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Chinchillas => General Chat => Topic started by: Hoppinchins on August 22, 2010, 11:58:36 PM
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I'm taking him to another vet tom. One that is supposed to be able to set it. I'm afried what the vet is going to say. I'v read a couple things from people that this has happen to and most had to have the leg cut off. But i'm not sure if it was the back leg also. I want what is going to be best for my little guy. I'd like to try the split if the vet thinks its going to work, but i just wonder what the chances are that it would heal.
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Oh no what happened? I don't think it will heal on it own. It will have to be set. Sorry this happened to you.
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thanks.
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Chinchillas heal very quickly, so if they can set it they should. They are supposed to cope very well with only three legs but I have tried everything to save Cheech's front paw. Pinning is also an option but very invasive surgery. Personally as it's a back leg I imaging they may not be able to do anything but amputate, but I have my fingers crossed for you. If they offer to splint it and put it in a cast try it first. Although Cheech hated the collar she had to wear.
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Thanks. They can't split it bc its moved. They have to pin it but they do it with 2 small cuts, instead of opening it all the way up. It was supposed to get done yesterday but they didn't get to him. SO i'm waitng to hear from them today.
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Let us know when you find out what's going on? What happened to him?
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surgery went good today. I get to take him home tom, finally.
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I got him home today and pogo was soo happy to see snowie and vice versa. The vet said that I should wait atleast a week befor I let Pogo use the dust bath, but his fur already looks soo bad. I was to listen to the vet because I want his let to heal right. But is there another way he could have one, or something he could take to keep his fur nice?
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If the vet just did not want him rolling in it, you could rub some on his fur and it will help some at least. I would not do this in his cage because he may try to roll in what falls off of him. If he was concerned about the dust getting in a wound I would wait. Good luck!!!
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I would also wait with a wound it wont hurt him to go without
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Thanks
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I forgot to post this yesterday. The vet wraped his leg all the way up. Its higher wraped then what it was eariler this week and his foot is a little bit swollen. He said the wrap is on there not tight. His foot should go down, if not i'll have to take him back in. It hasn't gotten any worse which is good but I can't tell if it is getting any better.
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i sure hope he's doing better
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Thanks, me to. Also the vet said that i could buy baby aspirin to put in his water, has anyone every done that?
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No. I was given metacam. I just give Cheech her dose every day and she licks it of the syringe. I wonder if anyone else has any ides.
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I have medacam to, but he didn't give me any extra. I have one left for tom. But i'm sure he will still be in pain. How long did your vet say he would need it? I was really suprized that he didn't give me some. He said he shouldn't need it.
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I am so glad that you are trying to save this chin's leg if possible. I know one person that has chins, and if the chin breaks a back leg, she just cuts it off herself. No trips to the vet. She has more than enough money to go to a vet, but just doesn't want to spend it on the chin I guess.
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Oh wow, that is wrong in soo many ways. And thanks. The vet sounded helpfull, so thats good. I just don't like the whole waiting part.
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Donna,
what you said has shocked me as I know all the same people you do and see them at shows and I do not know of anyone who would just cut off a leg with no vets visit unless it were an extreme emergency. Maybe you mis-understood a situation as I have a feeling I know who you are speaking of and she is a wonderful person who goes above and beyond for the care of a chinchilla. I myself had to do it once as it was an extreme emergency and Thumper would have died had it not been done there was no time to get to the E vet which is 3 hours away and there was a snowstorm and he was bleeeding out and I was told by a knowledgable person it needed to come of now and quickly that he had minutes not hours. He is fine and alive now.
I do not recomend it going through a vet is much more prefered but when you have an emergency you need to know what to do. I have saved several chinchillas doing things that might not be recomended and may not seem normal but work. I had a chinchilla prolapse 3 inches of his intstines came out we used honey to get them back in so we would have time to get to the vet. He is alive and well today. the vet and all the ranchers I spoke to gave him under 10% chance to live. but when you are breeding and have a lot of animals you need to know what to do in a situation
I have also seen people and know of someone that neglected a chinchilla to a horrible point brought it to a fabulous breeder sick (I saw the chinchilla about an hour after it got there), the breeder saved the chinchilla made it well again, coincedently he I believe lost a leg but was made better at the expense of said breeder...she pitched a fit got the chinchilla back and then went around bashing this breeder. but then again this same person seems to go around bashing anyone who helps her out or has anything to do with her, no one listens as she is quite the joke amoungst the ranchers and breeders now as everyone knows what she is like.
So there are always many sides to a story...........
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WOW Kristy, it certainly sounds like you are the one doing the bashing or should I say you and your friends that are making fun of this person. I don't know any one that has a neglected chinchilla as all the chin people that I know go to the shows and their chins are beautiful and very well cared for, as every one at the shows can see.
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I have seen what she does to others and by "joke" I mean no one is fooled by her anymore. the chinchilla community is very small and word gets out. Just making a point that there are two sides to every story and you shouldn't judge a person by 1 incident sometimes we need to do drastic things in emergency situations. I personally have had no issues with this person but I also avoid her and will have nothing to do with her, everyone knows what she is like becuase of her own doing. So I guess joke is a bad word for it.