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Q & A / I need help with a chinchilla I have had about 6 months please.
« on: September 25, 2009, 12:12:35 AM »
I got Jenna Anne and her mom about six months ago, or at least that is what I was told. Jenna Anne turned out to be male and so did her mom, after I looked at a site on sexing. Jenna Anne and the other chinchilla get along fine, but Jenna Anne has started what appears to be leaking urine. His belly is yellow from urine and he is swollen under his privates the size of a nickel, but round, and kind of bumpy looking. I have cleaned him very well and continue to give him extra dust. My husband and I even washed him under the sink half way down his little body after getting advice from another chin owner. It took me two hours nearly to dry him with a cool air blow dryer. Jenna Anne plays, jumps, eats well...has good food, timothy hay, timothy hay shaped like pretzels, dandelion drops, wood sticks, pumice and lava to chew on, loves his dust bath, eyes are clear...No problems at all until he started leaking urine. The swelling is not going away and neither is the leaking urine and I do not know what to do. It has been about three weeks with no changes. Please let me know what is going on with Jenna Anne if anyone knows what the problem is, or what to do. I live in a very small town and no vet that works with chinchillas...horses, cows, dogs and cats only...no exotics. Please help!!!!!