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Health / Re: Help - Chinchilla has growth under chin?

« on: June 05, 2011, 10:05:33 AM »

The teeth appear to have some sort of dried film on them.

Thank you for all your advice - we're going to see the vet tomorrow morning!

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Health / Re: Help - Chinchilla has growth under chin?

« on: June 04, 2011, 08:52:31 PM »

It has definitely gotten smaller, I can tell you that, but it's not gone. But it's definitely smaller than in the picture. The skin is smooth, definitely, and it's firm. She won't let me close enough to it to feel if it's squishy. It's a lot smaller though - perhaps half it's original size?

One thing I'm worried about now is that when I looked at her teeth, they were a good color, but the bottom ones weren't very healthy. This could be because of being encased by the tumor-thing? Also, it looks like there might be swelling inside her mouth, on the upper gums. I'm not sure though, since I don't have a healthy chinchilla to compare to. Is there any way you could take a picture of your chinchilla's interior of the mouth and post it so I could evaluate the difference between Mosia's gums and a healthy set of gums?

Thank you so much for all of your help!

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Health / Re: Help - Chinchilla has growth under chin?

« on: June 04, 2011, 11:34:00 AM »

I only noticed it about two weeks ago - it seemingly appeared overnight.  I had some really big tests the weeks before I noticed it (two science and one soc AP) and so I was barely spending any time with her and as soon as I began to visit her a lot again, she had this tumor.

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Health / Re: Help - Chinchilla has growth under chin?

« on: June 03, 2011, 07:21:02 PM »

Unfortunately, the vet around our parts knows NOTHING about chinchillas. So I'm trying to do my own diagnosing via internet before I go to the vet so I can 'help' him out before he messes things up.

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Health / Re: Help - Chinchilla has growth under chin?

« on: June 03, 2011, 05:33:50 PM »

It doesn't appear to be lumpy - more firm, like it's filled with fluid? If it's a tumor, what will happen and what can I do?

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Health / Help - Chinchilla has growth under chin?

« on: June 03, 2011, 02:47:34 PM »

Hi! My name is Meghan and I have a six year old Chinchilla named Mosia. Recently I noticed a growth, like a tumor or something, under her chin and in her mouth (it partially covers her right bottom tooth and has molded around it). She is still able to eat and I haven't seen it grown noticeably bigger since it appeared. She doesn't seem to mind me poking at it or pulling it, either. Can anyone help me diagnose this problem so I know what to do?

There are some pictures here at my blog:
http://romantic-rosesblog.blogspot.com/p/chinchilla-pics-not-for-romance-viewers.html

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!