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Health / Petey may have a GI infection.
« on: September 09, 2013, 09:03:10 PM »
My chinchilla Petey went to the vet's today, he handled her a bit rough, but not to the point I was scared. He examined her poop because I thought she had giardia, and he asked if the poop was fresh in her cat carrier, I said it was on the way here. He tested it, said he did not see any giardia, but did see a GI infection, so he gave her SMZ suspension he said it will kill both the GI and giardia, which I liked. She has been eating, but not drinking, and she has been licking the salt off my hand. I am worried, because I know with Giardia the Chinchilla will not drink. I put a piece of tape at the waterline on her bottle, to see if she drinks over night. Does anyone have any reccomendations? I am going to call my vet tomorrow.