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Breeding 101 / Re: Post partum bleeding

« on: November 17, 2008, 01:13:32 PM »

   Hi there Janice, hope you are doing well, good to hear from you!  Thank you both for your replies to my post.  Really appreciate it.
Momma chin is doing better today.  The bleeding has completely stopped, yay!  Little swollen but nice & pink, normal.

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Breeding 101 / Post partum bleeding

« on: November 16, 2008, 10:25:55 PM »

     Hi everyone!!!  Gosh it has been such a long time since I've been on, hoping some of your remember me. 


Have a question I know some of you will be able to answer.  One of our pregnant rescue mommas we took in last month gave birth to 2 beautiful little girls during the night last night in the wee morning hours while we were asleep!  One was tan 50g & the other std.59g.  Everyone is doing well.  Momma seems fine, she is eating & drinking, moving about etc...just tired. (who would'nt be)
Momma is still having some nice red, bloody, mucousy vaginal discharge.  That area is pretty swollen as well. 
We never saw any placentas so I am assuming she ate them, hopefully they were both expelled and she has no retained products!
Now I myself have given birth twice, so I do know some bloody discharge post partum is very normal, so is swelling!
But in the 2 past chinchilla births we have had here I cannot remember any bloody discharge coming from either momma for this long post birth.      Is this normal for bleeding to last this long?  Should I take her to the vet or am I rushing things? 

  Hi Jamie & Jo Ann, Charlie is doing great Jamie, everyone loves him!  All the other chins are doing well also!  I did alot better with this birth than with Mias Jo Ann!!!  Mia & her sons are doing well.  The boys are already 2 1/2 yrs old now!  Hope you all are doing well.  j

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Q & A / Re: Wheels

« on: December 26, 2007, 12:28:13 PM »

How old are the chins you are ordering the wheel for?  Are they still very young? 
The reason I ask is because sometimes the older chins have a hard time getting used to the flying saucer!  They just simply cannot figure it out like they can a plain old fashioned wheel. 
We have only one flying saucer wheel here and it is in the cage with 2 girls we got from Jamie when they were babies.  The flying saucer was introduced to them when we first got them. 
We tried some of our other chins on it and they were very nervous when it rocked around and spun them off, especially if there are multiples in the cage.  Maybe other people can give you opinions on this also but I have heard this from several others as well.

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Q & A / Re: Wheels

« on: December 26, 2007, 07:32:40 AM »

   We own & really like the 15" Quality Cage Chin Spin wheels!  I have lost count as to how many of these we actually have.  The chins love them and they are safe and well made wheels.

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General Chat / Re: Remember that commercial.........

« on: November 08, 2007, 08:15:35 PM »

   THAT'S IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!  THAT is the commercial I have been looking for! 
Thanks so much for finding it!!!!! 

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General Chat / Remember that commercial.........

« on: November 07, 2007, 10:12:30 PM »

   Does anyone remember that TV commercial that one of us posted a while back that had a million chins running around a small apartment?  I tried searching the forum but could not find it!  Anyone who may know where it went?   

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Guestbook / Re: Hello from PA!

« on: November 04, 2007, 04:23:34 PM »

   Hi there Jessica,

Welcome aboard!!!  What part of PA are you from.  I'm originally from Pittsburgh.

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Health / Re: HELP, Upper Respiratory Infection

« on: October 29, 2007, 07:40:22 PM »

Glad to hear the little one is doing much better!  If a chin has a chance and needs constant care ... you seem to be able to make it work!

Thank you so much Jo Ann for the wonderful compliment.  I can't tell you how much that meant to me!  I really do love helping these truly sick chins out and feel like I have been given a very special gift to be able to somehow do so.    Sometimes I think they are sent to me.
We just took in yet another chinchilla that came from a sad situation, broken bones and having trouble walking, she could no longer stand up and had almost completely stopped eating & drinking.  Her system had just shut down.  We syringe fed, gave pain meds and motility drugs around the clock for 2 weeks.  She pulled through just fine and we love this little one so much!
 I think she likes us too!

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Health / Re: HELP, Upper Respiratory Infection

« on: October 26, 2007, 09:37:30 PM »

  Hi Debbie,

Doing well thanks!  The bed rest thing was the hardest, it's almost impossible for me to STOP!  Looks like no surgery will be needed, "whew".  I am very slowly getting back into the swing of things again and just starting with simple walking, then I'll begin physical therapy and then back strengthening with a trainer.      I have put on some weight that'll need to eventually come off too!  But that's OK considering the alternatives.
Hope you all are doing well, I am loving the pics of that handsome young fellow!

