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Q & A / Re: How do you make a chinchilla diaper?

« on: February 05, 2014, 03:55:15 PM »

Hi Gray,

I've taken her to 3 different vets around the city and none of them can do much. It's mostly because of her other injuries too.
I think why she hates the cleaning so much is because her hind quarters are super sensitive after all the complications. When we pet her, she growls if our hands get too close to her bottom.

I agree that a diaper isn't the best idea. I want to avoid it too.
I thought that maybe I can put a thicker layer in her cage so that the urine is caught immediately as it leaves her instead of trickling on her leg. The only problem is she trips quite a lot when there's too much soft surface... is this perhaps too dangerous?

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Q & A / How do you make a chinchilla diaper?

« on: February 05, 2014, 08:47:40 AM »

I would like to introduce my chinchilla Joby. She is a rescue pet I adopted when she was 8 months old back in April. Her previous owners had severely abused her, resulting to an amputated hind leg, a slightly warped spine, and a pelvic bone with fractures all over that's slowly calcifying. The calcification is pushing her other hind leg out of the socket, so the vet does not know how many years she can continue. Nonetheless, she's still the sweetest chinchilla I've ever seen and I'm determined to give her a good life, however short it may be.

Over the past few months, she's been adapting fairly well to her missing leg. However, she's been trying to balance by moving her remaining leg into the center of her body - which the vet says it's a good thing because she doesn't lean on the "stump" on her other side. The unfortunate thing is, when she urinates, it goes all over her hind leg. Then she gets irritated and does all sorts of rubbing and struggling to get rid of the gunk. She doesn't like it when I give her leg a wash too often, so I want to try and limit the times I have to put water on her.

Should I try to put a diaper on her? How would I make one? Does anyone have any other suggestions that I can try?

Thanks!