help, everyone! I switched Maggie to Manzuri and she seemed to have no problem with it.
Well I thought of chin-proofing more of making it more difficult for Maggie to hurt herself. We would never dream of leaving her alone but she’s quick and we are just making sure there was nothing she could squeeze under or behind and get stuck, making sure if/when she did nibble on something it wouldn’t shock her or poison her, or that nothing could topple over onto her. Granted there are ways anyone could get hurt in any room, we just did our best to lessen the possibility as much as we could. We also have hardwood floors so its (usually) easy to clean up after her.
Also I took Maggie to the vet, Dr. K. who was very nice. He said Maggie was in good health and her teeth looked good and she weighs about a pound.
He recommended that we syringe feed her a little bit about a 1/4th to 1/2 teaspoon of yogurt every couple of nights, and told me to collect stool samples so we can check for parasites. He said the soft stool was probably due to the move.
So Maggie appeared to be doing better, she LOVED the yogurt, was running around as normal, and her stool seemed to firm up a little.
Then about two days ago when I moved her cage about two feet, and things seemed to change dramatically. Normally she didn’t seem to ever go into her little house, unless it was to play. She would run in and out of it. All of a sudden she started sleeping in there, I had to wake her up to clean her cage at about 7 or 8, when before she was normally already awake. I would go to let her out to exercise and she seemed frightened, she wouldn’t venture far from her cage and would try to hide under me. She started pooping even more then she already did.
I wasn’t especially concerned until I came home yesterday and it looked like she had diarrhea. If anything her behavior appeared more normal she ran around her cage and begged to be let out but her feet were a mess and some parts of her fur were soiled.
My husband helped me clean her up, which she hated. She normally doesn't talk a whole lot but she let out a little call when I picked her up. We talked to her and rubbed a little cornstarch on the places that looked the worst. She rolled in the dust bath while cleaned her cage, I gave her a little bit of yogurt and hand fed her more hay and she seemed a little better.
This morning, her cage wasn’t nearly as messy as it was yesterday and she seemed fine, the stool in her cage at least looked like pellets again. I’m glad the vet appointment is tomorrow because have no idea what to do now.
On a side note. She completely made a mess of the carrier we brought her home in, so bad I had to just throw it out.
What do you use when transporting your chin? I was looking at some pet carriers and most of them are made for cats or small dogs have holes or gaps that are much too big.