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Q & A / Re: gender

« on: October 17, 2007, 07:03:57 PM »

Hi there,

  NO QUESTION IS EVER STUPID!!!  That's a good question too.  I have never had a male with that particular condition myself.  It does not sound normal though at all.  The penis should go back down into the skin that completely covers it.  Normally I will only see a chin penis out when a male is grooming himself in that particular area. 
If it were my chin it would be making a trip to the vet to have things checked out.  Perhaps there is a problem and his penis cannot get back down into the skin?  Or he may have a hair ring going on.  If so it needs to be very carefully taken off by a qualified vet.  I would really worry that his penis may get injured or infected if left out.
This is direct but may I ask what color it is in that particular part of his anatomy?  Is it a nice pink, hopefully not purple or dark?

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Health / Re: HELP, Upper Respiratory Infection

« on: October 14, 2007, 06:54:48 AM »

Thank you Abby, Debbie, Jamie & Jo Ann!  It was rocky there for awhile but I guess all of my  past experience with Mia helped huh?  Now THAT was another nightmare I'd like to forget!

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Health / Re: HELP, Upper Respiratory Infection

« on: October 13, 2007, 09:46:06 PM »

   Good news!!!  Our little guy is slowly recovering from what was a URI.  When we took him back to the vet for another visit they could hear upper airway sounds.  His teeth were completely fine.  He is on his second antibiotic now (Baytril), the first one (one of the Sulfa antibiotics) apparently was not effective for the upper respiratory infection he had.  We actually ended up syringe feeding him around the clock since my last post.  (about 2 weeks?)
He also got Cisipride (a motility drug) and Metacam (a non steroidal anti-inflamitory drug)
He got Critical Care mixed with water & Gerber Papaya baby food, we also gave him liquids (Pedialyte & Gatorade) with a dropper. 
He is finally eating & drinking on his own now!!!!  He will even take a raisin again!
   He is a true fighter.  We are very tired chin parents, but it was well worth it to see him pull through and be doing so well now.

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Health / Re: HELP, Upper Respiratory Infection

« on: September 30, 2007, 12:33:07 PM »

Hi Jamie,

Gosh I hope it's not a dental issue too!  We are syringe feeding him Critical Care and Gatorade, he likes it which is good.  Still giving him the antibiotics to be on the safe side in case of URI.  We did call Lani a few days ago to get her input as well.
Tomorrow I will call the vet and insist he come in for a "thorough" dental exam and x-rays to (hopefully) rule out that issue. 
Poor guy still won't eat on his own.  He is such a doll.  But LOVES to bite hard when we are giving meds & feedings!

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Health / HELP, Upper Respiratory Infection

« on: September 29, 2007, 05:58:09 PM »

It has been a long time since I have posted.  A ruptured disc in my back has kept me from sitting at the computer.
But I need some advice now please, on a topic we are not totally familiar with.  We have NEVER had a URI here in any of our chins.

We took in a very small male rescue (500g) with an upper respiratory illness.  He is an adult chin.  He is sneezing & coughing and will not eat anything, not even a raisin!  That signifies trouble!  Yesterday we started him on a Sulfa antibiotic safe for chins.  He has been checked and his lungs sound clear.  His nose is just a little crusty, not much.
Today we began giving him Critical Care and will continue several times a day so he eats something.  He is still pooping!  A good sign.  In addition to his water bottle we have added another bottle with cranberry juice/water 50/50 and a bottle of gatorade (our vet is big on this).  Hopefully this will encourage drinking on his own. 
We will also syringe feed him liquids several times a day.  No dust baths for awhile now either. 
He was supposed to go to his forever adoptive home but I will not let him go until he is 100%.

Any advice or input would be so appreciated if you all have been through this before!  Thanks much.

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General Chat / Re: Rescue Chinchilla?

« on: August 08, 2007, 10:48:51 PM »

Jamie, you are too funny!    You have me cracking up here.  Of course it's a chinchilla silly, just look at that sweet little face.  If I didn't live 6-7 hours from you I'd be happy to take him off your hands. 
  I just LOVE those big eared guys!!!  He looks like our Oki, remember him? 
This brings back memories of Joe Camel Chinchilla!  Remember him?  I know Jamie & Debbie will.  It was a good while ago.   
Who knows, Mr. Mousemix may turn out to be a real handsome fellow like Joe did.