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Health / Re: Scratching, Broken Limbs and General Chaos

« on: May 26, 2007, 06:35:34 AM »

Hello again...

Well, took the little guy to a second vet. They kept him for about 4 days to do blood work and generally monitor his conditions. Found out he had two enzymes in his liver that were highly elevated. I have him on 2 antibiotics and something for the pain of his arm. He's much more attentive now, swelling in the leg has gone down and seems much happier. His little arm is out of a splint/cast at the moment. It was VERY swollen around the break and the Vet wanted to see if it healed itself before talking of amputation.

As far as his eyes go, when it's dark in the room, it looks like someone put milk in his pupils. No discharge or anything of the nature, just white down in the eyes. But when it's bright in the room, you can't see them.

Either way, the little guys cage is all one level, we're giving him tons of hay and lovin and hoping for the best.

Thank you all so much for your detailed answers! I really, REALLY appreciate it! I'll have to get a few pictures of the little guy up as soon as possible.

Lauren

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Health / Scratching, Broken Limbs and General Chaos

« on: May 18, 2007, 07:28:01 PM »

Hello Everyone!

I'm brand new to this forum, seems like a good place for some information though. I just recently adopted a chinchilla that's about 10-12 months old from Petsmart. This was roughly a month ago. About two weeks ago the problems started. He decided to jump from one of the high ledges in his cage to a lower ledge a the bottom, missed the ledge and broke his front leg. We took him to the vet, they put a splint on it and we thought everything would be fine. Today I took him to ANOTHER Vet who actually did x-rays and the bone is still just as broke as ever. It's sitting at roughly a 45 degree angle. The vet said that maybe they could fix it, who knows...

About 1 week ago a neighborhood stray cat jumped into our window while little Spatula was out and decided to take a piece of his tail as a keepsake. I guess he also bit or scratched his rear leg as well because that was swollen this morning. We also think that he may have cataracts, but the vet said no. When we're home and the lights are low and his pupils are real big you can see these white clouds down in his eyes, but then today at the vet there was nothing...

I don't know what to do with this little guy regarding his arm (they said maybe amputation was the best way to go if it doesn't heal), his tail and his eyes. He's the sweetest little thing and I just don't know what to do?

If anyone has had any experience with ANY of the above and has some words of advice or anything, please let me know. I'm sort of at a loss for words I suppose.

Thank you so much,
Lauren